US3718102A - Combustion apparatus - Google Patents

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US3718102A
US3718102A US00193865A US3718102DA US3718102A US 3718102 A US3718102 A US 3718102A US 00193865 A US00193865 A US 00193865A US 3718102D A US3718102D A US 3718102DA US 3718102 A US3718102 A US 3718102A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • ABSTRACT A combustion apparatus for incinerating nonhomogeneous pumpable liquid wastes.
  • a watery waste fraction and an oily waste fraction are introduced into a reaction chamber as separate aerosol streams.
  • Combustion air and auxiliary gaseous fuel are used as propellants to produce the aerosol streams.
  • the liquid waste injector includes a central atomizing nozzle for the watery waste liquid fraction and a surrounding annular conduit for auxiliary fuel and combustion air.
  • Around the outside of this first annular conduit is a second annular conduit having a concentrically mounted annular nozzle at the end thereof for producing an aerosol from the oily waste liquid fraction.
  • a high velocity gas stream contacts the oily waste as it is discharged from the nozzle and causes it to flow in a thin sheet over a surface portion of the annular nozzle to an edge thereof where it encounters a second high velocity gas stream directed perpendicularly within respect to the surface.
  • the injector is coaxially mounted on the end of a cylindrical reaction chamber.
  • An annular step is provided at the entrance end of the reaction chamber a short distance downstream from the injector nozzle to shield the chamber surface by preventing wall attachment of the burner flames.
  • a helically swirling annular column of combustion air is supplied around the injector.
  • the incineration chamber is a refractory lined cylinder with a burner chamber containing a waste liquid injection means at its entrance end.
  • the injection means may include a conventional type atomizer for atomizing the lower viscosity or watery fraction of the liquid waste.
  • the atomizer is aligned with the axis of the incineration chamber.
  • a first annular conduit for supplying gaseous fuel and air surrounds the aforesaid atomizer.
  • a second annular conduit surrounds the first annular conduit and has an annular atomizing nozzle at its distal end.
  • the higher viscosity or oily fraction of the liquid waste is supplied to an annular outlet in an internal head section of the nozzle.
  • the annular nozzle and its internal head section are designed so that a pressurized gas stream flowing around one side of the head contacts the liquid waste and causes it to flow in a thin film across a surface portion of the head. As the thin film reaches the edge of this surface it is contacted by another gas stream flowing around the head from the other side. At the annular line of contact the second gas stream is flowing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flow direction of the waste liquid film, and in this manner readily breaks the thin film of liquid into fine droplets as it leaves the edge of the surface.
  • Means may be provided to vary the relative volumetric flow rate of the two gas streams.
  • a wind box located at the base of the injection means supplies a helically swirling column of combustion air around the injected fluid streams.
  • the aerosol produced by the annular atomizer is rapidly mixed with this surrounding stream of combustion air.
  • An abrupt offset or annular step extending radially inward from the entrance end of the incineration chamber prevents wall attachment of the hot gases emanating from the burner.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the incinerator and separating tank with parts broken away.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the liquid waste injector.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph comparing the temperature distribution between the incineration system of this invention and a similar incineration system in which the waste liquid fractions are admitted together as a mixture.
  • FIG. 1 shows an incinerator for non-homogeneous pumpable liquid wastes. It has a vertically disposed cylindrical incineration chamber l2 with a refractory lining 14. At the bottom or entrance end of the chamber 12, an injector 16 is provided to produce separate coaxial aerosol streams from two waste liquid fractions.
  • a liquid waste separator 18 such as a settling tank, for separating the waste liquid into an oily or high viscosity fraction 20 and a watery or low viscosity fraction 22.
  • the oily waste fraction containing a higher amount of combustible material is fed from the top of the separator 18 to the injector 16 through a supply line 24.
  • the watery waste fraction containing a lower amount of combustible material is conveyed to the injector from the bottom of the separator through supply line 26.
  • Variable speed pumps 28 and 30 and valves 32 and 34 may be provided to separately control the pressures and flow rates of the fluids in the lines 24 and 26.
  • a windbox 36 with a centrifugal blower and spin vanes is mounted around the injector to supply a helically swirling column of combustion air around the aerosol streams emanating from the injector. Waste gases or fumes having a sufficiently high oxygen content may be substituted for the combustion air.
  • the injector 16 is concentrically mounted on the entrance end of the incinerator chamber 12 with an annular space between the outside of the injector and the inside wall of the chamber entrance. It comprises a tubular casing 38 having an enlarged base portion at one end and a nozzle portion of reduced size at the other end.
  • a first annular conduit is formed between the inside wall of the casing and the outside wall of a-first tubular member 40 concentrically mounted inside casing. Inside the nozzle end of this conduit is an annular head 41 with an annular outlet orifice in its top side.
  • the head is designed to provide passageways 42 and 44 for a mixture of gaseous fuel and air to flow in an axial direction on both sides of the head between it and the walls of the casing and first tubular member.
  • a flat annular disk 46 spaced above the top side of the head extends radially from the edge of the first tubular member beyond the outlet orifice in the head to the outer edge of the head.
  • the annular surface portion 48 extending from the outlet orifice to the outer edge of the head preferably is a flat surface parallel to the adjacent side of the disk 46. However, it may be slightly inclined or arcuate, provided the angle between it and the axially disposed passageway 44 is abrupt, i.e., preferably within 10 or so of 90.
  • a means is provided for adjusting the conical angle of the aerosol stream flowing from the annular nozzle.
  • Various means may be used to accomplish this purpose.
  • one means comprises sleeve spacers 56 disposed between the head 41 and cap 46 of the annular nozzle.
  • Bolts 57 disposed in a circle extend in axial directions through the components and draw them tightly together.
  • the width of the gap 55 may be varied. This produces a change of momentum of the gaseous stream flowing through passageway 42 and gap 55 with a consequent change in the relative deflection between it and the angularly opposed gaseous stream flowing out of passageway 44.
  • a watery waste atomizer head 58 of a conventional type is located at the end of supply line 26 which extends along the axis of the injector inside tubular member 40 forming a second annular conduit therewith.
  • the tip of the atomizing head 58 is located within a distance equivalent to one-half the inside diameter of tubular member 40 from the end of tubular member 40 and has a spray angle of between l530.
  • Air which may be combined with gaseous fuel is supplied under a pressure of more than about 3 pounds per square inch gauge to the second annular conduit through input pipe 60 to produce a high momentum annular gas stream between atomizing head 58 and the surrounding annular atomizer.
  • the burner chamber portion of the incineration chamber begins with a cylindrical section 61 concentrically surrounding thebase end of the injector. Following the cylindrical section is a coaxially aligned truncated conical section 62 which terminates with annular step or ledge 64 extending outwardly from the large end of the cone to the wall of the incineration chamber.
  • the cone has an included angle of less than and a length approximately equal to the radius of its large or upper end.
  • the width of the ledge must be sufficient to prevent premature attachment of the flames or hot reaction products to the wall of the refractory chamber.
  • the ledge width is greater than the radius of the small end of the cone.
  • This system promotes rapid and substantially complete combustion of the oily waste fraction at a high temperature before the tempering effect of watery waste fraction influences the reaction.
  • the efficiency of this system wherein the waste fractions are admitted separately, over one in which the waste fractions are admitted as a mixture, is graphically shown in FIG. 3.
  • the theoretical temperature curve in this figure is not attainable as a practical matter because a liquid waste containing the usual amounts of water, even though homogeneously mixed with the combustible components, requires extra fuel in order to maintain a stable flame.
  • a combustion apparatus for incinerating pumpable non-homogeneous liquid waste such as industrial waste containing water and combustible fluids which apparatus comprises: refractory wall means defining a reaction chamber; a combustion chamber section at one end thereof; a liquid waste burner adjacent the entrance end of said combustion chamber section, said burner having an annular atomizing means and a second atomizing means coaxially mounted inside said annular atomizing means; means for separating said liquid waste into two fractions, one of said fractions having a higher fuel value than the other of said fractions; means for supplying said higher fuel value fraction to said annular atomizer; and means for supplying the other of said fractions to said second atomizer.
  • combustion chamber section comprises a truncated conical section having an included angle of less than 70 with its small end adjacent the tip of said burner, and the combination further includes a step having a planar downstream surface extending laterally between the large end of said conical section and said reaction chamber wall.
  • annular atomizer includes an annular head adjacent the outlet end of an annular conduit, said head being spaced laterally from the sides of said conduit to form passages therebetween, an annular outlet in said head, an annular disk spaced above said head and extending from the inside wall of said conduit to adjacent its outside wall, means for directing a first high velocity gas stream across the open face of said groove, annular lip means extending from said groove in the direction of said stream, means for directing a second high velocity gas stream across the outer edge of said lip means at an abrupt angle with respect to said first gas stream.
  • a combustion apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said annular groove confronts said disk and said abrupt angle is approximately 90.
  • a combustion apparatus including a means for varying the relative momentum of the two gas streams whereby the resultant direction of the two streams is changed.
  • a combustion apparatus further including an annular conduit for supplying a high momentum annular gas stream between said two atomizing means.
  • a combustion apparatus for incinerating a plurality of liquid wastes having different fuel values comprising: refractory wall means defining a generally cylindrical reaction chamber; a combustion section at one end thereof; and a liquid waste burner coaxially disposed adjacent the entrance end of said combustion chamber section, said burner having a central nozzle means for injecting a first waste liquid into said combustion chamber section, an annular nozzle means for producing an aerosol from a second waste liquid having a higherfuel value than said first waste liquid, said annular nozzle means includes an annular head member adjacent the outlet end of an annular conduit, said head being spaced laterally from the sides of said conduit to form passages therebetween, an annular outlet groove in said head, an annular disk spaced above said head and extending from the inside wall of said conduit to adjacent its outside wall, means for directing a first high velocity gas stream across the open face of said groove, and means for directing a second high velocity gas stream into said first gas stream at an abrupt angle.
  • a combustion apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said groove in said head member confronts said disk and said head member has a lip member extending from said groove in the direction of travel of said first high velocity gas stream passing thereover.
  • a combustion apparatus further including an annular conduit for supplying under pressure an annular gas stream between said central nozzle means and said annular nozzle means.
  • combustion chamber section comprises a truncated conical section having an included angle of less than with its small end adjacent the top of said burner and the combination further includes an annular step having a planar downstream surface extending laterally between the large end of said conical section and said reaction chamber wall.
  • a combustion apparatus comprising wall means defining a reaction chamber having a diverging conical combustion chamber section opening into said reaction chamber, a burner means coaxially disposed adjacent the small end of said conical section, said burner having a central nozzle means for injecting a first liquid fuel into said combustion chamber section, a coaxially mounted annular nozzle means for producing an aerosol from a second liquid fuel, said annular nozzle means includes an annular head member adjacent the outlet end of an annular conduit, said head member being spaced laterally from the sides of said conduit to form passages therebetween, an annular outlet groove in said head member for discharging said second liquid, an annular disk spaced above said head and extending from the inside wall of said conduit to adjacent its outside wall, means for directing a first high velocity gas stream across the open face of said groove, and means for directing a second high velocity gas stream into said first gas stream at an abrupt angle after said first gas stream has contacted the second fluid being discharged from said outlet groove.
  • a combustion apparatus further including an annular conduit for supplying under pressure an annular gas stream between said central atomizing means and said annular nozzle means.
  • a reaction apparatus involving combustion comprising wall means defining a reaction chamber having a diverging conical combustion chamber section opening into said reaction chamber, a burner means coaxially disposed adjacent the small end of said conical section, said burner having a coaxially mounted annular nozzle means for producing an aerosol from a liquid fuel
  • said annular nozzle means includes an annular head member adjacent the outlet end of an annular conduit, said head being spaced from the sides of said conduit to form passages therebetween, an annular outlet groove in said head member for discharging said liquid fuel, an annular disk spaced above said head and extending from the inside wall of said conduit to adjacent its outside wall, means for directing a first high velocity gas stream across the open face of said groove, and means for directing a second high velocity gas stream into said first gas stream at an abrupt angle after said first gas stream has contacted said liquid fuel being discharged from said outlet groove, and a means for introducing a stream of reactant coaxially of said annular burner nozzle.

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