EP3252376B1 - Brennerkopf für flüssigen brennstoff - Google Patents

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EP3252376B1
EP3252376B1 EP17174109.3A EP17174109A EP3252376B1 EP 3252376 B1 EP3252376 B1 EP 3252376B1 EP 17174109 A EP17174109 A EP 17174109A EP 3252376 B1 EP3252376 B1 EP 3252376B1
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Flavio Comencini
Roberto Marchetti
Giovanni Scaion
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23DBURNERS
    • F23D11/00Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space
    • F23D11/36Details, e.g. burner cooling means, noise reduction means
    • F23D11/40Mixing tubes or chambers; Burner heads
    • F23D11/406Flame stabilising means, e.g. flame holders
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23CMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C9/00Combustion apparatus characterised by arrangements for returning combustion products or flue gases to the combustion chamber
    • F23C9/006Combustion apparatus characterised by arrangements for returning combustion products or flue gases to the combustion chamber the recirculation taking place in the combustion chamber
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23DBURNERS
    • F23D11/00Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space
    • F23D11/36Details, e.g. burner cooling means, noise reduction means
    • F23D11/40Mixing tubes or chambers; Burner heads
    • F23D11/404Flame tubes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23CMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C2202/00Fluegas recirculation
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23DBURNERS
    • F23D2900/00Special features of, or arrangements for burners using fluid fuels or solid fuels suspended in a carrier gas
    • F23D2900/11402Airflow diaphragms at burner nozzle
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23DBURNERS
    • F23D2900/00Special features of, or arrangements for burners using fluid fuels or solid fuels suspended in a carrier gas
    • F23D2900/11403Flame surrounding tubes in front of burner nozzle

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  • the present invention relates to a combustion head for liquid fuel, in particular to a combustion head for a residential burner.
  • the main object of the present combustion head is to ensure a stable flame both as regards its geometrical shape in the combustion chamber, and in relation to the guaranteed thermal efficiency, with the aim of maintaining the CO and NOx emissions within the limits of current regulations.
  • reference numeral 100 globally denotes a combustion head made according to the teachings of the present invention.
  • combustion head 100 is applied to a combustion chamber 1000 ( Figure 3 ).
  • the combustion head 100 comprises the following elements:
  • the fire tube 10 is a hollow cylinder open at the two end bases.
  • the fire tube 10 is made of a material resistant to the temperatures at which combustion of the liquid fuel takes place in output from the nozzle 41.
  • the fire tube 10 may be made in two portions 10A and 10B, having the same diameter, respectively upstream and downstream of the flame disc 20.
  • the portion 10A can be a full wall cylinder to the free end of which the flame disc 20 is welded.
  • the portion 10B is also cylindrical, but on the end facing the portion 10A has the aforesaid four slot-shaped holes 11.
  • welds of the portion 10B to the flame disc 20 are made at the end portions of the portion 10B where the four holes 11 are absent.
  • two cylindrical portions 10A* and 10B* are connected by a circular collar 10C* (on which four holes 11* are made (only two holes 11* are visible in figure 8 ) followed by a conical connection surface 10D*.
  • the diameter of the portion 10B* is greater than that of the portion 10A*.
  • a flame disc 20* is located upstream of the holes 11* with respect to the flow direction of the air/fuel mixture (not shown in Figure 8 ).
  • the various components of the fire tube 10* can be assembled by welding, or they can be made in one piece.
  • the conical diffuser 30 is an axially symmetrical element with an outer conical converging surface 31 (with respect to the flow (F1) of the fuel/primary air mixture - figures 6, 7 ), and an inner conical central hole 32 having a diverging surface 32A (again with respect to the flow (F1) of the fuel/primary air mixture - figures 6, 7 ).
  • the axial extension of the conical diffuser 30 and the angle between the two conical surfaces 31, 32A can be made to vary depending on the desired functionality.
  • angles ( ⁇ ) and ( ⁇ ), respectively, of the outer conical converging surface 31, and the inner conical diverging surface 32A may vary from 0° to 90°, these two values being degenerate.
  • the conical diffuser 30 has two through holes 33 for housing the electrodes 50 and may comprise, possibly, through holes for the fastening screws to the flame disc 20; or the conical diffuser 30 may constitute a single body with said flame disc 20 by means of welding or machining of the piece.
  • the diameter of the initial central opening 30A of the conical diffuser 30 is equal to that of the central circular hole 21 of the flame disc 20 ( figure 7 ).
  • the diameter of the central circular hole 21 may depend on the desired functionality of thermal performance and emissions.
  • the profile of the central circular hole 21 may have a chamfer 21A ( Figure 7 ) according to an angular value which may vary with respect to the axial direction, in the range (-90°, 0°) in the case of chamfering upstream of the disc, or in the range of (0°, 90°) in the case of chamfering downstream of the disc; in particular, if the angular value is 0°, the profile is parallel to the angular direction.
  • the combustion head 100 is inserted (with reference to figure 3 , from left to right) in the combustion chamber 1000 of a boiler (not shown in its entirety), and is positioned so that the holes 11 of the fire tube 10 lie entirely inside said combustion chamber 1000.
  • the flame develops in a zone (ZF) ( Figure 3 ) inside the fire tube 10 and the products of combustion (for example, fumes and emissions) come out of the fire tube 10 through an outlet section (SU) and propagate into the combustion chamber 1000.
  • ZF zone
  • SU outlet section
  • FIG 9 shows the aforementioned flow (F1) of fuel/primary air mixture coming out from the central hole 21 of the flame disc 20 and from the central hole 32 of the diffuser 30.
  • Said primary flow (F1) moves at a much higher speed than the speed of the mass of fumes present in the combustion chamber outside the fire tube 10, so that it generates a pressure gradient between the outer area, at a higher pressure, and that inside the fire tube 10, at a lower pressure.
  • This gradient generates the flows (F2) of recirculating fumes entering the fire tube 10 through the holes 11 (in figure 9 for the sake of clarity the recirculation from the lateral holes is not shown).
  • the recirculation flows (F2) lap the primary flow (F1) and thus the peripheral zone of the flame, and this proves sufficient, experimentally, to ensure the combustion of their unburnt components, in order to lower the NOx emissions.
  • FIG. 9 a side view of the conical diffuser 30, shows how the flow lines of the recirculation fumes, after having passed through the holes 11 of the fire tube 10, lap the entire outer conical surface 31 of the conical diffuser 30 and then descend along most of the inner conical surface 32A, before being distanced by the fast primary flow (F1) coming from the central hole 32.

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  1. Ein Brennerkopf (100) aufweisend die folgenden Elemente:
    - ein Brennrohr (10; 10*) mit einer im Wesentlichen zylindrischen Form und einer zentralen Symmetrieachse (X) und wenigstens einem ersten Loch (11; 11*) für die Rezirkulation der Verbrennungsprodukte;
    - eine Flammscheibe (20), die zu dieser zentralen Symmetrieachse (X) rechtwinklig angeordnet ist und ein zentrales zweites Loch hat (21);
    - einen konischen Luftverteiler (30) mit einer doppelten konischen Neigung bestehend aus einem axialsymmetrischen Element mit einer äußeren konischen Oberfläche (31), die in Bezug auf eine Strömung (F1) des Primärbrennstoff/Luft-Gemisches konvergiert, und ein zentrales inneres konisches drittes Loch (32) mit einer Oberfläche (32A), die in Bezug auf diese Strömung (F1) divergiert;
    eine Düse (41), die ausgebildet ist, um den Flüssigbrennstoff zu zerstäuben; und
    Feueranzündmittel (50);
    wobei der Brennerkopf (100) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass dieser konische Luftverteiler (30) derart ist, dass rezirkulierende Verbrennungsprodukte, die in das Brennrohr (10; 10*) durch das erste Loch (11; 11*) eingetreten sind, die äußere konische konvergierende Oberfläche (31) und die divergierende Oberfläche (32A) überstreichen, bevor sie durch die Strömung (F1) des von dem zweiten Loch (21) und von dem dritten Loch (32) kommenden Primärbrennstoff/LuftGemisches distanziert werden.
  2. Brennerkopf (100) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die axiale Ausdehnung dieses konischen Luftverteilers (30) und der Winkel zwischen den beiden konischen Oberflächen (31, 32A) auf der Grundlage von vorgegebenen Funktionen gewählt sind.
  3. Brennerkopf (100) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Winkel (α) und (β) - von der äußeren konvergierenden Oberfläche (31) bzw. von der inneren konischen divergierenden Oberfläche (32A), zwischen 0° und 90° liegen.
  4. Brennerkopf (100) nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dieses erste Loch (11; 11*) für die Rezirkulation der Verbrennungsprodukte, was auf dem Brennrohr (10; 10*) stattfindet, die Form eines Schlitzes hat, der einen sich auf der zylindrischen Oberfläche des Brennrohrs (10; 10*) erstreckenden Kreisbogen einnimmt.
  5. Brennerkopf (100) nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erste Brennrohr (10) einen ersten Abschnitt (10A) und einen zweiten Abschnitt (10B) aufweist, die denselben Durchmesser haben, stromauf bzw. stromab dieser Flammscheibe (20):
  6. Brennerkopf (100) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Abschnitt (10A) ein vollwandiger Zylinder ist, der, an seinem freien Ende, mit der Flammscheibe (20) verschweißt ist.
  7. Brennerkopf (100) nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Abschnitt (10B) zylindrisch ist und an seinem dem ersten Abschnitt (10A) zugewandten Ende dieses erste Loch (11) hat.
  8. Brennerkopf (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Brennrohr (10*) aus zwei Abschnitten (10A*, 10B*) besteht, die einen unterschiedlichen Durchmesser haben, stromauf bzw. stromab der Flammscheibe (20); wobei diese beiden Abschnitte (10A*, 10B*) mittels wenigstens einer konischen verbindenden Oberfläche (10D*) miteinander verbunden sind.
  9. Brennerkopf (100) nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das zweite Loch (21) mit einer Fase (21A) versehen ist.
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