As a countermeasure for control of NO
x emissions from natural draft burner, we have developed new type burner so called “Self recirculating gasification (SRG) ” burner, in which both gas recirculation and two stage combustion technique are being effectively applied by utilizing rolling up phenomenon of high velocity fluid.
To evaluate the burner characteristics, tests were conducted in a laboratory using various fuel oil such as C, B, A class heavy oil and also kerosene since these oil are containing different amount of Fuel Nitrogen, which are 0.289, 0 .180, 0.030 wt% and almost negligible, respectively. And the results were compared with those obtained by a conventional natural draft “Tandem” type burner at the identical operating conditions.
When we operated SRG burner with 30% excess air, 37% NO
x reduction on C heavy oil, 30% on B oil, 18% on A oil and 15% on kerosene have been observed compared to the conventional burner.
Furtheremore, it has become clear that when higher Fuel N oil is used larger NO
x reduction can be expected.
From the above, SRG burner can perform to contral Fuel NO
x and, at the same time, due to the recirculation of combustion products into burner tile, it is also possible to reduce soot formation.
As a conclusion, by applying SRG burners on natural draft process heaters or similar type furnaces NO
x emission could be reduced considerably without use of any additional equipments.
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