US20070054227A1 - Alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus - Google Patents

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US20070054227A1
US20070054227A1 US10/546,325 US54632504A US2007054227A1 US 20070054227 A1 US20070054227 A1 US 20070054227A1 US 54632504 A US54632504 A US 54632504A US 2007054227 A1 US2007054227 A1 US 2007054227A1
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Takeshi Tada
Susumu Mochida
Shinya Kitahara
Shinichiro Fukushima
Yutaka Suzukawa
Masaharu Suga
Isao Mori
Hitoshi Oishi
Munehiro Ishioka
Toshiaki Hasegawa
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C13/00—Apparatus in which combustion takes place in the presence of catalytic material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C3/00—Combustion apparatus characterised by the shape of the combustion chamber
    • F23C3/002—Combustion apparatus characterised by the shape of the combustion chamber the chamber having an elongated tubular form, e.g. for a radiant tube
    • 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
    • F23L—SUPPLYING AIR OR NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR GASES TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS IN GENERAL ; VALVES OR DAMPERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY OR DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS; INDUCING DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS; TOPS FOR CHIMNEYS OR VENTILATING SHAFTS; TERMINALS FOR FLUES
    • F23L15/00—Heating of air supplied for combustion
    • F23L15/02—Arrangements of regenerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H1/00—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/0027—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters using fluid fuel
    • F24H1/0045—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters using fluid fuel with catalytic combustion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
    • F24H1/00—Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters
    • F24H1/22—Water heaters other than continuous-flow or water-storage heaters, e.g. water heaters for central heating
    • F24H1/40—Water heaters other than continuous-flow or water-storage heaters, e.g. water heaters for central heating with water tube or tubes
    • F24H1/41—Water heaters other than continuous-flow or water-storage heaters, e.g. water heaters for central heating with water tube or tubes in serpentine form
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D2213/00—Burner manufacture specifications
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E20/00—Combustion technologies with mitigation potential
    • Y02E20/34—Indirect CO2mitigation, i.e. by acting on non CO2directly related matters of the process, e.g. pre-heating or heat recovery

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  • the present invention relates to an alternate combustion type of regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus, and more particularly, to such an apparatus which has a circular plate positioned between a burner unit and a combustion chamber so that preheated secondary combustion air is fed through an opening of the plate to the combustion chamber.
  • a radiant tube burner apparatus indirectly heating an inside atmosphere of a furnace is practically in use as heating means of a heating furnace for steel, furnace for heat treatment, and so forth.
  • the alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus is known in the art, in which regenerators of honey-comb structures are provided on both end portions of a radiant tube (Japanese patent laid-open publications Nos. 8-247421, 11-108315, 11-108316, and U.S. patent publication No. 6,027,333).
  • a circular plate is positioned between a burner unit and a main combustion chamber inside of a radiant tube so that fuel and primary combustion air are fed to the main combustion chamber by means of a heat-transfer tube extending through the circular plate.
  • a distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube protrudes from the circular plate into the main combustion chamber and opens thereto.
  • An inside space of the heat-transfer tube constitutes a primary combustion chamber for mixing the primary combustion air and the fuel.
  • An air diluting chamber in an annular form, which opens to the main combustion chamber, is defined around the distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube.
  • Secondary combustion air is heated up to a high temperature by heat-transfer contact with a regenerator and then, enters the air diluting chamber through an opening of the circular plate.
  • the secondary combustion air ejected to the main combustion chamber is diluted with combustion gas of the main combustion chamber.
  • the attitude or orientation of the radiant tube burner apparatus is of the nature to be appropriately changed in its design, depending on the purpose or structure of the furnace, i.e., the condition of its installation. Further, the thermal deformation of the tube portion is apt to be remarkably caused in a middle-sized or large-sized radiant tube burner apparatus with an increased diameter. Therefore, it is necessary to definitely prevent increase in the concentration of nitrogen oxides in the combustion exhaust gas due to such causes.
  • the present inventors have found that the concentration of nitrogen oxides in the combustion exhaust gas can be definitely prevented from increasing, by fully blocking the secondary combustion air flowing through a peripheral edge portion of the circular plate to the main combustion chamber.
  • the present inventors have attained the object of the invention as set forth above, based on such findings.
  • the present invention provides an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus having a radiant tube ( 14 ) defining a main combustion chamber ( 4 ) and burner units ( 15 ) provided on both end portions of the radiant tube, the burner unit being provided with a regenerator ( 13 ) and fluid passages ( 17 , 18 ) for primary combustion air and fuel, the regenerator being alternately in heat-transfer contact with secondary combustion air or combustion exhaust gas, and the fluid passages extending through the regenerator, comprising:
  • a circular plate ( 10 ) positioned between said burner unit ( 15 ) and said main combustion chamber ( 4 ); an annular air throat ( 2 ) provided between the circular plate and the regenerator, into which the secondary combustion air flows after passing through said regenerator; a cylindrical peripheral cover ( 30 ) extending from a peripheral edge portion of said circular plate to a peripheral edge portion of said regenerator; and a heat-transfer tube ( 16 ) protruding forward of said circular plate and opening to said main combustion chamber;
  • a fuel injection port ( 17 a ) and a primary combustion air delivery port ( 18 a, 18 b ) open in said heat-transfer tube an inner area of the heat-transfer tube constitutes a primary combustion chamber ( 1 ) for mixing the primary combustion air and the fuel, an annular air diluting chamber ( 3 ) opening to said main combustion chamber is formed around a distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube, and said circular plate has an opening ( 12 ) for communication between said air throat and said air diluting chamber;
  • a front end portion of said peripheral cover is integrally connected with the peripheral edge portion of said circular plate so as to prevent the secondary combustion air of said air throat from leaking at a periphery of said circular plate to said air diluting chamber.
  • the secondary combustion air which has been heated up to a high temperature by heat-transfer contact with the regenerator, flows into the air throat and ejects through the opening of the circular plate to the air diluting chamber.
  • the fuel takes a combustion reaction with the primary combustion air in the primary combustion chamber, so that the fuel is diluted with combustion gas produced by the combustion reaction.
  • the flow of secondary combustion air which ejects through the opening of the circular plate into the air diluting chamber, induces combustion gas of the combustion chamber, so that a combustion gas recirculation flow reverses into the air diluting chamber.
  • This recirculation flow moves along an outer circumferential surface of the heat-transfer tube to the proximity of the opening and mixes with the flow of secondary combustion air, so that the secondary combustion air is diluted with the combustion gas.
  • the flow of secondary combustion air having an oxygen density or air ratio reduced by mixing with the combustion gas is mixed with the mixed gas flow (F) ejecting from the primary combustion chamber (the fuel diluted with the combustion gas of the primary combustion chamber), whereby a combustion reaction between the mixed gas and the secondary combustion air generates and progresses in the main combustion chamber.
  • a predetermined clearance between the outer edge portion of the circular plate and a wall of the radiant tube is settled for relieving thermal stress of the circular plate and the tube wall of the radiant tube upon the thermal deformation of the tube wall.
  • This clearance is important for incorporating the circular plate into the tube.
  • the tube is installed in normal practice in such a position that a center axis of the tube is directed horizontally, and the circular plate is oriented vertically. Since the circular plate rests in a downward eccentric position under the influence of gravity, the clearance between the top edge of the circular plate and an inner wall surface of the tube is enlarged.
  • the air throat is defined in the peripheral cover extending from the peripheral edge portion of the circular plate to the peripheral edge portion of the regenerator, and the front edge portion of the cover is integrally connected with the peripheral edge portion of the plate to prevent the secondary combustion air from leaking to the air diluting chamber through the periphery of the plate.
  • the combustion gas recirculation flow is not prevented from occurring, and a sufficient effect of reduction in the nitrogen oxides concentration can be obtained. Therefore, according to the present invention, the combustion gas recirculation flow can be surely generated without being affected by the installation condition or thermal deformation of the radiant tube burner apparatus, and a desired effect of reduction in the nitrogen oxides concentration can be always obtained.
  • the radiant tube burner apparatus as disclosed in Japanese patent application No. 2000-237677 has an arrangement in that the circular plate and the heat-transfer tube are supported merely in a cantilever condition by the burner unit, and the positions and attitudes of the plate and tube are apt to behave in response to the thermal deformation.
  • the peripheral cover supports the circular plate in a predetermined position, the positions and attitudes of the plate and tube are stable.
  • the peripheral cover permits the clearance to be unintentionally enlarged, and enables intentional enlargement of the clearance or change in setting of the clearance. That is, flexibility of design in a combination of the tube and burner unit or a relative position between the tube and the burner unit can be obtained in accordance with the aforementioned arrangement of the present invention, and this enables arbitrary setting of clearance between the peripheral edge portion of the circular plate and the tube wall, setting of clearance enough to facilitate assembling or replacing works for the burner unit, standardization of design of the burner unit adaptable to differences of practical size or standard of the tube diameter and the like, or design of the burner unit applicable to different radiant tubes, and so forth. Nevertheless, the peripheral cover surely prevents the secondary combustion air from leaking through the periphery of the circular plate to the air diluting chamber, and therefore, desired effect of reduction in the nitrogen oxides concentration can be obtained by the present radiant tube burner apparatus.
  • the peripheral cover is contained in the radiant tube in such a condition that the thermal deformation of the cover in its axial direction is not restrained by the radiant tube and the regenerator.
  • the relief of thermal deformation in the axial direction can prevent concentration of the thermal stress from occurring at a joint portion of the plate and the cover. That is, breakage or damage due to concentration of the thermal stress is not caused at the joint portion of the plate and the cover.
  • the present invention also provides a radiant tube burner apparatus with the aforementioned arrangement, wherein a center (PC) of the opening ( 12 ) is positioned in a zone redially outside of a circle (R) centered on a center line (C) of the circular plate, the circle (R) having a predetermined radius S, and the radius S equals [(an inner diameter Dt of the radiant tube+ an outer diameter Dr of the heat-transfer tube)/4].
  • each of the centers (PC) of the openings ( 12 ) is positioned on a center circle (PCD).
  • the circle (PCD) has a center on a center line (C) of the radiant tube and a diameter (PCR) larger than the diameter S. More preferably, an area for positioning the opening of the circular plate is limited to a central angle range ( ⁇ ) equal to or less than 2500 about the center of the circular plate ( ⁇ 250°).
  • the center (PC) of the opening ( 12 ) is eccentrically positioned on the radially outer zone of the circular plate, whereby the area for movement of the combustion gas recirculation flow is enlarged and a combustion gas inducing action of ejected flow of the secondary combustion air is enhanced.
  • the secondary combustion air is prevented from leaking through the periphery of the circular plate to the air diluting chamber.
  • the combustion gas of the main combustion chamber is effectively induced by the secondary combustion air flow ejected from the opening of the circular plate so that the secondary combustion air is efficiently diluted with the combustion gas in the air diluting chamber.
  • the velocity of the airflow at the opening ( 12 ) may be set to be equal to or lower than 30 m/s, preferably equal to or lower than 25 m/s, more preferably equal to or lower than 20 m/s.
  • Such reduction in velocity allows loss of the total pressure in the radiant tube burner apparatus to be reduced.
  • the nitrogen oxides concentration of the combustion exhaust gas can be restricted by fuel reforming (dilution) and the combustion gas recirculation, according to the radiant tube burner apparatus having the aforementioned arrangement.
  • a fuel injection port ( 17 a ) and a primary combustion air delivery port ( 18 a, 18 b ) are positioned on a plane of the circular plate or in front thereof, and the heat-transfer tube protrudes forward from the circular plate to a relatively large extent.
  • a relatively large recirculation area of the combustion gas can be formed rearward of a mixture gas outlet port (a distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube).
  • a flame stabilizing tube ( 41 ) is located to surround the fuel injection port and the primary combustion air delivery port, and a pilot fuel injection port ( 40 ) opens in the flame stabilizing tube.
  • This tube defines a flame stabilizing section ( 42 ) therein for stabilizing the flame in the primary and main combustion chambers.
  • the present invention provides an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus having a radiant tube ( 14 ) defining a main combustion chamber ( 4 ) and burner units ( 15 ) provided on both end portions of the radiant tube, the burner unit being provided with a regenerator ( 13 ) and fluid passages ( 17 , 18 ) for primary combustion air and fuel, the regenerator being alternately in heat-transfer contact with secondary combustion air or combustion exhaust gas, and the fluid passages extending through the regenerator, comprising:
  • a circular plate ( 10 ) positioned between said burner unit ( 15 ) and said main combustion chamber ( 4 ); an annular air throat ( 2 ) provided between the circular plate and the regenerator, into which the secondary combustion air flows after passing through said regenerator; a cylindrical peripheral cover ( 30 ) extending from a peripheral edge portion of said circular plate to a peripheral edge portion of said regenerator; and a heat-transfer tube ( 16 ) protruding forward of said circular plate and opening to said main combustion chamber;
  • a fuel injection port ( 17 a ) and a primary combustion air delivery port ( 18 a, 18 b ) open in said heat-transfer tube an inner area of the heat-transfer tube constitutes a primary combustion chamber ( 1 ) for mixing the primary combustion air and the fuel, an air diluting chamber ( 3 ) in an annular form opening to said main combustion chamber is formed around a distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube, and said circular plate has an opening ( 12 ) for communication between said air throat and said air diluting chamber;
  • a distance (L 4 ) between said regenerator and said circular plate is set in such a manner that a ratio (L 4 /Dt) of the distance (L 4 ) to an inner diameter (Dt) of the radiant tube is equal to or less than 1.0.
  • the ratio (L 4 /Dt) is equal to or less than 0.8, more preferably, equal to or less than 0.5.
  • the peripheral cover and the regenerator are connected displaceably in an axial direction, a velocity of airflow at the opening ( 12 ) of the circular plate is set to be equal to or less than 30 m/s, and a velocity of the exhaust gas at the opening is set to be equal to or less than 35 m/s.
  • a thickness of the peripheral cover is set to be, preferably, equal to or less than 8 mm, more preferably, equal to or less than 6 mm, and the peripheral cover is constituted from a part other than a metal casting part, e.g., a heat-resistant metal alloy plate shaped by bending.
  • the present invention provides a combustion method in an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus; wherein a circular plate ( 10 ) is positioned between a main combustion chamber ( 4 ) in a radiant tube ( 14 ) and a regenerator ( 13 ) alternately in heat-transfer contact with secondary combustion air or combustion exhaust gas, primary combustion air and fuel are fed to the main combustion chamber through a heat-transfer tube ( 11 , 16 ) extending through the circular plate; and wherein an air diluting chamber ( 3 ) in an annular form opening to the main combustion chamber is formed around a distal end portion of the heat-transfer tube so that the secondary combustion air (A) heated up to a high temperature by heat-transfer contact with the regenerator enters the air diluting chamber, and said fuel and said primary combustion air are mixed with said secondary combustion air in the main combustion chamber while an ejected flow of the secondary combustion air induces the combustion gas of the main combustion chamber, comprising:
  • the fluid communication at the periphery of the circular plate is blocked, and a fluid passage (area) for inducing the combustion gas of the main combustion chamber into the air diluting chamber is always ensured in the angular range ( ⁇ ) in which any opening is not provided.
  • the opening is positioned radially outward of the circular plate, and therefore, the area for inducing the combustion gas recirculation flow toward the main combustion chamber is formed between the flow of the secondary combustion air and the outer surface of the heat-transfer tube.
  • the quantity of supply of the primary combustion air is set to be 10 ⁇ 20% of the theoretical amount of air required for complete combustion of the fuel. More preferably, the primary combustion air and the fuel are fed to the primary combustion chamber through the flame stabilizing section ( 41 ), and a pilot fuel of 2 ⁇ 8% of the fuel supply is fed to the flame stabilizing section.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are a schematic cross-sectional view and a vertical cross-sectional view generally showing a preferred embodiment of an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 (A) is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I of FIG. 4
  • FIG. 3 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 (A) is a cross-sectional view showing a relation between a circular plate and a clearance
  • FIG. 5 (B) is a cross-sectional view which conceptually illustrates an examined model for studying a relation between a volume of air leaking through a gap and a flow rate of air at an opening;
  • FIG. 6 (A) is a diagram showing a relation between the size of gap and the volume of air leaking through the gap
  • FIG. 6 (B) is a diagram showing a relation between the size of gap and a concentration of NOx in a combustion exhaust gas
  • FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) are cross-sectional views conceptually illustrating the distribution of the gap around the circular plate
  • FIG. 7 (C) is a table showing a relation between an angular range of the blocked gap and the concentration of NOx in the combustion exhaust gas
  • FIG. 8 (A) is a schematic perspective view conceptually showing a relation between the circular plate and a regenerator on an exhaust side
  • FIG. 8 (B) is a diagram showing a variation in a cross-sectional area of an effluent flow of the combustion exhaust gas
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are a perspective view and a vertical cross-sectional view of the burner apparatus provided with a peripheral cover, which schematically show streams of a secondary combustion air effluent from the openings of the circular plate into an air diluting chamber;
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 are a perspective view and a vertical cross-sectional view of the burner apparatus without the peripheral cover, which schematically show the streams of the secondary combustion air effluent from the opening of the circular plate into the air diluting chamber.
  • an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus (referred to as “burner apparatus” hereinafter) has a radiant tube 14 forming a main combustion chamber 4 .
  • Burner units 15 are provided on both end portions of the tube 4 .
  • a four-way valve 19 is connected with the respective burner units 15 so that each of the burner units 15 is selectively connected to either an air supply system or an exhaust system.
  • Each of the burner units 15 is provided with a ceramic regenerator 13 having a honey-comb structure.
  • a fuel feed passage 17 and a primary air passage 18 of the burner unit 15 extend through the regenerator 13 .
  • the burner units 15 in a pair are alternately changed over to either an operation mode as shown in FIG. 1 (A) or an operation mode as shown in FIG.
  • the four-way valve 19 is changed over simultaneously with change-over operation of the burner units 15 , so that the valve 19 alternately takes either of positions as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) respectively, similar to the burner units 15 .
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 a construction of the burner unit as shown in FIG. 1 is illustrated.
  • Each of the end portions of the burner apparatus extends through a furnace wall W, and an air case 20 and a burner gun 21 of the burner unit 15 are exposed to an outside of a furnace.
  • the air case 20 and the burner gun 21 are connected with a primary air supply pipe 22 , a secondary air supply pipe 23 and a fuel feed pipe 24 , respectively.
  • the fuel feed passage 17 and the primary air passage 18 extend through a center part of the regenerator 13 and protrude forward from a front face of the regenerator 13 .
  • a fuel injection nozzle 17 a and primary air delivery ports 18 a, 18 b are open to the primary combustion chamber 1 .
  • a guide pipe 25 extends through a center part of each of the regenerator 13 and a metal wire mesh 13 a, and the pipe 25 is connected with a proximal heat-transfer tube 11 .
  • a primary air supply tube 26 forming the primary air passage 18 is located in a guide pipe 25 and the heat-transfer tube 11 .
  • a fuel feed tube 27 forming the fuel feed passage 17 is positioned at a center part of the primary air supply tube 26
  • a pilot fuel tube 28 for feeding a pilot fuel is positioned within the tube 26 in parallel with the tube 27 .
  • a distal end of the air supply tube 26 is closed by a distal end plate 29 perpendicular to an axis of the tube 26 .
  • the fuel injection nozzle 17 a of the fuel feed tube 27 is positioned on the plate 29 .
  • the primary air delivery ports 18 a, 18 b are formed on the plate 29 and a pilot fuel injector 40 extends through the plate 29 .
  • the fuel injection nozzle 17 a is positioned at a center part of the distal end plate 29 , and the primary air delivery ports 18 a, 18 b are disposed at equal intervals in a concentric formation around the fuel injection nozzle 17 a.
  • Each of the ports 18 a arrayed in a form of outside circle has a diameter greater than the diameter of each of the ports 18 b arrayed in a form of inside circle, so that the port 18 a injects a larger quantity of primary air, compared to the quantity of primary air injected from the port 18 b.
  • the pilot fuel injector 40 is positioned in the circular array of the ports 18 b, and the fuel injected from the injector 40 takes a combustion reaction with, mainly, the flow of air injected from the ports 18 b.
  • a circular plate 10 is located in front of the regenerator 13 .
  • the proximal heat-transfer tube 11 extends through a center part of the plate 10 .
  • the plate 10 and the tube 11 are integrally assembled by fixing means (not shown) such as welding.
  • the plate 10 and the tube 11 may be constituted by an integrally formed single metal part.
  • An annular air throat 2 is formed to surround the proximal heat-transfer tube 11 .
  • the throat 2 is in communication with the respective cells (honey-comb fluid passages) of the regenerator 13 .
  • the tube 11 slightly protrudes forward of the circular plate 10 .
  • a flame stabilizing tube 41 protrudes forward from an outer periphery of the primary air supply tube 26 so that a flame stabilizing section 42 is formed in close proximity to an injection port of the fuel injection nozzle 17 a.
  • the distal heat-transfer tube 16 extends forward from a periphery of the proximal heat-transfer tube 11 .
  • An inner diameter of the tube 16 corresponds to an outer diameter of the tube 11 .
  • a rear end portion of the tube 16 is integrally and airtightly assembled to a periphery of a front end portion of the tube 11 by fixing means (not shown) such as welding.
  • the tubes 11 , 16 may be an integrally formed single metal part.
  • the distal heat-transfer tube 16 defines a primary combustion chamber 1 therein.
  • the fuel of the fuel injection nozzle 17 a mixes with the primary air of the primary air delivery ports 18 a, 18 b in the chamber 1 .
  • a mixed gas flow F of the fuel and the primary air effluent from a distal end opening of the tube 16 enters the main combustion chamber 4 .
  • An annular air diluting chamber 3 is formed to surround the distal heat-transfer tube 16 .
  • the circular plate 10 is provided with a plurality of openings 12 (three openings in this embodiment), which opens to the air diluting chamber 3 .
  • the secondary combustion air supplied to the air throat 2 is ejected to the air diluting chamber through the respective openings 12 .
  • a velocity of an airflow through the opening 12 is set to be in a range from 20 cm/s to 30 cm/s.
  • each of the openings 12 is configured in a form of curved slot cricumferentially extending, and the openings 12 are arranged symmetrically, spaced at an equal angle.
  • outlines of the plate 10 , the tube 16 and the plate 29 are circles concentric with a center line C of the radiant tube 14 .
  • An outside edge 12 a of the opening 12 and an inside edge 12 b thereof are curved with predetermined radiuses of curvature about the center line C.
  • a center PC of each of the openings 12 is positioned on a center circle PCD.
  • a radius PCR of the circle PCD corresponds to an average value of the radiuses of the edges 12 a, 12 b.
  • the openings 12 are deviated to a range of angle ⁇ about the center of plate 10 .
  • the plate 10 functions as a blind plate which does not have any opening.
  • the centers PC of the openings 12 are positioned radially outside of a circle R with a radius S which is centered on the center line C.
  • Dt is an inner diameter of the radiant tube 14 and Dr is an outer diameter of the heat-transfer tube 16 .
  • the area for positioning the openings 12 is restricted to the range of central angle ( ⁇ ) equal to or less than 250° ( ⁇ 250°).
  • the center PC of the opening 12 can be determined to be, e.g., a center of the mass (a gravitational center) with respect to the configuration of the opening.
  • the open area ratio of the circular plate 10 (the total area of the openings 12 /the cross-sectional area of the air diluting chamber 3 ) is set to be in a range from 20% to 50%.
  • the openings 12 are positioned as radially outward as possible, as shown in FIG. 4 , provided that an edge part dimension E required for a structural strength is ensured (e.g., E ⁇ 5 mm).
  • a diameter (outer diameter) of the circular plate 10 is set to be 2 mm ⁇ 3 mm smaller than the inner diameter Dt of the tube 14 , so that clearance of 1 mm ⁇ 1.5 mm on the average can be ensured around the plate 10 for inserting the plate 10 into the tube 14 upon assembly of the burner apparatus.
  • FIG. 5 (A) is a cross-sectional view showing the relation between the circular plate 10 and the clearance.
  • a gap G having a gap size Gt is defined between an outside surface of the circular plate 10 and an inside surface of the tube 14 by means of the clearance around the circular plate. Influence of the gap G is described hereinafter.
  • FIG. 5 (B) is a cross-sectional view showing an examined model for studying the ratio of the flow rates at the gap G and the opening 12 .
  • a plate 100 is illustrated, which is located in a fluid passage of air and which is perpendicular to a direction of the flow of air A.
  • the plate 100 is provided with a principal opening 101 having a diameter Dm and a subsidiary opening 102 having a diameter Dg.
  • the openings 101 , 102 are round openings extending through the plate 100 .
  • the principal opening 101 corresponds to the aforementioned opening 12 and that the subsidiary opening 102 corresponds to the aforementioned gap G.
  • the fluid (air) is an incompressible fluid.
  • a pressure loss of the fluid only a friction resistance is taken into consideration.
  • FIG. 6 (A) is a diagram showing a relation between the gap size Gt and the flow rate leaking through the gap G
  • FIG. 6 (B) is a diagram showing a relation between a concentration of NOx in the combustion exhaust gas and the gap size Gt.
  • Increase in the flow rate of the leakage air involved in enlargement of the gap size Gt is indicated in FIG. 6 (A) by the ratio of flow rate relative to the reference flow rate.
  • the flow rate of air leaking through the gap G is increased substantially in proportion to enlargement of the gap size Gt.
  • the NOx concentration of the combustion exhaust gas gradually increases as the gap size Gt enlarges in a range of the gap size Gt equal to or less than 1.5 mm, until the NOx concentration increases up to 115 ppm (corrected to 11% O 2 ), as shown in FIG. 6 (B).
  • the NOx concentration of the combustion exhaust gas rapidly increases in a range of the gap size Gt exceeding 1.5 mm, and it increases up to approximately 190 ppm when the gap size is equal to 3.0 mm.
  • FIG. 7 there is shown a relation between the NOx concentration of the combustion exhaust gas and a position or an angular range of the gap G.
  • the NOx concentration increases up to approximately 150 ⁇ 200 ppm (corrected to 11% O 2 ).
  • the NOx concentration decreases down to 140 ⁇ 180 ppm.
  • the NOx concentration decreases down to 130 ⁇ 150 ppm.
  • the NOx concentration decreases down to 115 ⁇ 120 ppm, which is the minimum value. Simultaneously, a deviation of the NOx concentration also decreases as the angular range ⁇ is enlarged.
  • the NOx concentration is stabilized in a range from 115 ppm to 120 ppm.
  • the burner unit 15 is alternately changed over to either of the operation modes as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) at predetermined time intervals. Therefore, the opening 12 is not only used to inject the secondary combustion air of the air throat 2 into the air diluting chamber, but also used as an exhaust port for exhausting the combustion exhaust gas of the main combustion chamber 4 . Therefore, the length of the air throat 2 , i.e., a distance L 4 ( FIG. 4 ) between the circular plate 10 and the regenerator 13 is settled so that the combustion exhaust gas G flowing through the opening 12 into the air throat 2 can enter the respective cells of the regenerator 13 substantially uniformly while spreading over the whole area of an end face of the regenerator 13 .
  • L 4 FIG. 4
  • FIG. 8 (A) is a schematic perspective view conceptually showing a relation between the circular plate 10 and the regenerator 13
  • FIG. 8 (B) is a diagram showing a relation between a distance L from the plate 10 and a cross-sectional area Ga of an ejected flow of the combustion exhaust gas.
  • the opening 12 is a center circular opening 112 of the plate 10 .
  • a diameter Dm of the opening 112 is set to be 79 mm. Further, in order to set the flow rate of air at the opening 112 to be 70 m/s, the diameter Dm of the opening 112 is set to be 48 mm. In either of these cases, the effluent flow of the combustion exhaust gas G entering the air throat 2 from the opening 112 spreads toward the inlet face of the regenerator 13 . In FIG.
  • the opening 12 is eccentric and deformed, and it is somewhat different from the examined model as shown in FIG. 8 (A). However, the tendency itself is substantially the same. Therefore, enlargement of the open area of the opening 12 (i.e., reduction in the velocity of flow through the opening 12 ) enables considerable reduction of the distance L 4 ( FIG. 4 ) between the regenerator 13 and the circular plate 10 .
  • the burner apparatus is provided with a cylindrical peripheral cover 30 which extends between the regenerator 13 and the circular plate 10 .
  • the peripheral cover 30 blocks fluid communication between the air throat 2 and the air diluting chamber 3 throughout the whole circumference of the circular plate 10 , so that the cover 30 prevents leakage of air through the gap G, which may, otherwise, cause disturbance of gaseous flow distribution in the air diluting chamber 3 .
  • an effect of reduction in the NOx concentration can be surely obtained from this burner apparatus.
  • the periphery cover 30 extends backward from a peripheral edge of the circular plate 10 .
  • An outer diameter of the periphery cover 30 is substantially the same as that of the plate 10 or slightly smaller than that of the plate 10 .
  • the plate 10 and the heat-transfer tube 16 require strength in high temperature. Therefore, they are constituted from metal casting parts with high strength, or the like.
  • the peripheral cover 30 can be a part other than the metal casting part, which has a circular cross-section.
  • the peripheral cover 30 may be a part constituted from two semicircular plates welded to each other, each shaped by bending a plate of SUS310S (JIS). A front end of the peripheral cover 30 is fixed in an air-tight manner to the peripheral edge portion of the plate 10 by fixing means 31 such as welding.
  • the peripheral cover 30 fully blocks the fluid communication between the air throat 2 and the air diluting chamber 3 at the outer peripheral edge portion of the circular plate 10 . Therefore, the fluid communication between these areas 2 , 3 is limited to the opening 12 .
  • the peripheral cover 30 also carries the circular plate 10 in a predetermined position so that the position and attitude of the plate 10 and those of the heat-transfer tube 11 are stable.
  • a rear end portion of the peripheral cover 30 is located on an outer cylindrical casing 13 b of the regenerator 13 .
  • An inner surface of the rear end portion of the cover 30 is not integrally connected with an outer surface of the front end portion of the casing 13 b. Rather, it is connected in a displaceable manner with the casing 13 b, which is in sliding contact.
  • An annular spacer 13 c is integrally attached to the outer periphery of the casing 13 b, spaced at a distance rearward from the cover 30 .
  • An overall length L 3 of the peripheral cover 30 is relatively short, involved in reduction of the distance L 4 . Therefore, excessive thermal stress or thermal deformation is not caused on the cover 30 , and cracks by thermal stress or the like due to heat load can be prevented from occurring on the cover 30 . Further, a thickness T of the cover 30 can be set to be equal to or less than 8 mm, e.g., 5-6 mm, owing to reduction in the thermal stress. Therefore, sufficient volume of the air throat 2 and flexibility of design in regard to layout of the openings 12 can be ensured, in spite of provision of the cover 30 .
  • the thermal deformation of the peripheral cover 30 is not restrained in its axial direction by the radiant tube 14 or the casing 13 b, and therefore, the thermal deformation of the cover 30 is permissible in the axial direction.
  • the thermal stress does not concentrate on a joint portion (the fixing means 31 ) of the plate 10 and the cover 3 , and breakage, damage or the like due to the thermal stress concentration or thermal deformation is not caused.
  • L 1 Distance between the distal end of the fuel injection nozzle 17 a and the distal end of the heat-transfer tube 16 ;
  • L 2 Distance between the circular plate 10 and the distal end of the heat-transfer tube 16 .
  • the heat-transfer tube 16 physically separates the secondary combustion air and the fuel until the flow A of secondary combustion air and the flow F of the mixed gas join together.
  • the dimension L 2 of protrusion of the tube 16 is so set as to ensure a term of time for diluting the secondary combustion air in the air diluting chamber 2 and diluting the fuel in the primary combustion chamber 1 .
  • Each of the burner units 15 of the burner apparatus alternately performs a combustion operation (supply of the combustion air and the fuel) and a pause in the combustion (exhaust of the combustion exhaust is gas) as illustrated in FIG. 1 (A) and FIG. 1 (B), in response to switching control of supply of the primary air and the fuel to the burner gun 21 and switching control of the four-way valve 19 synchronized therewith.
  • the primary combustion air and the fuel are fed to the burner gun 21 ( FIG. 2 ) in combustion operation by the primary air supply pipe 22 and the fuel feed pipe 24 , so that the air and the fuel are introduced from the primary air delivery ports 18 a, 18 b and the fuel injection nozzle 17 a ( FIGS. 3 and 4 ) into the primary combustion chamber 1 , and they are mixed with each other in the chamber 1 .
  • the quantity of the supplied air is set to fall under approximately 10 ⁇ 20% of the theoretical amount of air required for complete combustion of the fuel.
  • the pilot fuel of the pilot fuel feed pipe 28 is normally injected through the pilot fuel injector 40 into the flame stabilizing tube 41 .
  • the quantity of the supplied pilot fuel is set to fall under approximately 2 ⁇ 8% of the quantity of the fuel fed by the nozzle 17 a.
  • the flame stabilizing section 42 in the tube 41 acts to prevent flame failure, whereby the combustion reactions in the chambers 1 and 4 are stabilized.
  • a large quantity of the secondary combustion air which is much greater than a quantity of the primary combustion air, is fed into the air case 20 through the secondary air supply pipe 23 , as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the secondary combustion air flows into the narrow passages (passages of cells) of the regenerator 13 at a high temperature.
  • the secondary combustion air is heated up to a temperature equal to or higher than 700° C., preferably, equal to or higher than 900° C. by heat-transfer contact with the honey-comb walls (cell walls) of the regenerator 13 and then, the heated air flows into the air throat 2 .
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 there are illustrated streams of the secondary combustion air flowing from the openings 12 of the circular plate 10 to the air diluting chamber 3 .
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 there are illustrated streams of the secondary combustion air A flowing into the air diluting chamber 3 in a condition that the peripheral cover 30 is not provided.
  • the burner apparatus as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 is positioned in a heating furnace or the like so that the openings 12 are located on the underside, and the plate 10 is displaced downward under the gravity. Therefore, a relatively large gap G is formed between the top portion of the periphery of the plate 10 and the inner circumferential surface of the radiant tube 14 .
  • the streams of the secondary combustion air A entering the air throat 2 are delivered into the air diluting chamber 3 through the openings 12 which is eccentrically disposed on one side of the circular plate 10 .
  • the flow rate of the air A through the opening 12 is set to be, for example, equal to or lower than 30 m/s, preferably equal to or lower than 25 m/s, more preferably equal to or lower than 20 m/s. This is considerably a low velocity range.
  • the cover 30 blocks the fluid communication between the air throat 2 and the chamber 3 on the outer periphery of the plate 10 , and therefore, the fluid communication between the areas 2 , 3 is limited to the fluid commination at the openings 12 .
  • a flow passage (area) for inducing the recirculation flows R into the air diluting chamber 3 is always ensured in the angular range ( ⁇ ) in which the opening 12 is not disposed.
  • ⁇ angular range
  • the openings 12 are disposed in a radially outer zone of the circular plate 10 , an area for inducing the recirculation flows R and moving the flows R toward the main combustion chamber 4 is created between the flows A of the secondary combustion air and an outer surface of the heat-transfer tube 11 . Therefore, effect of combustion gas recirculation can be enhanced in the limited area inside of the radiant tube as set forth above, and the secondary combustion air can be diluted with a relatively large quantity of combustion gas, even under circumstances where the velocity of the air flow A is lowered.
  • the secondary combustion air in the air throat 2 flows into the air diluting chamber 3 not only through the openings 12 , but also through the periphery of the circular plate 10 (the gap G) as peripheral air flows J.
  • the flows J act to be in opposition against the recirculation flows R and prevent the recirculation flows R from entering the chamber 3 . Therefore, the quantity of combustion gas mixed with the secondary combustion air is reduced.
  • the recirculation flows R can enter the air diluting chamber 3 without being obstructed by the peripheral air flows J.
  • the flows R move around the outer surface of the heat-transfer tube 16 and approach the proximity of the openings 12 , so that the flows R effectively mix with the flows of air A in order to dilute the secondary combustion air with a relatively large quantity of combustion gas.
  • the fuel flowing into the primary combustion chamber 1 in the heat-transfer tube 16 mixes with the primary combustion air to take a partial combustion reaction under a condition of low air ratio, so that the fuel is diluted with the combustion gas which is produced in the combustion chamber 1 .
  • the atmosphere in the combustion chamber 1 is normally kept in a high temperature state by the surrounding high temperature atmosphere.
  • the mixture of the fuel, primary combustion air and combustion gas is activated by reforming action in the chamber 1 under a condition of low oxygen concentration or low air ratio, and then, the mixture flows from the chamber 1 to the main combustion chamber 4 as a flow of gaseous mixture F.
  • the outer surface of the heat-transfer tube 11 is normally kept in a high temperature state, because it is in contact with the combustion exhaust gas at a high temperature while the combustion pauses, as described later.
  • the flow of air A the oxygen concentration of which has been lowered by mixing with the recirculation flow R, mixes with the flow of gaseous mixture F delivered from the distal end opening of the heat-transfer tube 16 , whereby a combustion reaction occurs and proceeds between the flows A and F in the main combustion chamber 4 .
  • the fluid communication between the areas 2 and 3 on either sides of the circular plate is restricted only to the openings 12 , owing to provision of the peripheral cover 30 , and therefore, the distance between the outer circumferential surface of the circular plate 10 and the inner circumferential surface of the radiant tube 14 can be arbitrarily designed as desired.
  • the combustion gas flows in the radiant tube 1 toward the burner unit 21 pausing the combustion operation, except the counterflow of the aforementioned recirculation gas.
  • the burner unit 21 pausing the combustion operation receives the combustion exhaust gas from the openings 12 of the circular plate 10 into the air throat 2 .
  • the combustion gas in the air throat 2 enters the honey-comb passages (cells) of the regenerator 13 after flowing through the areas surrounding the heat-transfer tubes 11 and 16 , so that the combustion gas is in heat-transfer contact with the honey-comb walls (cell walls) of the regenerator 13 at a relatively low temperature to heat the regenerator up to a temperature equivalent to the temperature of the combustion exhaust gas.
  • the combustion exhaust gas after being cooled by heat-exchange with the regenerator 13 , is exhausted to the atmosphere through the four-way valve 19 .
  • the combustion exhaust gas flowing through the opening 12 on the exhaust side also has a low velocity.
  • the velocity of air at the opening 12 is set to be equal to or less than 20 m/s
  • the velocity of the combustion exhaust gas at the opening 12 on the exhaust side is restricted to approximately 25 m/s or less, even if increase in the volume of combustion exhaust gas is taken into consideration. This results in reduction of the pressure loss in the burner units 21 on each of the combustion side and the exhaust side. Further, the exhaust gas entering the air throat 2 flows into the respective cells of the regenerator 13 relatively uniformly, in spite of reduction of the distance L 4 .
  • the flow rates of exhaust gas through the respective honey-comb passages are uniformed over the whole area of the regenerator 13 so as to uniformly heat the regenerator, since the exhaust gas at a relatively low speed is uniformly distributed over the whole area of the end face of the regenerator 13 without concentrically entering only a part of the regenerator 13 opposing the opening 12 .
  • the flow rate of the combustion exhaust gas is increased in comparison with the flow rate of the primary air, owing to supply of the primary combustion air and the fuel, combustion reaction, thermal expansion and the like.
  • such increase of the flow rate of the combustion exhaust gas is considered to be negligible, as set forth above.
  • the circular plate 10 is formed with the three openings 12 symmetrically arranged, in the aforementioned embodiment, but more openings or less openings may be unsymmetrically formed on the plate 10 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the size and configuration of the heat-transfer tube 11 is not limited to those in the aforementioned embodiment, but can be appropriately modified or designed in accordance with the present invention.
  • the present invention is applied to the alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus, which has the circular plate positioned between the burner unit and the main combustion chamber so that the preheated secondary combustion air is fed through the opening of the plate to the main combustion chamber.
  • the concentration of nitrogen oxides in the combustion exhaust gas can be definitly prevented from increasing, without being influenced by the installation condition or thermal deformation of the apparatus.
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