IP Library Granted Patent US 10,731,850
Granted Patent B2
US 10,731,850 · App. 15/740,482 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Solid fuel burner

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Patent No.
US 10,731,850
App. No.
15/740,482
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid fuel burner is provided with a nozzle that is provided around the central axis of the burner, that includes a straight tube section having an opening opposed to a furnace, and a curved tube section continuous with the straight tube section, and that sprays out, from the opening to the furnace, a fluid mixture which is of a solid fuel and carrier gas of the solid fuel and which is flowing in the curved tube section; a first swirler that gives the fluid mixture a swirl at the burner central axis side of the straight tube section; and a second swirler that gives, at the burner central axis side downstream of the first swirler, the fluid mixture a swirl opposite to that given by the first swirler.

Claims (19)

1. A solid fuel burner provided in a throat of a wall surface of a furnace, comprising:

a fuel nozzle which includes a straight tube section provided around a burner central axis and having an opening toward the furnace and a curved tube section continued to the straight tube section, wherein a mixed fluid of a solid fuel and a carrier gas thereof supplied to the curved tube section is sprayed from the opening of the straight tube section to the furnace;

a first swirler which is provided on the burner central axis in the straight tube section, includes a plurality of vanes installed in the circumferential direction to apply a swirl to the mixed fluid; and

a second swirler which is provided on the burner central axis downstream in a flow direction of the mixed fluid of the first swirler in the straight tube section, includes a plurality of vanes disposed in the circumferential direction, and is installed in a direction reverse to a direction in which vanes of the first swirler are installed,

wherein the first swirler and the second swirler are provided away from an inner wall of the fuel nozzle, and are provided apart from each other on the burner central axis, and

wherein the second swirler is separated from the opening of the straight tube section so that the swirling flow of the mixed fluid is weakened or disappears.

2. The solid fuel burner according to claim 1 , wherein a flame stabilizer is provided on the outer periphery of the opening of the straight tube section.

3. The solid fuel burner according to claim 1 , wherein respective vanes of the second swirler are installed so that an installation angle of the respective vanes of the second swirler with respect to a burner central axis direction is equal to or smaller than the installation angle of the respective vanes of the first swirler with respect to the burner central axis direction.

4. The solid fuel burner according to claim 1 , wherein a radial length of the respective vanes of the second swirler is equal to or shorter than the radial length of respective vanes of the first swirler.

5. The solid fuel burner according to claim 1 , wherein a lateral width of respective vanes of the second swirler is the same as or smaller than the lateral width of respective vanes of the first swirler.

6. The solid fuel burner according to claim 1 , wherein a disperser for solid fuel particles is provided in the curved tube section.

7. The solid fuel burner according to claim 6 , wherein the disperser is installed on a lateral face of an oil burner provided on the burner central axis on a side facing a flow of the mixed fluid.

8. The solid fuel burner according to claim 2 , wherein respective vanes of the second swirler are installed so that an installation angle of the respective vanes of the second swirler with respect to a burner central axis direction is equal to or smaller than the installation angle of the respective vanes of the first swirler with respect to the burner central axis direction.

9. The solid fuel burner according to claim 2 , wherein a radial length of the respective vanes of the second swirler is equal to or shorter than the radial length of respective vanes of the first swirler.

10. The solid fuel burner according to claim 2 , wherein a lateral width of respective vanes of the second swirler is the same as or smaller than the lateral width of respective vanes of the first swirler.

11. The solid fuel burner according to claim 2 , wherein a disperser for solid fuel particles is provided in the curved tube section.

12. The solid fuel burner according to claim 3 , wherein a disperser for solid fuel particles is provided in the curved tube section.

13. The solid fuel burner according to claim 4 , wherein a disperser for solid fuel particles is provided in the curved tube section.

14. The solid fuel burner according to claim 5 , wherein a disperser for solid fuel particles is provided in the curved tube section.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2017
From: TANIGUCHI, MASAYUKI; BABA, AKIRA; KURAMASHI, KOJI; ISHII, SHOTA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044499/0547 →