Patent ID: 6524096
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: F23D,Y02E

Abstract:
A method of burning materials comprising:(a) providing a burner having a hollow burner tube having a combustion end, an open discharge end, and an interior wall; a burner cap located at the combustion end of the hollow burner tube; a fuel delivery means in the burner cap, having an opening for the discharge of fuel to the interior of the hollow burner tube, where the opening for discharging fuel is located near the longitudinal axis of the hollow burner tube; an oxidizer delivery means in the burner cap, having an opening for the discharge of oxidizer to the interior of the hollow burner tube, where the opening for discharging the oxidizer is located between the longitudinal axis of the hollow burner tube and the interior wall of the hollow burner tube; and cooling medium delivery means in the burner cap, having an opening for the discharge of a cooling medium to the interior of the hollow burner tube, where the opening for discharging the cooling medium is located between the opening for discharging the oxidizer and the interior wall of the hollow burner tube; (b) providing a fuel to the fuel delivery means and an oxidizer to the oxidizer deliver means; (c) initiating a combustion reaction between the fuel and the oxidizer to produce hot exhaust products; and (d) providing a gaseous cooling medium to the cooling medium delivery means and inducing a flow of gaseous cooling medium between the combustion reaction and the interior wall of the hollow burner tube.