A process utilizable in the combustion of pulverized sulfur-containing coal for reducing the emission of gaseous sulfur dioxide and for increasing the removal of particulate matter, wherein pulverized sulfur-containing coal and combustion air are injected through a plurality of vertically disposed burners into a combustion chamber and fired to create a combustion zone within the chamber, thereby creating emission products, including particulate matter and gaseous sulfur compounds, such as sulfur dioxide, the emission products being directed to an exhaust means where the particulate matter is removed, comprising:
- a. injecting a fuel and combustion air through at least one fuel burner into the combustion chamber at at least one location below at least one of said plurality of coal burners, said fuel and combustion air being injected substantially parallel to the injection of the coal and its combustion air stream, said fuel containing negligible sulfur and having a heating value higher than coal.