A nozzle tip for a pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle of a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace that reduces NOx emissions, the nozzle tip comprising: a primary air shroud having an inlet and an outlet , wherein the inlet receives a fuel flow ; a secondary air shroud disposed around the primary air shroud ; a first and a second splitter plate disposed within the primary air shroud , the first and second splitter plates , respectively, and the primary air shroud defining ducts for receiving first and second portions of the fuel flow, wherein a middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber is defined between the first and second splitter plates ; wherein the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber comprises a divergent section at the outlet of the primary air shroud, and a flow splitter is disposed within the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber in the divergent section of the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber , the flow splitter having a pair of diverging surfaces which separates a portion of the fuel flow which is received by the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber into a first split flow and a diverging second split flow, wherein the first split flow and the first portion of the fuel flow combine at the outlet of the primary air shroud to provide a first outlet fuel jet and the second split flow and the second portion of the fuel flow combine at the outlet of the primary air shroud to provide a second outlet fuel jet , which first and second outlet fuel jets exit the outlet of the primary air shroud separate from each other, and characterized in that the first and second splitter plates each comprise a shear bar on their downstream end relative to the fuel flow . a primary air shroud having an inlet and an outlet , wherein the inlet receives a fuel flow ; a secondary air shroud disposed around the primary air shroud ; a first and a second splitter plate disposed within the primary air shroud , the first and second splitter plates , respectively, and the primary air shroud defining ducts for receiving first and second portions of the fuel flow, wherein a middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber is defined between the first and second splitter plates ; wherein the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber comprises a divergent section at the outlet of the primary air shroud, and a flow splitter is disposed within the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber in the divergent section of the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber , the flow splitter having a pair of diverging surfaces which separates a portion of the fuel flow which is received by the middle primary air-pulverized solid fuel chamber into a first split flow and a diverging second split flow, wherein the first split flow and the first portion of the fuel flow combine at the outlet of the primary air shroud to provide a first outlet fuel jet and the second split flow and the second portion of the fuel flow combine at the outlet of the primary air shroud to provide a second outlet fuel jet , which first and second outlet fuel jets exit the outlet of the primary air shroud separate from each other, and characterized in that the first and second splitter plates each comprise a shear bar on their downstream end relative to the fuel flow . <EOS>