Pulsed combustion reactor with pulsating flame, in particular for thermal material treatment or material synthesis

Abstract

A method and a device for reliably preventing undesired flashback or excessive separation/extinction of a pulsating flame for use in pulsed combustion reactors or pulsation reactors for thermal material treatment or thermal material synthesis is disclosed. The invention makes it possible to operate pulsed combustion reactors or pulsation reactors with thermal material treatment at markedly greater amplitudes of an oscillation of a hot gas flow in the reactor, and to improve the properties of the thermally treated/thermally synthesized material, and to markedly increase the throughput rates of the reactor (reactor capacity), and thus to reduce production costs in comparison to other thermal methods/apparatus for material treatment, and hence to make the pulsed combustion reactor technology or pulsation reactor technology more competitive. According to the invention, the invention uses a swirl burner to generate a swirl-stabilized flame, an essentially conical diffuser being connected downstream of the burner.

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