Top combustion stove

A burner assembly for top combustion hot blast stove comprising:

• a burner surrounded by a burner shell, wherein said burner has a circular cross-section;
• a number of air nozzles arranged for tangentially feeding air to the burner, the air nozzles being connected to one or more air distribution chambers;
• a number of gas nozzles arranged for tangentially feeding gas to the burner, the gas nozzles being connected to one or more gas distribution chambers;
• wherein the air nozzles are arranged in one or more inclined or vertical stacked arrays of air nozzles, each inclined or vertical stacked array being in connection with one inclined or vertical air distribution chamber;
• wherein the gas nozzles are arranged in one or more inclined or vertical stacked arrays of gas nozzles, each inclined or vertical stacked array being in connection with one inclined or vertical gas distribution chamber;
• wherein the inclined or vertical air distribution chamber(s) and the inclined or vertical gas distribution chamber(s) are distributed along a circumference of the burner shell;
• and
• wherein the burner shell includes a plurality of continuous inclined or vertical wall sections disposed in between adjacent chambers from an outer surface of the burner shell to an inner surface of the burner shell.