METHOD OF COMBUSTING PARTICULATE SOLID FUEL WITH A BURNER

摘要

A method of combining oxygen and fuel in a burner to produce a flame whereby an outer oxidant flow is discharged through an outer oxidant outlet of the burner; a flow of conveyor-gas propelled particulate solid fuel is discharged with a fuel discharge velocity through a fuel outlet of the burner arranged coaxially with respect to the outer oxidant outlet and spaced radially inwardly therefrom; and a first inner oxidant flow is discharged with an inner oxidant discharge velocity, which differs from the fuel discharge velocity, through an inner oxidant end outlet of the burner arranged coaxially with respect to said fuel outlet and spaced radially inwardly therefrom; and whereby a second inner oxidant flow, having a higher oxygen concentration than the conveyor gas is injected into the fuel-conducting passage and mixed with the fuel flow inside said fuel-conducting passage so as to obtain, upstream of the fuel outlet and upstream of the inner oxidant end outlet, an oxygen-enriched conveyor-gas propelled particulate solid fuel flow having an oxygen content of at least 21%vol O 2 .