Patent ID: 8905752

Claim:
A burner apparatus that combusts an air-fuel mixture of an oxidizing agent and fuel, the oxidizing agent including at least exhaust gas, the burner apparatus comprising: a supply flow path in which the exhaust gas flows; a combustion unit used to combust an air-fuel mixture therein, the combustion unit being connected to the supply flow path in a first direction different from a second direction in which the supply flow path extends; an ignition system including a heating portion which heats the air-fuel mixture to its ignition temperature or more; a partition member partitioning an interior of the combustion unit into an exhaust gas flow path in which the exhaust gas introduced from the supply flow path flows, an ignition chamber in which the heating portion is placed, and a combustion-holding chamber which is positioned between the ignition chamber and the supply flow path so as to communicate with the supply flow path and in which combustion of the air-fuel mixture ignited by the ignition system is maintained, so that the exhaust gas passes between the exhaust gas flow path and the ignition chamber and so that the air-fuel mixture passes between the ignition chamber and the combustion-holding chamber; and a windbreak device placed around the heating portion apart from the heating portion, and configured to reduce a flow speed of fluid which is supplied to the heating portion, wherein the heating portion includes a heat-generating source configured to generate heat, and an auxiliary heating portion which is configured to be heated to the ignition temperature or more by the heat-generating source, which is placed around the heat-generating source, and which includes an internal space allowing fuel to be kept therein, the partition member includes a plate separating the ignition chamber and the combustion-holding chamber, the heating portion, at least part of the plate, and the combustion-holding chamber are disposed in a line in the first direction, and the windbreak device is placed in the ignition chamber.