Duoflex Burner

DUOFLEX

Improved heat economy Widely adjustable flame shape Easy change-over between fuels

Main fea f eatu tures res Robust design Low primary air consumption Adjustable swirl Adjustable air nozzle area

Application

Design

The The DUO DUOFL FLEX EX burn burner er fire firess rorotary kilns with pulverised coal or coke, coke, oil, oil, natur natural al gas gas or any mixmixture of these fuels. The burner may be fitted with extra ducts for secondary fuels such as plastic chips, wood chips, sewage sludge, etc.

The The bur burne nerr is is bas based ed on a nov novel el concept featuring a central duct for gase gaseous ous and and liq liquid uid fuel fuelss placed inside an annular coal duct which is surrounded by two concentric ducts that form two primary air channels, one for radial air and one for axial air.

Standard types are available for any fuel combination and a maximum capacity ranging from 20 to 250 MW, catering for even the largest of rotary cement kilns.

The two air flows are mixed before being injected via the conical air nozzle. The two outer ducts form a very rigid supporting structure, minimising deflection of the

Central Central fuel in jection Suitable for alternative alternative fuels

AXIAL AIR

AXIAL AIR

SWIRL AIR

SWIRL AIR

COAL

COAL

COOL AIR

COOL AIR

OIL

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Primary air change by adjusting nozzle area 

OIL

The burner nozzle is adjustable both vertically and horizontally 

burner pipe and ensuring long refractory life. The primary air is supplied by a high pressure fan that yields a maximum pressure of 250 mbar. The air nozzle area can be adjusted within the range 1:2. The axial/radial axial/rad ial air ratio - and consequently the degree of swirl - is also adjustable. These adjustments offer wide scope of shaping the flame.

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Process and functi on From a process point of view, a burner used for heating the burning zone of a rotary cement kiln must fulfil the following requirements: The burner must be able to fire coal, coke, fuel oil and natural gas or any mixture thereof, ensuring complete combustion, low excess air and minimum formation of

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carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). If relevant, the burner must be able to handle alternative fuels without requiring change of its original design. In this way, way, only minor modifications modificat ions to meet the special requirements must be necessary. The burner must produce a short, narrow, strongly radiant flame, as this is a condition for good heat transfer from the flame to the material in the sintering zone of the kiln. Flame formation must be conducive to a dense, stable coating on the refractory in the burning zone of the kiln as well as a nodular clinker with low dust content and correctly developed clinker phases. The burner must use as little primary air as possible

without compromising stability during normal or upset operating conditions. Primary air is basically false air, in other words air that has not been used for clinker heat recuperation recuperat ion while passing through the clinker cooler. The primary air is usually expressed as a percentage of the stoichiometric combustion air needed to burn the amount of fuel fired through the burner.

Flame momentum The crucial parameter of flame formation is the primary air momentum which may be expressed as the primary air percentage (per cent of stoichiometric air requirement) multiplied by the injection velocity. Consequently, if the velocity is doubled, the primary air percentage may be reduced to half.

Traditional burner with damper DUOFLEX with adjustable nozzle area 100%

10%

   n    o 90%     i    t    p    m    u 80%    s    n    o    c 70%    r    e    w    o 60%     P

8%

   r     i    a 6%    y    r    a    m4%     i    r     P 2%

50% 50%

Traditional burner with damper DUOFLEX with adjustable nozzle area

0% 60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

50%

Momentum

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Momentum

Effect of nozzle area control versus traditional damper control 

The primary air consumption will normally be in the range of 6-8 per cent, corresponding to a primary air momentum of approximately 1250 - 1780 per cent m/s. The adjustable air nozzle is ideally suited for adapting the momentum to the conditions for attaining the best flame shape. The burner in a rotary kiln functions as an injector, the purpose of which is to draw the secondary air coming from the cooler into the flame in order to make the fuel burn as close as possible to the centre line of the kiln. This This explains why the momentum of the burner is the parameter that determines flame formation. A higher momentum means faster mixing and a shorter and hotter flame. Divergent feeding of fuel and primary air should be avoided as it inevitably leads to wider flames and higher temperatures on the inner surface of the burning zone. Good coating

formation is only possible if the inner surface is cold enough for the liquid to solidify upon contact. The use of a narrow flame in a cement rotary kiln is extremely important since a divergent flame that impinges upon the

lining will strip off the coating, resulting in very high kiln shell temperature and short refractory life. Flame impingement upon the material charge will increase the evaporation of sulphates, which usually leads to increased coating formation in the kiln riser duct.

Since Since good good flame flame format formation ion in the kiln permits operating with very little excess air and without the formation of CO, a burner operating with correct flame momentum despite the higher flame temperature will result in less formation of NO than a low momentum burner operating with more excess air. Practical experience has shown that the formation of a strong, stable, short and narrow flame requir requires es a moment momentum um of miniminimum 1400 - 1600 per cent m/s. A flame momentum below this range will result in too long a

flame, flame, high high kiln kiln shell shell temper temperaatures above the burning zone and in the kiln back end as well as unstable kiln operation with a too long and cold burning burning zone thereby permitting undesirable clinker crys crysttal growth. The two different kiln temperature profiles, before and after introducing the DUOFLEX burner, clearly show the huge effect on both coating formation and kiln shell temperature. No lining lining repair repairss were were made made while while exchanging the two burner installations.

The very very easy easy adjust adjustmen mentt of the nozzle area and the different air flows, helped by clear position indicators, make it possible to find and maintain any precise setting during operation as well as between the different production campaigns. The DUOFLEX burner normally operates with 6 - 8 per cent primary air but is designed for maximum 10 per cent. This will in all cases provide the kiln operator with with the neces necessar saryy "tool" "tool" to quickly stabilise any upset conditions.

DUOFLEX

Traditional burner Kiln shell temperature DUOFLEX Traditional burner

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70 metres

Data in this brochure is intended intended for preliminary preliminary project planning only. Manufacturer reserves the right to modify equipment details details and/or specif cificati ications ons witithout hout notice.

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