Oil Burner With Monitoring
AssigneeAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey D. Cole, Reed Jacob Hendershot, Jeremy Glen Immer, Thomas David Matthew Lee
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Abstract
An oxy-oil burner with monitoring, including an oil lance having an oil nozzle at a tip end, and an oil inlet distal from the tip end; a primary oxidant passage surrounding the oil lance; an oil nozzle temperature sensor positioned in the oil nozzle at the tip end of the oil lance; an oil inlet temperature sensor positioned near the oil inlet; an oil pressure sensor positioned near the oil inlet passage; and an instrument enclosure for receiving data from the sensors; wherein the oil nozzle temperature, the oil supply temperature, and the oil supply pressure in combination are usable to indicate an abnormal burner condition.
Claims17
An oxy-oil burner with monitoring, comprising:
- an oil lance having an oil nozzle at a tip end, and an oil inlet distal from the tip end;
- a primary oxidant passage surrounding the oil lance;
- an oil nozzle temperature sensor positioned in the oil nozzle at the tip end of the oil lance;
- an oil inlet temperature sensor positioned near the oil inlet;
- an oil pressure sensor positioned near the oil inlet passage;
- and
- an instrument enclosure for receiving data from the sensors;
- wherein the oil nozzle temperature, the oil supply temperature, and the oil supply pressure in combination are usable to indicate the presence or absence of an abnormal burner condition.
A method of determining an operating condition of an oxy-oil burner including an oil lance having an oil nozzle, a primary oxidant passage surrounding the oil lance, and a burner block having a face adjacent to the furnace, the method comprising:
- receiving data for burner parameters from one or more sensors selected from the group of temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow sensors, position sensors, angle sensors, and combinations thereof;
- determining expected values for the burner parameters;
- comparing the received parameter data with the burner parameter expected values to determine a deviation in the burner parameter;
- and
- indicating that maintenance is required if the deviation in the burner parameter in a specified direction is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value.
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