Patent ID: 6422160
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: F23C,F23M

Abstract:
Apparatus for the combustion of vanadium-containing fuels from petroleum refining, said apparatus comprising: a combustion area, a roof over the combustion area, a start burner, a supply for a pulverized fuel-air mixture, supplies for combustion air, a flue gas exit and a slag discharge,wherein a top burner is positioned above the combustion area, the top burner being constructed as a roof burner in a roof, and wherein the start burner and the supply for the pulverized fuel-air mixture are arranged in the roof, the supply including at least one dust nozzle for supplying the vanadium-containing fuels to the top burner as the pulverized fuel-air mixture and to the combustion area by one of (a) on a secant to a cross-sectional surface of the combustion area and under an angle between 35 and 65Â° to a longitudinal axis of the combustion area and (b) coaxially to the start burner.