PULVERIZED COAL BURNER

UNIT 16

Types of PF firing
1.
2.
3.
4.

Front firing
Opposed jet firing
Tangential firing
Down-shot firing (good for fuels with
low VM)

Tangentially fired burner

Four sets of
burners are
located on all
corners.
Burners fire
tangent to an
imaginary circle
Top burner is at
least 17 m
below the
superheater

DB- Burner for

coal
(Low NOx emission)

PF burner for Bituminous coal

Burner nozzles are
rectangular in section
Primary and secondary air
nozzles are stacked
alternately
Primary air carries the coal.
Secondary air provides the
combustion air
Oil burner stacked in between
help ignition
Burners can be tilted to shift
position of the flame

Tangential flame Front view

Tangential burner- Top view

Firing circle
The axis of each burner is tangent
to imaginary circle diameter, d0.
d0= (0.05 to 0.13) ((a+b)/2
The flame axis is shifted to tangent
to an actual circle of diameter dy.
Strong vortex formed helps
stabilize the flame
Jet velocity, w varies with radial
distance
w = k r-n
0<n<1 where r > dy/2
0>n>-1 when r < dy/2

Design of PF burner for bituminous coal

Coal in primary air ignites
around 0.4m away from the
nozzle
Low velocity primary air, W1
(24-25 m/s) is entrained by
high velocity secondary air,
W2 (36-50 m/s)
Oxygen required for
combustion is received from
the secondary air
Over-fire or tertiary air can
be added to control NOx.

Burner air velocities (m/s)

Capacity Anthracite etc.
per
burner
MW
Primary
W2
W1

Bituminous etc

W1

23.3

18-10

28-30

24-26

Secondary
W2
36-42

34.9

18-20

29-32

26-28

42-48

52.3

20-22

34-37

28-30

48-50

Bituminous burner design norms

Capacity of each burner is generally in the
range of 25-50 MWt
Typical value of primary air, secondary and
tertiary air are about 20%, 65% & 15%
respectively of total air respectively.
Typical grate & wall heat release rates are
4.9 & 0.23 MW/m2 respectively

Heat input per burner increases with furnace

cross section and Ash fusion temperature

Burner capacity

Burner inclination
Air nozzle

Tertiary Upper
upward
Secondary
Inclination angle 5 - 15
0-12

Upper
downward
Secondary
5-15