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US20070042302A1
US20070042302A1 US11/372,678 US37267806A US2007042302A1 US 20070042302 A1 US20070042302 A1 US 20070042302A1 US 37267806 A US37267806 A US 37267806A US 2007042302 A1 US2007042302 A1 US 2007042302A1
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    • 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
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C9/00—Combustion apparatus characterised by arrangements for returning combustion products or flue gases to the combustion chamber
    • F23C9/006—Combustion apparatus characterised by arrangements for returning combustion products or flue gases to the combustion chamber the recirculation taking place in the combustion chamber
    • 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
    • F23D14/32—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid using a mixture of gaseous fuel and pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air
    • 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
    • F23L7/00—Supplying non-combustible liquids or gases, other than air, to the fire, e.g. oxygen, steam
    • F23L7/007—Supplying oxygen or oxygen-enriched air
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2229/00—Flame sensors
    • F23N2229/04—Flame sensors sensitive to the colour of flames
    • 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
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    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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  • the present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for monitoring a burner, principally burners used in industrial furnaces.
  • One way of solving the problem of the formation of NO x during the combustion of fossil fuels is to inject gases into the combustion zone at a high rate of flow.
  • Gaseous fuel and a gaseous oxidant are injected into the combustion zone at a distance from each other.
  • the gases are injected into a burner head through lances that are provided with nozzles.
  • the injected gases will be diluted with combustion products since the gases are injected at a distance from each other.
  • the dilution together with the fact that the diluted gases are first mixed at a certain distance away from the burner head, means that the gases react with each other in a combustion process that proceeds at a slower rate than that of conventional combustion due to a lower concentration of the gases.
  • Such combustion ensures that the formation of NO x is suppressed.
  • a burner For reasons of safety, a burner must be monitored for the presence of a flame during operation. Such monitoring usually takes place through a UV sensor, which is a sensor that is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation.
  • the UV sensor is normally mounted in the burner in such a way that the sensor sees a part of a flame that is present.
  • the method of combustion described above requires that the furnace first be heated to the spontaneous ignition temperature of the gases before combustion by the method described above can be commenced. In that case the furnace is operated at a temperature below approximately 800° C.
  • a burner of the type identified above cannot be used during a heating phase because a flame of the type described is difficult to detect at a temperature below 800° C., whereas at the same time safety regulations specify that UV monitoring is to take place at temperatures below 800° C.
  • the present invention solves that problem.
  • the present invention thus relates to a method for monitoring a burner during the combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace.
  • the fuel and the oxidant are supplied to a burner head and the flame is monitored by means of a detector for ultraviolet light.
  • At least one channel for the supply of fuel and at least two channels for the supply of oxidant are present in the burner and extend to openings at a surface of the burner head that faces into the furnace.
  • the channel for fuel and a first channel for oxidant are spaced from each other, and the channel for fuel and a second channel for oxidant is spaced from the fuel channel at a distance that is smaller than the spacing between the first oxidant channel and the fuel channel.
  • the detector is arranged upstream of the burner outlet at the channel for fuel or at the second channel for oxidant. A fraction of the total amount of oxidant that is supplied to the burner is supplied to the second oxidant channel, and the oxidant is supplied to the second oxidant channel during the entire combustion process.
  • the invention also relates to a burner for carrying out the method.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a longitudinal cross section of a burner head in accordance with the invention
  • FIGS. 2A, 2B , and 2 C show alternative embodiments of a central part of the outlet of the burner head as viewed from the right side of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 1 shows the burner head of a burner for the combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace.
  • the burner is arranged so that fuel and oxidant are supplied to the burner head 1 .
  • a UV detector 2 for the detection of ultraviolet light is present outside of the burner head 1 , at the upstream side and adjacent to a channel that extends through the burner head, in order to monitor light provided by a flame at the burner outlet.
  • At least one channel 3 is present for the supply of fuel and at least two channels 4 , 5 for the supply of oxidant.
  • Channel outlet openings are provided at outlet surface 6 of the burner head that faces the furnace interior (not shown).
  • the fuel channel 3 and a first oxidant channel 5 are spaced from each other at a predetermined distance, and the fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4 are located closer to each other than the spacing between fuel channel 3 and oxidant channel 5 .
  • Fuel is introduced into fuel channel 3 at fuel inlet 3 a, and oxidant is introduced into oxidant channel 4 at oxidant inlet 4 a.
  • FIG. 1 also shows a third oxidant channel 7 in burner head 1 .
  • the UV detector 2 is positioned adjacent an upstream side of the fuel channel 3 or adjacent an upstream side of the second oxidant channel 4 . It is appropriate that the UV detector is arranged at the end of a channel that lies farthest away from the furnace, and is so positioned that UV light from the flame passes into the channel and impinges upon the detector.
  • the detector is connected to a detector circuit (not shown), by means of which circuit the presence or absence of a flame can be determined. In the case in which a flame is not detected, the supply of fuel and oxidant is interrupted.
  • the burner is arranged to supply to the second oxidant channel 4 a fraction of the total amount of oxidant supplied to support the combustion process.
  • Fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4 which are located closer to each other than are fuel channel 3 and first oxidant channel 5 , are so positioned that a stable flame that begins close to the burner head outlet can be maintained.
  • Fuel channel 3 and the first oxidant channel 5 are located at such a distance from each other that the gases that are injected are diluted with combustion gases adjacent to the burner head outlet. That dilution, together with the fact that the diluted gases are first mixed at a certain distance away from the burner head outlet, means that the gases react with each other in a combustion process in such a way that the formation of NO x is suppressed, as has been described above.
  • the fuel can be natural gas, propane, butane, gasol, heating oil, etc.
  • the oxidant is injected into the combustion zone through one or several nozzles designed as straight pipes, or as Laval nozzles, or as Venturi nozzles.
  • a preferred pressure for the oxidant is an excess pressure of at least 2 bar above that of the fuel pressure. The greater that oxidant pressure, the greater will be the suppression of the formation of NO x that is achieved.
  • a preferred oxidant pressure for normal applications is 4-5 bar.
  • the fuel is injected through normal nozzles at the pressure that is available.
  • the distance between fuel channel 3 and the first oxidant channel 5 should exceed approximately 40 mm in order to achieve the desired effect.
  • the detector 2 is arranged at the fuel channel 3 or at the second oxidant channel 4 . Both of those channels open out close to each other at the outlet side of the burner head that faces the furnace, and for that reason detection of a flame that arises from combustion of fuel with oxidant from the second oxidant channel 4 will be extremely secure. Fuel and the oxidant from the first oxidant channel 5 will be combusted, provided that a flame is present.
  • the second oxidant channel 4 between 4 and 40% of the oxidant is supplied by the second oxidant channel 4 . That amount of oxidant provides a stable flame, while at the same time the fraction of oxidant is sufficiently small not to adversely influence the formation of NO x .
  • FIGS. 2A, 2B , and 2 C show different positions of the fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4 , as viewed from the right in FIG. 1 at the area of the box indicated in FIG. 1 .
  • the second oxidant channel 4 and the fuel channel 3 are coaxial.
  • the second oxidant channel 4 and the fuel channel 3 are spaced from each other and are parallel to each other.

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A method and apparatus for monitoring combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace. The fuel and oxidant are supplied to a burner head, and a burner outlet flame is monitored by an ultraviolet light detector. At least one fuel channel and at least two oxidant channels are provided and open at an outer surface of the burner head that faces the interior of the furnace. The fuel channel and a first oxidant channel are located at a predetermined first distance from each other, and the fuel channel and the second oxidant channel are located closer to each other at a second distance. The detector is positioned at the fuel channel or at the second oxidant channel. A fraction of the total amount of oxidant supplied is supplied to the second oxidant channel, and oxidant is supplied to the second oxidant channel during the entire combustion process.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • 1. Field of the Invention
  • The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for monitoring a burner, principally burners used in industrial furnaces.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art
  • One way of solving the problem of the formation of NOx during the combustion of fossil fuels is to inject gases into the combustion zone at a high rate of flow. Gaseous fuel and a gaseous oxidant are injected into the combustion zone at a distance from each other. The gases are injected into a burner head through lances that are provided with nozzles. The injected gases will be diluted with combustion products since the gases are injected at a distance from each other. The dilution, together with the fact that the diluted gases are first mixed at a certain distance away from the burner head, means that the gases react with each other in a combustion process that proceeds at a slower rate than that of conventional combustion due to a lower concentration of the gases. Such combustion ensures that the formation of NOx is suppressed.
  • For reasons of safety, a burner must be monitored for the presence of a flame during operation. Such monitoring usually takes place through a UV sensor, which is a sensor that is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. The UV sensor is normally mounted in the burner in such a way that the sensor sees a part of a flame that is present.
  • The flame becomes longer and more spread out through the method of combustion described above, and thus become less visible. That makes the detection of a flame by means of the UV sensor considerably more difficult. Furthermore, the method of combustion described above requires that the furnace first be heated to the spontaneous ignition temperature of the gases before combustion by the method described above can be commenced. In that case the furnace is operated at a temperature below approximately 800° C. For reasons of safety, a burner of the type identified above cannot be used during a heating phase because a flame of the type described is difficult to detect at a temperature below 800° C., whereas at the same time safety regulations specify that UV monitoring is to take place at temperatures below 800° C.
  • The present invention solves that problem.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention thus relates to a method for monitoring a burner during the combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace. The fuel and the oxidant are supplied to a burner head and the flame is monitored by means of a detector for ultraviolet light. At least one channel for the supply of fuel and at least two channels for the supply of oxidant are present in the burner and extend to openings at a surface of the burner head that faces into the furnace. The channel for fuel and a first channel for oxidant are spaced from each other, and the channel for fuel and a second channel for oxidant is spaced from the fuel channel at a distance that is smaller than the spacing between the first oxidant channel and the fuel channel. The detector is arranged upstream of the burner outlet at the channel for fuel or at the second channel for oxidant. A fraction of the total amount of oxidant that is supplied to the burner is supplied to the second oxidant channel, and the oxidant is supplied to the second oxidant channel during the entire combustion process.
  • The invention also relates to a burner for carrying out the method.
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  • The structure, operation, and advantages of the present invention will become further apparent upon consideration of the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a longitudinal cross section of a burner head in accordance with the invention; and
  • FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C show alternative embodiments of a central part of the outlet of the burner head as viewed from the right side of FIG. 1.
    • DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • FIG. 1 shows the burner head of a burner for the combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace. The burner is arranged so that fuel and oxidant are supplied to the burner head 1. A UV detector 2 for the detection of ultraviolet light is present outside of the burner head 1, at the upstream side and adjacent to a channel that extends through the burner head, in order to monitor light provided by a flame at the burner outlet.
  • In accordance with the invention, at least one channel 3 is present for the supply of fuel and at least two channels 4, 5 for the supply of oxidant. Channel outlet openings are provided at outlet surface 6 of the burner head that faces the furnace interior (not shown). The fuel channel 3 and a first oxidant channel 5 are spaced from each other at a predetermined distance, and the fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4 are located closer to each other than the spacing between fuel channel 3 and oxidant channel 5. Fuel is introduced into fuel channel 3 at fuel inlet 3 a, and oxidant is introduced into oxidant channel 4 at oxidant inlet 4 a.
  • FIG. 1 also shows a third oxidant channel 7 in burner head 1.
  • The UV detector 2 is positioned adjacent an upstream side of the fuel channel 3 or adjacent an upstream side of the second oxidant channel 4. It is appropriate that the UV detector is arranged at the end of a channel that lies farthest away from the furnace, and is so positioned that UV light from the flame passes into the channel and impinges upon the detector. The detector is connected to a detector circuit (not shown), by means of which circuit the presence or absence of a flame can be determined. In the case in which a flame is not detected, the supply of fuel and oxidant is interrupted.
  • When fuel of a low heating value, such as blast furnace gas, is used, it can be advantageous, when the detector 2 is arranged at fuel channel 3, to arrange the detector at a special pipe that runs within fuel channel 3.
  • Furthermore, the burner is arranged to supply to the second oxidant channel 4 a fraction of the total amount of oxidant supplied to support the combustion process.
  • Fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4, which are located closer to each other than are fuel channel 3 and first oxidant channel 5, are so positioned that a stable flame that begins close to the burner head outlet can be maintained.
  • Fuel channel 3 and the first oxidant channel 5 are located at such a distance from each other that the gases that are injected are diluted with combustion gases adjacent to the burner head outlet. That dilution, together with the fact that the diluted gases are first mixed at a certain distance away from the burner head outlet, means that the gases react with each other in a combustion process in such a way that the formation of NOx is suppressed, as has been described above.
  • It is most advantageous to use with the present invention oxidants that have an O2 content that is greater than 85%. The fuel can be natural gas, propane, butane, gasol, heating oil, etc.
  • The oxidant is injected into the combustion zone through one or several nozzles designed as straight pipes, or as Laval nozzles, or as Venturi nozzles. A preferred pressure for the oxidant is an excess pressure of at least 2 bar above that of the fuel pressure. The greater that oxidant pressure, the greater will be the suppression of the formation of NOx that is achieved. A preferred oxidant pressure for normal applications is 4-5 bar. The fuel is injected through normal nozzles at the pressure that is available.
  • The distance between fuel channel 3 and the first oxidant channel 5 should exceed approximately 40 mm in order to achieve the desired effect.
  • When oxidant is supplied to the first oxidant channel 5, the supply of oxidant to the second oxidant channel 4 continues. In that way a stable combustion process also is obtained for fuel and the oxidant that is supplied through the first oxidant channel 5.
  • As has been described above, the detector 2 is arranged at the fuel channel 3 or at the second oxidant channel 4. Both of those channels open out close to each other at the outlet side of the burner head that faces the furnace, and for that reason detection of a flame that arises from combustion of fuel with oxidant from the second oxidant channel 4 will be extremely secure. Fuel and the oxidant from the first oxidant channel 5 will be combusted, provided that a flame is present.
  • Thus, an extremely secure indication of combustion is obtained. That means that the present method and arrangement make possible the detection of the flame by a UV detector under all conceivable operating temperature conditions.
  • In accordance with one preferred design, between 4 and 40% of the oxidant is supplied by the second oxidant channel 4. That amount of oxidant provides a stable flame, while at the same time the fraction of oxidant is sufficiently small not to adversely influence the formation of NOx.
  • In accordance with a further preferred design, between 5 and 15% of the oxidant is supplied through the second oxidant channel 4.
  • FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C show different positions of the fuel channel 3 and the second oxidant channel 4, as viewed from the right in FIG. 1 at the area of the box indicated in FIG. 1.
  • In accordance with one preferred design shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the second oxidant channel 4 and the fuel channel 3 are coaxial.
  • In accordance with an alternative design shown in FIG. 2C, the second oxidant channel 4 and the fuel channel 3 are spaced from each other and are parallel to each other.
  • It is clear that the channels can be designed in another way and that there can be other channels without deviating from the innovative concept.
  • Furthermore, it is clear that one skilled in the art will have no difficulty in determining dimensions and positions for the channels such that the technical effects described above are obtained.
  • Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is therefore intended to encompass within the appended claims all such changes and modifications that fall within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A method for combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace, in which the fuel and the oxidant are supplied to a burner head and where the flame is monitored by means of a detector for ultraviolet light, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one fuel supply channel and at least two oxidant supply channels that open at an outlet surface of the burner head that faces into the furnace; positioning the fuel supply channel relative to a first oxidant supply channel at a first distance from each other; positioning the fuel supply channel and the second oxidant supply channel relative to each other at a second distance from each other that is smaller than the first distance; arranging the detector at one of the fuel supply channel and the second oxidant supply channel at a burner inlet region; furnishing a fraction of a total supply of oxidant to the second oxidant supply channel; and maintaining oxidant supply to the second oxidant supply channel during an entire combustion process.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1, including the step of supplying between 4 and 40% of the total supply of oxidant to the second oxidant supply channel.
3. A method in accordance with claim 1, including the step of supplying between 5 and 15% of the total supply of oxidant to the second oxidant supply channel.
4. A method in accordance with claim 1, including the step of positioning the second oxidant supply channel coaxially with the fuel supply channel.
5. A method in accordance with claim 1, including the step of spacing the second oxidant supply channel and the fuel supply channel from each other and in parallel relationship.
6. A burner for the combustion of a fuel with an oxidant in an industrial furnace, in which the burner is arranged to supply fuel and oxidant to the burner head of the burner, and wherein a detector for ultraviolet light is present to monitor a flame issuing from the burner head, said burner comprising: at least one fuel supply channel and at least two oxidant supply channels that open at an outlet surface of the burner head that faces into the furnace; wherein the fuel supply channel and a first oxidant supply channel are positioned at a first distance from each other; wherein the fuel supply channel and a second oxidant supply channel are positioned from each other at a second distance from each other that is smaller than the first distance; wherein the detector is positioned at one of the fuel supply channel and the second oxidant channel at a burner inlet region; and wherein a fraction of a total amount of oxidant supplied to the burner head is supplied to the second oxidant supply channel.
7. A burner in accordance with claim 6, wherein the burner supplies between 4 and 40% of the oxidant to the second oxidant supply channel.
8. A burner in accordance with claim 6, wherein the burner supplies between 5 and 15% of the oxidant to the second oxidant supply channel.
9. A burner in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second oxidant supply channel and the fuel supply channel are coaxial.
10. A burner in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second oxidant supply channel and the fuel supply channel are spaced from each other and in parallel relationship.
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