SMALL OIL BURNER CONCEPTS BASED ON LOW PRESSURE AIR ATOMIZATION

BUTCHER,T. ; CELEBI,Y. ; WEI,G. ; KAMATH,B.

Brookhaven National Laboratory

关键词: 30 Direct Energy Conversion;    Oil Burners;    02 Petroleum;    Atomization;    Thermophotovoltaic Converters;   

DOI  :  10.2172/755030
RP-ID  :  BNL--67227
RP-ID  :  AC02-98CH10886
RP-ID  :  755030

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The development of several novel oil burner applications based on low pressure air atomization is described. The atomizer used is a prefilming, airblast nozzle of the type commonly used in gas turbine combustion. The air pressure used can be as low as 1,300 Pa and such pressure can be easily achieved with a fan. Advantages over conventional, pressure-atomized nozzles include ability to operate at low input rates without very small passages and much lower fuel pressure requirements. The development of three specific applications is presented. The first two are domestic heating burners covering a capacity range 10 to 26 kW. The third application presented involves the use of this burner in an oil-fired thermophotovoltaic power generator system. Here the design firing rate is 2.9 kW and the system produces 500 watts of electric power.