EP0884528B1 - Combustion head for gas burners - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/46—Details, e.g. noise reduction means
- F23D14/72—Safety devices, e.g. operative in case of failure of gas supply
- F23D14/78—Cooling burner parts
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/20—Non-premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air on arrival at the combustion zone
- F23D14/22—Non-premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air on arrival at the combustion zone with separate air and gas feed ducts, e.g. with ducts running parallel or crossing each other
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/46—Details, e.g. noise reduction means
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- the present invention concerns a combustion head for burners, in particular boilers, stoves, ovens, dryers and similar fed with combustible gas.
- the front part of the burners consists of a combustion head that is introduced inside the combustion chamber, and the functions whereof are to optimize the mixture of combustible and burning air so as to obtain the best management of the flame in any point thereof, thus reducing the emission of polluting substances, in particular of nitrogen oxide, usually shown with NO x .
- openings are provided for the emission of the combustible gas, or tubular nozzles for the emission of said gas are applied in sunburst.
- said nozzles may be slightly frontwards inclined relating to the direction of emission of the burning air.
- small holes are provided on the gas distributor, for the emission of the so-called root gas which prevents the detachment of the flame from the combustion head, assures the stability of the flame and favours the ignition of the burner.
- the air conveyor usually has the shape of a cylinder, is open on the front side and is provided with holes (or openings) for the passage of the air, which are uniformly distributed onto its annular plane bottom fixed to the collar, also provided with holes, of the gas feeder. Said openings allow the burning air to pass in the area determined for the mixing with the combustible and for the ignition of the flame.
- the outer tubular case leads the burning air blown by a fan provided on the burner, by means of its cylindrical body.
- the nozzle with its end part converging in the shape of a truncated cone, favours the forming and burning of the air-gas mixture and shapes the flame in the combustion chamber.
- the European Patent EP 0 738 854 discloses a low-NOx burner, comprising a fuel pipe and an air pipe that coaxially surrounds said fuel pipe, a baffle plate with a plurality of slot-like air delivery openings, main fuel injectors for injecting fuel radially into the air pipe, in the vicinity of said air delivery openings, auxiliary fuel injection holes at the tip of the fuel pipe, which is protruding beyond said baffle plate, and a disc larger in diameter than the fuel pipe, installed upstream of the auxiliary fuel injection holes. It is suggested that said disc has approximately the same diameter as the circumscribing circle on which lie the tips of the main fuel injectors.
- the disc installed upstream of the auxiliary fuel injection holes creates an annular flow of the main fuel-air mixture and a recirculation gas area at the inner of said annular flow, downstream the baffle plate.
- the auxiliary fuel entrain a certain amount of combustion product gas in the recirculation gas area, and promote a self-induced exhaust gas recirculation that helps to decrease NOx production.
- EP 0 738 854 can be unsatisfactory as regards the air-fuel mixing, because of the fact that the main fuel injectors are located upstream the baffle plate and perpendicular to the air flow direction, and that the disc provided at the tip of the fuel pipe can obstacle the air-fuel mixing.
- Another disadvantage is that the air flow is concentrated in correspondence of the slot-like air delivery openings, that may cause some undesired flame or turbulence.
- GB 1 537 037 discloses a burner with a central air. pipe, coaxial with the gas feed pipe, and a plurality of air- and fuel outlet openings on the air conveyor, the gas feed pipe and the central air pipe, said air- and fuel outlet openings being arranged to create a first combustion zone adjacent the air conveyor and a second combustion zone which lies downstream of the end of the gas feed pipe.
- GB 2 274 510 discloses a burner for furnaces and kilns, in which the air conveyor is realized by means of a disc, having a plurality of through-ways in the flow direction of the combustion air, and the gas is fed into the combustion air stream via a plurality of gas outlet openings provided at the end of the gas feed pipe.
- Such burners aim generally to achieve good air-fuel mixing and stability of the flame, during normal operation as well as during the start-up phase, but they are not optimised for reducing NOx emission and do not allow to respect the most recent limits of NOx emission without increasing the concentration of other polluting, such as carbon monoxide.
- the geometry of the burner suggested in the cited documents cannot be easily adapted to reduce or increase the length and shape of the flame, in order to maintain complete combustion, good flame stability and low emissions in passing-flame burners as well as in burners with flame recirculation.
- a further aim is the one of shaping the flame, so as to reduce the length thereof in use in boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame, or for increasing said length in use in boilers with combustion chambers with flame reversal, when it is requested that the flame has a greater penetration power.
- a combustion head for gas burners comprising a tubular outer case for canalizing the burning air, an inner tubular pipe for feeding the combustible provided with nozzles for the emission of the same, a disc air conveyor provided with means for the passage of the burning air, and a shaped flame conveyor, characterised in that the outlet opening of said nozzles is provided on the combustion front of the head with respect to said air conveyor, so that the plane passing through the outlet opening of each nozzle meets that plane with the greatest circumference of said air conveyor disc, at a distance from the axis of the combustion head which is not less than the radius of said circumference.
- the edge of said disc air conveyor is preferably placed near the end part of said outer tubular case, for obtaining a better post-mixture of the gas and the burning air.
- said nozzles are advantage ously arranged radially with respect to the axis of the combustion head.
- the disc air conveyor has the shape of a diverging truncated cone, and the shaped flame conveyor stretches far beyond the section of the nozzle's mouth, also having a diverging shape.
- the disc air conveyor is plane and has the shape of circular crown, and the flame conveyor stretches little beyond the section of the nozzle's mouth, with a mainly cylindric shape.
- the flame conveyor is connected with a coaxial piping internal to the gas piping for favouring the cooling down of the same; in said piping, air from the burner's fan flows and it comprises at least one outlet hole for said air.
- the advantages obtained by means of the present invention mainly consist in that the emission levels of the NO x compounds are comprised between 15 and 20 p.p.m.; in that extremely low levels of carbon monoxide are maintained, i.e. equal to those obtained by means of the actually known combustion heads; in that an optimal ignition of the flame is obtained even in conditions of strong air excess, and a good stability of said flame; in that the flame may be shaped in such a way as to reduce or increase the length thereof, so as to improve the combustion efficiency in boilers with combustion chambers of small dimensions with passing flame as well as in combustion chambers with flame inversion; and in that the combined action of the disc air conveyor and of the shaped flame conveyor allows to obtain a re-circulating effect of the burned gases without ducting the flame, as it is necessary in the con-ventioal burners, and without increasing the electric po-wer of the fan's engine inserted in the burner.
- the combustion head for gas burners mainly comprises an outer tubular case 1, and inner tubular pipe 2, an air conveyor 3, a flame conveyor 4 and gas emission nozzles 5.
- the outer tubular case 1 has a mainly cylindrical shape and has the function of canalizing piping for burning air which flows between the inner tubular piping 2 and said case, blown by a fan of known kind provided in the back part 8 of said burner.
- angles obtained by the conical surfaces 13 and 14 with the combustion head's axis are respectively about 45° and 25°.
- the same is provided with a further pipe 16 internal to the gas pipe, in which air blown by said fan of the burner is flown, for preventing the flame conveyor 4 from overheating due to the nearness to said flame.
- Said pipe 16 ends up in the hollow body of the flame conveyor 4, which in this case is provided with pipes 17 and emission holes 18.
- cooling air supplied through pipe 16 comes out from pipe 17 through holes 18, so as to prevent the overheating of the flame conveyor 4 and to supply further oxygen for the combustion.
- the air conveyor disc 3 is advantageously plane, in the shape of a circular crown and arranged perpendicularly to the combustion head's axis in correspondence with the end portion of the outer tubular case 1, which is shaped with a converging lip 19.
- nozzles 5 are perpendicular to the combustion head's axis.
- the combustion head is advantageously provided with a further pipe 16, coaxial and internal to the gas pipe, in which air blown from the burner's fan flows, for preventing the flame conveyor 4 from excessively overheating and for assuring a further oxygen supply for the combustion.
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- The present invention concerns a combustion head for burners, in particular boilers, stoves, ovens, dryers and similar fed with combustible gas.
- It is well known that the front part of the burners consists of a combustion head that is introduced inside the combustion chamber, and the functions whereof are to optimize the mixture of combustible and burning air so as to obtain the best management of the flame in any point thereof, thus reducing the emission of polluting substances, in particular of nitrogen oxide, usually shown with NOx.
- The most restrictive European rules in force at present determine the maximum allowable NOx level in the fumes in 82 mg/kWh, corresponding to 40 p.p.m.
- The gas burners known until now face these limits by using combustion heads mainly comprising an outer tubular case; an inner tubular pipe for the gas feeding, fixed at the back of the burner's body, and ending up in the front part with a gas distributor; an air conveyor applied to a collar placed on said gas feeder; and an outer nozzle of tubular shape, which is a prolongation of said outer tubular case, ending up in the front part with an end in the shape of a converging truncated cone.
- On the gas distributor, openings are provided for the emission of the combustible gas, or tubular nozzles for the emission of said gas are applied in sunburst. In some cases, said nozzles may be slightly frontwards inclined relating to the direction of emission of the burning air. Usually, also small holes are provided on the gas distributor, for the emission of the so-called root gas which prevents the detachment of the flame from the combustion head, assures the stability of the flame and favours the ignition of the burner.
- The air conveyor usually has the shape of a cylinder, is open on the front side and is provided with holes (or openings) for the passage of the air, which are uniformly distributed onto its annular plane bottom fixed to the collar, also provided with holes, of the gas feeder. Said openings allow the burning air to pass in the area determined for the mixing with the combustible and for the ignition of the flame.
- The outer tubular case leads the burning air blown by a fan provided on the burner, by means of its cylindrical body. The nozzle with its end part converging in the shape of a truncated cone, favours the forming and burning of the air-gas mixture and shapes the flame in the combustion chamber.
- Said technical solutions as applied to the combustion heads known until now, do however not allow to remain below the further limits of NOx emission provided with the rules that will be in force within short time and that reduce the actual limits to 70 mg/kWh;
- The European Patent EP 0 738 854 discloses a low-NOx burner, comprising a fuel pipe and an air pipe that coaxially surrounds said fuel pipe, a baffle plate with a plurality of slot-like air delivery openings, main fuel injectors for injecting fuel radially into the air pipe, in the vicinity of said air delivery openings, auxiliary fuel injection holes at the tip of the fuel pipe, which is protruding beyond said baffle plate, and a disc larger in diameter than the fuel pipe, installed upstream of the auxiliary fuel injection holes. It is suggested that said disc has approximately the same diameter as the circumscribing circle on which lie the tips of the main fuel injectors.
- According to this document, air is delivered through the slot-like delivery openings of the baffle plate; a main fuel gas flow is injected from the main fuel injectors, in a direction perpendicular to the air flow, just before it passes through said delivery openings; auxiliary fuel is then injected from the auxiliary fuel injection holes.
- The disc installed upstream of the auxiliary fuel injection holes creates an annular flow of the main fuel-air mixture and a recirculation gas area at the inner of said annular flow, downstream the baffle plate. Thus, the auxiliary fuel entrain a certain amount of combustion product gas in the recirculation gas area, and promote a self-induced exhaust gas recirculation that helps to decrease NOx production.
- However, the arrangement disclosed in EP 0 738 854 can be unsatisfactory as regards the air-fuel mixing, because of the fact that the main fuel injectors are located upstream the baffle plate and perpendicular to the air flow direction, and that the disc provided at the tip of the fuel pipe can obstacle the air-fuel mixing. Another disadvantage is that the air flow is concentrated in correspondence of the slot-like air delivery openings, that may cause some undesired flame or turbulence.
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GB 1 537 037 discloses a burner with a central air. pipe, coaxial with the gas feed pipe, and a plurality of air- and fuel outlet openings on the air conveyor, the gas feed pipe and the central air pipe, said air- and fuel outlet openings being arranged to create a first combustion zone adjacent the air conveyor and a second combustion zone which lies downstream of the end of the gas feed pipe. -
GB 2 274 510 discloses a burner for furnaces and kilns, in which the air conveyor is realized by means of a disc, having a plurality of through-ways in the flow direction of the combustion air, and the gas is fed into the combustion air stream via a plurality of gas outlet openings provided at the end of the gas feed pipe. - Such burners, however, aim generally to achieve good air-fuel mixing and stability of the flame, during normal operation as well as during the start-up phase, but they are not optimised for reducing NOx emission and do not allow to respect the most recent limits of NOx emission without increasing the concentration of other polluting, such as carbon monoxide.
- Furthermore, the geometry of the burner suggested in the cited documents cannot be easily adapted to reduce or increase the length and shape of the flame, in order to maintain complete combustion, good flame stability and low emissions in passing-flame burners as well as in burners with flame recirculation.
- Thus, a combustion head for gas burners with a different geometry, and in particular with a different arrangement of the main fuel injectors with respect to the cited documents, is herein proposed in order to overcome the aforesaid limitations.
- It is the main aim of the present invention to gain the respect of the most restrictive emission limits without therefore increasing the value of other polluting substances (like e.g. carbon monoxide) in boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame as well as in boilers with combustion chambers with flame reversal, i.e. with re-circulating of flame and fumes.
- A further aim is the one of shaping the flame, so as to reduce the length thereof in use in boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame, or for increasing said length in use in boilers with combustion chambers with flame reversal, when it is requested that the flame has a greater penetration power.
- The aims set forth are reached by means of the present invention as it is characterized in the enclosed claims, consisting of a combustion head for gas burners, comprising a tubular outer case for canalizing the burning air, an inner tubular pipe for feeding the combustible provided with nozzles for the emission of the same, a disc air conveyor provided with means for the passage of the burning air, and a shaped flame conveyor, characterised in that the outlet opening of said nozzles is provided on the combustion front of the head with respect to said air conveyor, so that the plane passing through the outlet opening of each nozzle meets that plane with the greatest circumference of said air conveyor disc, at a distance from the axis of the combustion head which is not less than the radius of said circumference.
- The edge of said disc air conveyor is preferably placed near the end part of said outer tubular case, for obtaining a better post-mixture of the gas and the burning air.
- Furthermore, said nozzles are advantage ously arranged radially with respect to the axis of the combustion head.
- For obtaining a substantial reduction of the flame's length, which is advantageous in boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame, the disc air conveyor has the shape of a diverging truncated cone, and the shaped flame conveyor stretches far beyond the section of the nozzle's mouth, also having a diverging shape.
- On the other hand, for obtaining a greater length of the flame, which may be advantageous in boilers with combustion chambers with flame inversion, the disc air conveyor is plane and has the shape of circular crown, and the flame conveyor stretches little beyond the section of the nozzle's mouth, with a mainly cylindric shape.
- The flame conveyor is connected with a coaxial piping internal to the gas piping for favouring the cooling down of the same; in said piping, air from the burner's fan flows and it comprises at least one outlet hole for said air.
- The advantages obtained by means of the present invention mainly consist in that the emission levels of the NOx compounds are comprised between 15 and 20 p.p.m.; in that extremely low levels of carbon monoxide are maintained, i.e. equal to those obtained by means of the actually known combustion heads; in that an optimal ignition of the flame is obtained even in conditions of strong air excess, and a good stability of said flame; in that the flame may be shaped in such a way as to reduce or increase the length thereof, so as to improve the combustion efficiency in boilers with combustion chambers of small dimensions with passing flame as well as in combustion chambers with flame inversion; and in that the combined action of the disc air conveyor and of the shaped flame conveyor allows to obtain a re-circulating effect of the burned gases without ducting the flame, as it is necessary in the con-ventioal burners, and without increasing the electric po-wer of the fan's engine inserted in the burner.
- Further features and advantages according to the present invention will be more evident from the detailed specification hereinbelow relating to the enclosed drawings, in which some embodiments are shown.
- Figure 1 shows a lateral and partially section view of a combustion head for gas burners, in particular for boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame, according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 shows a longitudinal and partially exploded view of said combustion head.
- Figures 3 and 4 respectively show a longitudinal section and a front view of an air conveyor of the combustion head of figures 1 and 2.
- Figure 5 shows a longitudinal section and partially exploded view of a variant of the combustion head, provided with additional piping for the adduction of air to the flame conveyor.
- Figure 6 shows a front view of the flame conveyor of figure 5.
- Figure 7 shows a front view of the front part of a combustion head for gas burners, in particular for boilers with combustion chambers with flame inversion.
- Figure 8 shows a longitudinal axial view according to line VII-VII of figure 7, of said combustion head.
- Figure 9 shows a lateral view of a burner provided with a combustion head, in particular for boilers with combustion chambers with passing flame, according to the present invention.
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- Relating to the details shown in the figures, the combustion head for gas burners according to the present invention mainly comprises an outer
tubular case 1, and innertubular pipe 2, anair conveyor 3, aflame conveyor 4 and gas emission nozzles 5. - The outer
tubular case 1 has a mainly cylindrical shape and has the function of canalizing piping for burning air which flows between the innertubular piping 2 and said case, blown by a fan of known kind provided in theback part 8 of said burner. - Said
case 1 begins near aflange 7 for the connection of the burner to the boiler, and ends near the edge of saidair conveyor 3. - The inner diameter of said
case 1 is greater, in each section, than the one of the innertubular piping 2 as well as than the edge circumference of saidair conveyor 3. - Said
inner air pipe 2 mainly consists of a piping for supplying combustible gas, which at the rear end is connected to the mouth 9 for the gas inlet and at the front end to aflame conveyor 4. - Near its front end portion, said
pipe 2 is provided with acollar 10 for fixing saidair conveyor 3. - Said
collar 10 is also provided withholes 11 for the passage of the burning air. - Downstream of said
air conveyor 3, nozzles 5 for the emission of the combustible are screwed to saidpipe 2. - Said nozzles 5 are arranged in sunburst to the axis of said
pipe 2. - The outlet mouth of said nozzles 5 is provided on the combustion front of the head with respect to the
air conveyor 3 disc, and the plane passing through the outlet mouth of each nozzle meets the plane with the greatest circumference of saidair conveyor 3 at a distance from the axis of the combustion head not less than to the radius of said circumference. - A
small hole 12 is provided on saidpipe 2 in correspondence with each nozzle 5, for the emission of root gas. - The
air conveyor 3 is realized by means of a disc provided with means for the passage of the burning air, advantageously consisting of holes 6 or openings of appropriate shape, regularly distributed on the surface of said conveyor and regularly spaced out with said nozzles 5. - The
flame conveyor 4 comprises a shaped element, internally hollow, that stretches coaxially to saidpipe 2 beyond the end section of said nozzles 5. - The end of said
flame conveyor 4 consists of a plane surface of circular shape. - The combustion head is finished with an ignition and a survey electrode of the known kind, not shown in the figures.
- In a first embodiment of the combustion head, as shown in figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9, particularly suitable for boilers with combustion chamber with passing flame, the
air conveyor disc 3 is advantageously folded in the shape of a truncated cone, diverging in the advancing sense of the burning air flow, and the nozzles 5 are consequently forward inclined of about 30° with respect to the plane normal to the axis of the combustion head, for mainly following the inclination of saiddisc 3. - The shape of the
flame conveyor 4 is advantageously realized by means of twodiverging surfaces - The angles obtained by the
conical surfaces - In a variant of the first embodiment of the combustion head, shown in figures 5 and 6, the same is provided with a
further pipe 16 internal to the gas pipe, in which air blown by said fan of the burner is flown, for preventing theflame conveyor 4 from overheating due to the nearness to said flame. - Said
pipe 16 ends up in the hollow body of theflame conveyor 4, which in this case is provided withpipes 17 andemission holes 18. - Therefore, in this variant the cooling air supplied through
pipe 16 comes out frompipe 17 throughholes 18, so as to prevent the overheating of theflame conveyor 4 and to supply further oxygen for the combustion. - In a second embodiment of the combustion head according to the present invention, shown in figures 7 and 8, and particularly suitable for boilers with combustion chambers with flame inversion, the
air conveyor disc 3 is advantageously plane, in the shape of a circular crown and arranged perpendicularly to the combustion head's axis in correspondence with the end portion of the outertubular case 1, which is shaped with aconverging lip 19. - Consequently, nozzles 5 are perpendicular to the combustion head's axis.
- Inside said
tubular case 1,small plates 20 are applied that rest on the edge of saidconveyor 3 and that have the function of spacer, so as to allow a correct concentricity between the outertubular case 1 and the edge of theair conveyor disc 3. - At the front en of the
tubular pipe 2 theflame conveyor 4 is applied. - Said
flame conveyor 4 has a mainly cylindrical shape, with an outer diameter equal to the one of saidpipe 2, and stretches little beyond the end front section of saidpipe 2. Such stumpy shape of the flame conveyor allows the flame to extend more in length. - The combustion head is advantageously provided with a
further pipe 16, coaxial and internal to the gas pipe, in which air blown from the burner's fan flows, for preventing theflame conveyor 4 from excessively overheating and for assuring a further oxygen supply for the combustion. -
Pipe 16 ends up in theflame conveyor 4 which is provided with at least onehole 18 for the emission of said air. - According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the combustible gas is led to nozzles 5 and to
holes 12 throughpipe 2, while the burning air, blown by the fan in theback portion 8 of the burner, passes through the annular duct with decreasing section that is obtained between thecase 1, thepipe 2 and theair conveyor 3, as well as throughholes 11 and 6 respectively on saidcollar 10 and on saidair conveyor 3. - The flame obtained by the ignition of the air-combustible mixture is forced to lick up the
flame conveyor 4 which shapes the flame and favours the reduction of the nitrogen oxides, thanks to the particular turbulence caused by the shape of theair conveyor 3 and of thecase 1. - According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the combustible gas is fed to nozzles 5 and to
holes 12 through the innertubular pipe 2. The burning air blown by said fan of mainly known kind in the burner, passes through the annular duct that is obtained between theouter case 1 and theinner pipe 2, as well as throughpipe 16. - Therefore, the main flow of burning air comes out from the circular crown with variable section, obtained between the shaped end portion with the converging
lip 19 of saidouter case 1 and the edge of saidair conveyor 3, as well as from the openings 6 on said air conveyor. - The secondary air flow fed by
pipe 16 comes out directly fromhole 18 present on theflame conveyor 4. - The fluid dynamics effect caused by the way of mixing gas and air, obtained by the disposition of the outlet plane of said nozzles 5 with respect to the edge of the
air conveyor disc 3 and by the position of the edge of said disc with respect to the outer tubular case, as well as to the shape of theflame conveyor 4, allows to obtain a considerable reductio of the NOx compounds also in boilers with combustion chamber with flame inversion.
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- A combustion head for gas burners, comprising an outer tubular case (1) for canalizing the burning air, an inner tubular pipe (2) for feeding the combustible, provided with nozzles (5) for the emission of the same, a disc air conveyor (3) provided with means for the passage of the burning air and a shaped flame conveyor (4), characterized in that the outlet opening of said nozzles (5) is provided on the combustion front of the head with respect to said air conveyor (3), so that the plane passing through the outlet opening of each nozzle (5) meets that plane with the greatest circumference of said air conveyor (3) disc, at a distance from the axis of the combustion head which is not less than the radius of said circumference.
- A combustion head according to claim 1, characterized in that the edge of said disc air conveyor (3) is placed near the end part of the outer tubular case (1), for obtaining a better post-mixture of the gas and the burning air.
- A combustion head according to claim 1, characterized in that said nozzles (5) are arranged radially with respect to the axis of the combustion head.
- A combustion head according to claim 1, characterized in that said disc air conveyor (3) has the shape of a diverging truncated cone, and said shaped flame conveyor (4) stretches far beyond the section of the openings of said nozzles (5), also with a diverging shape.
- A combustion head according to claim 4, charatcerized in that the shape of the flame conveyor (4) is conveniently realized by means of two diverging surfaces (13, 14) in the shape of a truncated cone, linked by a cylindrical section (15).
- A combustion head according to claim 5, characterized in that the angles formed by said conical surfaces (13, 14) with the axis of the combustion head are respectively of about 45° and 25°.
- A combustion head according to claim 1, characterized in that said flame conveyor (4) comprises at least one pipe (17) and one hole (18) for the air emission.
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