LOW-NOX

BURNERS

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

 Low NOx burners – rules of operation

tertiary air
secondary air
inner outer

coal &
primary air gradually increases to 1,2

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Pulverized coal concentrator

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Near-burner area of low-NOx combustion

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Conventional and Rapid Ignition burners (RI)

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Development of low-NOx Babcock-Hitachi (NR) burners

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

LOW NOx SWIRL BURNERS
pulv. coal pipe

Standard

core air
pulv. coal
& air swirl generator
secondary air

concentrator
pulv. coal pipe

Low-NOx

core air pulv. coal

& air flame
second. air tertiary air swirl gen. stabilizer

COMBUSTION
Pulverized coal swirlAND FUELS
burners
LOW-NOX SWIRL BURNER DS TYPE

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

LOW-NOX SWIRL BURNER DS TYPE
1. turbulence generator
2. outer burner’s tube
3. burner’s casting
4. igniter
5. flame holder
6. inner burner’s tube
7. oil lance
8. pulverized coal
9. core air
10. secondary air
11. tetriary air

Burmeister & Wain Energy

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

LOW NOX JET BURNER - LNCFS TYPE

OFA1 & oil burner

core air
bottom air & oil burner

pulv. coal nozzle 2 core air pulverized

pulv. coal nozzle 1 coal

secondary air
& oil burner

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Progress in development of low-NOx swirl burners

Conven-
tional

WS burner

DS burner

COMBUSTION Excess
AND FUELS
of air
LOW NOX JET BURNER - DS TYPE

COMBUSTION AND FUELS

Low-NOx swirl burner of Babcock-Hitachi used
as low-NOx jet burner

COMBUSTION AND FUELS