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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Peter Knopfel, Besenburen, CH;
Thomas Ruck, Mellingen, CH;
Assignee:
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
431285 ; 431284 ;
Abstract
In a burner for operating a combustion chamber, which burner essentially comprises a swirl generator (100), a transition piece (200) arranged downstream of the swirl generator, and a mixing tube (20), transition piece (200) and mixing tube (20) forming the mixing section of the burner and being arranged upstream of a combustion space (30), a pilot-burner system (300) is arranged in the lower region of the mixing tube (20), which pilot-burner system (300), at minimized pollutant emissions, stabilizes the flame front, in particular in the transient load ranges.