EP4314652B1 - Fluid-brennerkopf und verwendung eines fluid-brennerkopfes - Google Patents

Fluid-brennerkopf und verwendung eines fluid-brennerkopfes

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EP4314652B1
EP4314652B1 EP22715602.3A EP22715602A EP4314652B1 EP 4314652 B1 EP4314652 B1 EP 4314652B1 EP 22715602 A EP22715602 A EP 22715602A EP 4314652 B1 EP4314652 B1 EP 4314652B1
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burner head
tube
fluid
fluid burner
cap
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Lars SKYTTE JORGENSEN
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Alfa Laval Corporate AB
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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
    • 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
    • F23D14/48—Nozzles
    • 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
    • F23D14/70—Baffles or like flow-disturbing devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
    • B63J99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • B63J2099/001—Burning of transported goods, e.g. fuel, boil-off or refuse
    • B63J2099/003—Burning of transported goods, e.g. fuel, boil-off or refuse of cargo oil or fuel, or of boil-off gases, e.g. for propulsive purposes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D2203/00—Gaseous fuel burners
    • F23D2203/10—Flame diffusing means
    • F23D2203/101—Flame diffusing means characterised by surface shape
    • F23D2203/1017—Flame diffusing means characterised by surface shape curved

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a fluid burner head for a fluid combustion unit, and its design.
  • the invention also relates to a use of such a fluid burner head in a fluid combustion unit for burning boil-off gas from a fuel tank onboard a ship.
  • gas combustion units are typically installed onboard LNG carriers, i.e. tank ships arranged to transport liquefied natural gas, LNG.
  • LNG which has a vaporization temperature of -160 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure, is contained in tanks. Even if these tanks are insulated, some evaporation of the LNG will inevitably take place and form so-called boil-off gas. This boil-off gas increases the pressure in the tanks and must be discharged from the tanks for the sake of safety.
  • the boil-off gas removed from the tanks may be re-liquefied and returned to the tanks, used as fuel onboard the LNG carriers, or combusted by means of the gas combustion units.
  • a gas combustion unit may typically comprise a gas burner head extending into a combustion chamber.
  • the gas to be combusted is fed, via the gas burner head, to the combustion chamber where it is ignited and burned.
  • a known gas burner head comprises a perforated tube with an end closed by a cap. The gas is conveyed through the tube and, through the perforations of the tube, into the combustion chamber where the combustion takes place in a flame.
  • the gas pressure is relatively high, the gas will be fed through the perforations at a high velocity which will result in a flame at some distance from the gas burner head. Further, the gas flow inside the tube will cool the gas burner head. As a result, the temperature of the gas burner head will be kept low enough so as to avoid damages thereto.
  • a fluid burner head for a fluid combustion unit comprises a body.
  • the body comprises a hollow tube or pipe for conveying a fluid to be combusted into a combustion chamber and a cap which at least partly closes an upper end of the tube.
  • the tube further comprises a lower end for receiving the fluid in the tube, i.e. in an interior of the tube.
  • a wall of the tube comprises a plurality of rows of holes, which rows extend around a longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head. The holes permit a flow of the fluid to be combusted from the interior to an exterior of the tube, i.e. through the wall of the tube.
  • the fluid burner head is characterized in that it further comprises an annular first projection or protrusion extending around the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head.
  • the first projection is projecting obliquely from an outer surface of the body and in a direction away from the lower end of the tube, i.e. upwards, above an uppermost row of holes of the tube, with an angle ⁇ relative to the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head, wherein 0 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 90 degrees.
  • the uppermost row of holes is the row of holes being arranged closest to the cap.
  • the fluid may be a gas or a mixture of a gas and a liquid.
  • the fluid may be boil-off gas from a LNG tank, such as methane or a mixture of methane and nitrogen.
  • the tube could be a perforated tube and the openings could be perforations of the tube.
  • the tube may be elongate, have any suitable wall thickness and have any suitable cross section, such as circular, oval or polygonal.
  • the tube may be made of any suitable material such as a metal, for example carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum.
  • the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head may coincide with a longitudinal center axis of the tube.
  • plurality of rows is here meant two or more rows.
  • the holes, openings, apertures or perforations of the tube may or may not all have the same size and/or shape, and they may have any suitable size and shape, such as circular, oval or polygonal. Further, the holes may or may not be equidistantly arranged.
  • the cap closes the upper end of the tube at least partly.
  • an only partly closed upper end may for example mean that it is possible for gas to pass from within the tube to an outside thereof through an opening in the cap or between the tube and the cap.
  • the first projection may be arranged anywhere between the uppermost row of holes of the tube and an upper end of the fluid burner head.
  • the first projection projects from the outer surface of the body at a border between the tube and the cap. Without the first projection in place, the temperature locally at the border between the tube and the cap tends to be relatively high. Thus, by arranging the first projection at the tube-cap border, the risk of damages to the fluid burner head may be minimized.
  • the fluid burner head may be so constructed that the tube and the first projection are separately formed. Thereby, when the first projection is worn out it can be replaced with a new one without having to discard the tube and possibly the cap.
  • the tube may have a varying cross section along its longitudinal center axis.
  • an upper portion of the tube comprising the holes has an essentially uniform cross section along the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head. This may facilitate production of the fluid burner head.
  • the fluid burner head may further comprise an annular support extending around the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head.
  • the support may be connected to the first projection and engage with the body of the fluid burner head to fix the first projection to the body.
  • Such a design may facilitate the arrangement of the first projection on the body.
  • the support may or may not have a uniform cross section along its longitudinal extension, and be continuous or discontinuous.
  • the fluid burner head may further comprise an annular second projection extending around the longitudinal center axis of the fluid burner head.
  • the second projection may project from the outer surface of the body between the uppermost row of holes of the tube and the first projection.
  • the first projection may or may not project beyond the second projection.
  • the second projection may aid in forcing the fluid to be combusted away from the fluid burner head to further reduce the temperature of the fluid burner head and, thereby, the risk of damages to the fluid burner head, also when the fluid is fed through the holes of the tube at a relatively low velocity.
  • the second projection may project from an outer surface of the tube to shield the tube locally in an area where the temperature of the tube otherwise tends to be relatively high. The risk of damages to the tube may thereby be minimized.
  • the support may engage in different ways with the body. As an example, it may be threaded onto the body with a tight fit so as to stay in place by friction. However, according to one embodiment of the invention, the support is clamped between the cap and the tube. Thereby, a precise location of the first projection and possibly also the second projection may be enabled, together with a reliable engagement between the support and the body of the fluid burner head.
  • a fluid combustion unit 1 more particularly a gas combustion unit, is illustrated.
  • the fluid or gas combustion unit 1 is arranged onboard a ship (not illustrated), more particularly an LNG carrier, for burning boil-off gas from one or more LNG tanks of the ship.
  • the fluid combustion unit 1 comprises a fluid burner system 3, an air supply system (not illustrated), a combustion chamber 5 and a stack 7.
  • Boil-off gas from the LNG tank(s) is fed to the fluid burner system 3 and further into the combustion chamber 5 wherein it is ignited and combusted.
  • the combustion products leave the combustion chamber 5 to be mixed with cool air in the stack 7 before leaving the fluid combustion unit 1.
  • the construction and function of fluid combustion units are well-known within the art and will not be described in further detail herein.
  • the fluid burner system 3 comprises a fluid burner head 9, more particularly a gas burner head, which is illustrated in further detail in Figs. 2-6 .
  • the fluid burner head 9 comprises a body 11, which in turn comprises a hollow, elongate stainless steel tube 13 and a solid cap 15 of refractory concrete.
  • the tube 13 and the cap 15 are discrete separable elements having a circular outer periphery as seen along a longitudinal center axis C of the fluid burner head 9.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Gas Burners (AREA)
  • Combustion Of Fluid Fuel (AREA)
  • Pre-Mixing And Non-Premixing Gas Burner (AREA)

Claims (15)

  1. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) für eine Fluidverbrennungseinheit (1), der einen Körper (11) umfasst, der wiederum ein Hohlrohr (13) zum Fördern eines zu verbrennenden Fluids in eine Verbrennungskammer (5) und eine Kappe (15) umfasst, die ein oberes Ende (25) des Rohrs (13) mindestens teilweise schließt, wobei das Rohr (13) ferner ein unteres Ende (19) zum Aufnehmen des Fluids in dem Rohr (13) umfasst, wobei eine Wand (17) des Rohrs (13) eine Vielzahl von Reihen (29) von Löchern (27) umfasst, wobei sich die Reihen (29) um eine Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) erstrecken, wobei eine oberste Reihe (29a) von Löchern (27) die Reihe von Löchern (27) ist, die am nächsten an der Kappe (15) angeordnet ist, wobei die Löcher (27) einen Strom des zu verbrennenden Fluids von einem Inneren (49) zu einem Äußeren (51) des Rohrs (13) erlauben, wobei der Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass er ferner einen ringförmigen ersten Vorsprung (39) umfasst, der sich um die Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) erstreckt und schräg von einer äußeren Oberfläche (43) des Körpers (11) und von dem unteren Ende (19) des Rohrs (13) weg, oberhalb der obersten Reihe (29a) von Löchern (27) des Rohrs (13), mit einem Winkel α relativ zu der Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) vorspringt, wobei 0 < α < 90 Grad.
  2. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Rohr (13) und die Kappe (15) separat gebildet sind.
  3. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Kappe (15) und das Rohr (13) aus unterschiedlichen Materialien bestehen.
  4. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der erste Vorsprung (39) von der äußeren Oberfläche (43) des Körpers (11) an einer Grenze (45) zwischen dem Rohr (13) und der Kappe (15) vorspringt.
  5. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Rohr (13) und der erste Vorsprung (39) separat gebildet sind.
  6. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei ein oberer Abschnitt (23) des Rohrs (13), der die Löcher (27) umfasst, einen im Wesentlichen gleichmäßigen Querschnitt entlang der Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) aufweist.
  7. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, der ferner einen ringförmigen Träger (37) umfasst, der sich um die Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) erstreckt, wobei der Träger (37) mit dem ersten Vorsprung (39) verbunden ist und in den Körper (11) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) eingreift, um den ersten Vorsprung (39) an dem Körper (11) zu fixieren.
  8. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-6, der ferner einen ringförmigen zweiten Vorsprung (41) umfasst, der sich um die Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) erstreckt und von der äußeren Oberfläche (43) des Körpers (11) zwischen der obersten Reihe (29a) von Löchern (27) des Rohrs (13) und dem ersten Vorsprung (39) vorspringt.
  9. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach Anspruch 8, wobei der zweite Vorsprung (41) von einer äußeren Oberfläche (47) des Rohrs (13) vorspringt.
  10. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 8-9, der ferner einen ringförmigen Träger (37) umfasst, der sich um die Längsmittelachse (C) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) erstreckt, wobei der Träger (37) mit dem ersten und dem zweiten Vorsprung (39, 41) verbunden ist und in den Körper (11) des Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) eingreift, um den ersten und den zweiten Vorsprung (39, 41) an dem Körper (11) zu fixieren.
  11. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 oder 10, wobei der Träger (37) zwischen der Kappe (15) und dem Rohr (13) geklemmt ist.
  12. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Kappe (15) einen oberen Abschnitt (31) und einen unteren Abschnitt (33) umfasst, wobei der untere Abschnitt (33) in das Rohr (13) vorspringt.
  13. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach Anspruch 12, wobei der untere Abschnitt (33) einen Teil umfasst, das sich in einer Richtung weg von dem oberen Abschnitt (31) der Kappe (15) verjüngt.
  14. Fluid-Brennerkopf (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 12-13, wobei ein Außenumfang des oberen Abschnitts (31) der Kappe (15) größer ist als ein Innenumfang des Rohrs (13).
  15. Verwendung eines Fluid-Brennerkopfes (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-14 in einer Fluidverbrennungseinheit (1) zum Verbrennen von Verdampfungsverlustgas von einem Kraftstofftank an Bord eines Schiffes.
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