EMULSION ATOMIZER NOZZLE, AND BURNER, AND METHOD FOR OXY-FUEL BURNER APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method for oxy-fuel combustion, the method comprising the steps of: introducing a liquid fuel into an emulsion chamber through a liquid fuel conduit having an effective diameter, the emulsion chamber having a length that is 2 times or less than 2 times of said effective diameter of said liquid fuel conduit; introducing an atomizing gas into the emulsion chamber through at least one atomizing gas conduit; mixing the liquid fuel and the atomizing gas in said emulsion chamber to create an emulsion mixture that has a mean residence time in said emulsion chamber of from 500 to 800 .mu.s, the emulsion mixture having an emulsion mixture velocity less than or equal to 1 2 m/s; and discharging said emulsion mixture through a generally rectangular shaped orifice into an oxygen-enriched oxidizer stream. A nozzle and burner for oxy-fuel combustion are also disclosed.