# US 12,760,892 B2 · Ultra low NOx burner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,760,892 B2 - Document ID: US12760892B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/283,500 - Filed: 2022-03-17 - Published: 2024-05-30 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-23 - Assignees: Mme Engineering E.U. - Applicants: MME Engineering E.U. - Inventors: Roman Schiesser - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12760892B2 ## CPC - F23L 9/06: by discharging the air into the fire bed - F23D 14/58: characterised by the shape or arrangement of the outlet or outlets from the nozzle, e.g. of annular configuration - F23K 5/007: {Details} - F23D 2203/007: Mixing tubes, air supply regulation - F23D 2204/20: gaseous and pulverulent fuel - F23D 2900/14021: Premixing burners with swirling or vortices creating means for fuel or air - F23J 2215/101: Nitrous oxide (N2O) - F23K 2400/201: Control devices - F23L: SUPPLYING AIR OR NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR GASES TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS IN GENERAL ({air-supply arrangements for fluent fuels F23C;} firebridges with means for feeding air or steam F23M3/04; baffles or shields with air supply passages F23M9/04); VALVES OR DAMPERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY OR DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS {(dampers and throat restrictors for open fire-places F24; air inlet valves for open fire fronts F24)}; INDUCING DRAUGHT IN COMBUSTION APPARATUS; TOPS FOR CHIMNEYS OR VENTILATING SHAFTS; TERMINALS FOR FLUES - F23D: BURNERS - F23K: FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS (fuel feeders specially adapted for fluidised bed combustion apparatus F23C10/22) - F23J: REMOVAL OR TREATMENT OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OR COMBUSTION RESIDUES; FLUES (combustion apparatus for consuming smoke or fumes, e.g. exhaust gases, F23G7/06) ## Abstract A burner includes a hot gas zone and an outer zone, a primary air feed line, a secondary air feed line, and a fuel feed line. The secondary air feed line includes three concentric cylindrical tubes. The fuel feed line is arranged concentrically around the secondary air feed line. A first dead volume exists inside the burner between the secondary air feed line and the fuel feed line. The fuel feed line has a nozzle construction on the hot gas side. A second dead volume is arranged between the secondary air feed line and the fuel feed line on the outer side zone. The primary air feed line is arranged concentrically around the fuel feed line. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A burner, comprising a hot gas side (21) and an outer zone (22), a primary air feed line (3), a secondary air feed line (1), a fuel feed line (2), wherein, the secondary air feed line (1) comprises three concentric cylindrical tubes (an innermost tube (1a), a middle tube (1b) and an outermost tube (1c)), wherein: the secondary air feed line (1) protrudes into the hot gas side (21); the innermost tube (1a) is open to the outer zone (22) and open to the hot gas side (21); the middle tube (1b) is arranged concentrically around the innermost tube (1a) and has a dome-shaped seal (1d), which encloses the innermost tube (1a) on the hot gas side (21) and is closed off towards the outer zone (22); the middle tube (1b) comprises overflow channels (1e), which are arranged in the outer zone (22), comprise holes and are open towards the outermost tube (1c); the outermost tube (1c) is closed off towards the outer zone (22) and open to the hot gas side (21) and comprises adjustable swirl vanes (1f) near the opening on the hot gas side (21) at an angle of attack of 15° to 80°; wherein tube sections (li) are arranged in the dome-shaped seal (1d) of the middle tube of the secondary air feed line (1b), which project through the dome-shaped seal (1d) on one end and project through a baffle plate (1j) on the opposite end; the fuel feed line (2) is arranged concentrically around the secondary air feed line (1), which ends immediately after entering the hot gas side (21); wherein a first dead volume (4) exists inside the burner between the secondary air feed line (1) and the fuel feed line (2) and wherein the fuel feed line (2) has a nozzle construction (5) on the hot gas side (21), which comprises the following: a ring diaphragm (5a) with holes (5b); radially oriented injector aspiration nozzles (5c), which are in fluid connection with the holes (5b) and, on the aspiration side, project beyond the outer diameter of the primary air feed line (3); wherein the holes (5b) in the ring diaphragm (5a) have an angle of attack of 0°-60°, wherein the ring diaphragm (5a) forms a truncated cone with an angle of attack of 0°-70°, wherein the base of the cone faces the outer zone (22); a second dead volume (9) is arranged between the secondary air feed line (1) and the fuel feed line (2) on the outer side zone (22); the primary air feed line (3) is arranged concentrically around the fuel feed line (2), which ends immediately after entering the hot gas side (21) and comprises the following: a conical taper of the diameter at the opening on the hot gas side (21), wherein the conical taper forms a truncated cone with an angle of 0°-20°; an adjustable ring diaphragm (10) at the opening of the conical taper facing the hot gas side (21); swirl vanes (11) with adjustable angle of attack, arranged at an angle of 10° to 90°. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein, the secondary air feed line (1a, 1b, 1c) is adjustable in length, wherein the tube-in-tube system for supplying the secondary air projects with a length L into the combustion chamber, wherein the length L according to the relation L=D*f with D=outer diameter of the primary air feed line and f can have a value of 0≤f≤3, or projects approx. ⅓ of the secondary air feed line (1) into the hot gas side (21). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of ADi: ADm:ADa is approx. 0.7-1.3:1.26-2.34:1.82-3.38, wherein ADi represents the outer diameter of the innermost secondary air feed line (1a), ADm represents the outer diameter of the middle secondary air feed line (1b) and ADa represents the outer diameter of the outermost secondary air feed line (1c). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of IDZ: ADZ is approx. 0.7-1.3:0.98-1.82, wherein IDZ represents the inner diameter of the fuel feed line (2) and ADZ represents the outer diameter of the fuel feed line (2). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of IDP: ADP is approx. 0.7-1.3:0.91-1.69, wherein IDP represents the inner diameter of the primary air feed line (3) and ADP represents the outer diameter of the primary air feed line (3). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the outermost tube of the secondary air feed line (1c) comprises overflow channels (1g), which discharge into the first dead volume (4), and the first dead volume (4) comprises partitions (4a), which reduce the first dead volume, and the ring diaphragm (5a) is adjustable and comprises openings (5d) on the inside. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the radially oriented injector aspiration nozzle (5c) comprises at least one guide plate (5e) with the same orientation as the swirl vane (11) in the primary air feed line (3). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the outermost tube of the secondary air feed line (1c) comprises a nozzle ring (1h) with radially or radially and axially arranged outflow openings at the outlet into the hot gas side (21). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the cross section of the fuel-filled ring diaphragm (5a) has an outwardly directed cone via which the primary air flows. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein holes (5f) are arranged on the inside of the ring diaphragm (5a), which are in fluid connection with the holes in the ring diaphragm (5b). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein a feed line for additives (2a) is arranged centrally along the burner axis and projects through the dome-shaped seal of the middle tube of the secondary air feed line (1d), wherein the feed line (2a) comprises a nozzle (2b) in the hot gas side (21). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein the outflow openings of the tube sections (1i) on the side of the baffle plates (1j) can be narrowed by a longitudinally adjustable cone (valve). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The burner according to claim 1, wherein an outer annular gap (1k) is formed by two tubes (1m, 1n), which surround the burner on the outside, wherein the inner one of the two tubes (1m) has an opening (10) and the outer one of the two tubes (1n) has an outlet (1l). ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A method for the combustion of fuel, wherein, in a burner according to claim 1, secondary air is fed into the secondary air feed line (1), wherein the secondary air is swirled by the swirl vanes (1f); fuel is fed into the fuel feed line (2), wherein the fuel is injected through the holes in the ring diaphragm (5a) at an outwardly directed angle of attack into the swirled primary air; primary air is fed into the primary air feed line (3), wherein the primary air is swirled by the swirl vanes (11); wherein the portion of secondary air is about 20-50% by volume and the portion of primary air may be 50-80% by volume of all air required for combustion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein, the total air coefficient for the sum of primary and secondary air λ is about 1.0 to 2.0; and/or the oxygen concentration in the secondary air and primary air is between 21% by volume and 100% by volume; and/or the primary air and secondary air is a mixture of air and exhaust gas, a mixture of air and oxygen or a mixture of exhaust gas and oxygen. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the fuel comprises nitrogen compounds, gaseous hydrocarbons, hydrogen, biogas, mixtures of carbon dust and air, hydrogen sulfides, carbon monoxide, mixtures of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, coke-oven gas, tail gas or mixtures thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein exhaust gases are aspirated into the fuel stream due to the injector effect. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the outwardly directed injector aspiration nozzles (5c) are cooled by the outflowing primary air; wherein the aspirated exhaust gas flow is cooled below condensation temperature (dew point) for the exhaust gas humidity inside the injector aspiration nozzles (5c), wherein water is condensed in the exhaust gas flow and the liquid water is fed into the fuel stream.