Burner for production of inorganic spheroidized particle

1. A burner for production of inorganic spheroidized particles, comprising:

a raw material powder supply path that supplies raw material powder by using oxygen or an oxygen-enriched air as a carrier gas;

a powder diffusion plate having a plurality of fine holes, which is provided at a downstream end of the raw material powder supply path;

a raw material diffusion chamber that is formed in a diffusion pipe provided at a downstream end of the powder diffusion plate;

a fuel supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the raw material powder supply path;

an oxygen supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the fuel supply path; and

a combustion chamber disposed at a downstream side of the raw material diffusion chamber, which has an inside diameter increasing along the downstream direction and communicates with the fuel supply path and the oxygen supply path, wherein the oxygen supply path has a plurality of first oxygen ejection holes that eject oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in such a direction that forms rotational flow in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of second oxygen ejection holes that are disposed at a downstream side of the first oxygen ejection holes and ejects oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in a direction parallel to a central axis of the burner.

2. The burner for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller that controls a supply quantity of the oxygen within the oxygen supply path, wherein the oxygen supply path comprise primary oxygen supply path communicating the first oxygen ejection holes and secondary oxygen supply path communicating the second oxygen ejection holes, and

the controller separately controls the supply quantities of oxygen within the primary oxygen supply path and the secondary oxygen supply path.

3. The burner for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles according to claim 1 , wherein the fine holes of the powder diffusion plate are formed in a radial manner along the downstream direction.

4. An apparatus for production of inorganic spheroidized particles, comprising:

a vertical furnace that is equipped with a burner for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles at a top part in a vertically downward direction; and

a cyclone and a bag filter that are disposed at a downstream side of the vertical furnace,

the burner comprising:

a raw material powder supply path that supplies raw material powder by using oxygen or an oxygen-enriched air as a carrier gas;

a powder diffusion plate having a plurality of fine holes, which is provided at a downstream end of the raw material powder supply path;

a raw material diffusion chamber that is formed in a diffusion pipe provided at a downstream end of the powder diffusion plate;

a fuel supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the raw material powder supply path;

an oxygen supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the fuel supply path; and

a combustion chamber disposed at a downstream side of the raw material diffusion chamber, which has an inside diameter increasing along the downstream direction and communicates with the fuel supply path and the oxygen supply path, wherein

the oxygen supply path has a plurality of first oxygen ejection holes the eject oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in such a direction that forms rotational flow in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of second oxygen ejection holes that are disposed at a downstream side of the first oxygen ejection holes and ejects oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in a direction parallel to a central axis of the burner.

5. A method for production of inorganic spheroidized particles, comprising using a burner for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles to produce the inorganic spheroidized particles, wherein

a flow rate ratio between a primary oxygen and a secondary oxygen is adjusted so that the flow rate ratio of the primary oxygen is lower than 50%, to obtain the inorganic spheroidized particles whose vitrification percentage is 98% or more,

the burner comprising

a raw material powder supply path that supplies raw material powder by using oxygen or an oxygen-enriched air as a carrier gas;

a powder diffusion plate having a plurality of fine holes, which is provided at a downstream end of the powder diffusion plate;

a fuel supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the raw material powder supply path;

an oxygen supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the fuel supply path; and

a combustion chamber disposed at a downstream side of the raw material diffusion chamber, which has an inside diameter increasing along the downstream direction and communicates with the fuel supply path and the oxygen supply path; and

a controller that controls a supply quantity of the oxygen within the oxygen supply path, wherein

the oxygen supply path has a plurality of first oxygen ejection holes that eject oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in such a direction that forms rotational flow in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of second oxygen ejection holes that are disposed at a downstream side of the first oxygen ejection holes and ejects oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in a direction parallel to a central axis of the burner;

the oxygen supply path comprise a primary oxygen supply path communicating the first oxygen ejection holes and a secondary oxygen supply path communicating the second oxygen ejection holes, and

the controller separately controls the supply quantities of the oxygen within the primary oxygen supply path and the secondary oxygen supply path.

6. A method for production of inorganic spheroidized particles, comprising using an apparatus for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles to collect coarse and fine particles,

the apparatus comprising:

a vertical furnace that is quipped with a burner for production of the inorganic spheroidized particles at a top part in a vertically downward direction,

a cyclone for collecting the coarse particles which is disposed at a downstream side of the vertical furnace,

a bag filter for collecting the fine particles which is disposed at a downstream side of the cyclone,

the burner comprising:

a raw material powder supply path that supplies raw material powder by using oxygen or an oxygen-enriched air as a carrier gas;

a powder diffusion plate having a plurality of fine holes, which is provided at a downstream end of the raw material powder supply path;

a raw material downstream chamber that is formed in a diffusion pipe provided at a downstream end of the powder diffusion plate;

a fuel supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the raw material powder supply path;

an oxygen supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the fuel supply path; and

a combustion chamber disposed at a downstream side of the raw material diffusion chamber, which has an inside diameter increasing along the downstream direction and communicates with the fuel supply path and the oxygen supply path, wherein

the oxygen supply path has a plurality of first oxygen ejection holes that eject oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in such a direction that forms rotational flow in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of second oxygen ejection holes that are disposed at a downstream side of the first oxygen ejection holes and ejects oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in a direction parallel to a central axis of the burner.