<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The conical tunnel burner is an improvement of the cylindrical tunnel burner because, by maintaining all its advantages by means of burning intensification, it may also insure the flame stabilization in a wide range of regulation with considerable diminished pressure losses. Technical applications for the conical furnace burner can vary due to the limited dimensions required by the system, as well as the important thermal loads, and also because of the burning stability characteristic that spreads over an important range of regulation. The low costs required by the burner, generated mainly by its simple construction, also raise the interest for this technical solution. A physical model is proposed for the ignition and flame front stabilization. The flame front stabilization contains different steps from the ignition moment to final flame front stabilization, with specific flame front geometries and specific locations along the burner axis. The installation realised by the authors allowed the experimental study of the burning process in conical furnaces, in order to determine the temperature fields and the flame profiles. The physical model developed for this new type of application and the experimental data sets obtained (along with their interpretation) make the subject of this paper.</p></abstract>

The conical tunnel burner is an improvement of the cylindrical tunnel burner because, by maintaining all its advantages by means of burning intensification, it may also insure the flame stabilization in a wide range of regulation with considerable diminished pressure losses. Technical applications for the conical furnace burner can vary due to the limited dimensions required by the system, as well as the important thermal loads, and also because of the burning stability characteristic that spreads over an important range of regulation. The low costs required by the burner, generated mainly by its simple construction, also raise the interest for this technical solution. A physical model is proposed for the ignition and flame front stabilization. The flame front stabilization contains different steps from the ignition moment to final flame front stabilization, with specific flame front geometries and specific locations along the burner axis. The installation realised by the authors allowed the experimental study of the burning process in conical furnaces, in order to determine the temperature fields and the flame profiles. The physical model developed for this new type of application and the experimental data sets obtained (along with their interpretation) make the subject of this paper.

High Stability and Low Emissions Burners Using Karlowitz Effect in Conical Burners

Assistant professor, PhD, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Faculty for Building Services Engineering

Professor, PhD, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Faculty for Building Services Engineering

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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The conical tunnel burner is an improvement of the cylindrical tunnel burner because, by maintaining all its advantages by means of burning intensification, it...

High Stability and Low Emissions Burners Using Karlowitz Effect in Conical Burners

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Dez. 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2014-0011

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