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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
M. Shannon Melton, Tulsa, OK (US);
Donald F. Zetik, Sr., Tulsa, OK (US);
Dan P. Loveless, Collinsville, OK (US);
Frank W. Pickell, Friendswood, TX (US);
John Z. Varesic, Tiki Island, TX (US);
John H. Brinly, Montgomery, TX (US);
Gary M. Scoggin, Texas City, TX (US);
M. Shannon Melton, Tulsa, OK (US);
Donald F. Zetik, Sr., Tulsa, OK (US);
Dan P. Loveless, Collinsville, OK (US);
Frank W. Pickell, Friendswood, TX (US);
John Z. Varesic, Tiki Island, TX (US);
John H. Brinly, Montgomery, TX (US);
Gary M. Scoggin, Texas City, TX (US);
BP Corporation North America Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for combusting fuel in a fired heater having one or more burners, the method. comprising: (a) combusting at least a portion of the fuel in the. presence of an oxidizer in the burners,. generating heat and producing a flue gas; and (b) recycling at least a portion. of the flue gas to. the burners;. wherein step (a) and step (b) are conducted in a manner such that the combusting takes place in a combustion regime represented. by 4,500−7554.8−933.72x+64.960x+0.47705y−0.55680z22,500; W wherein w represents a mole fraction of oxygen. in the oxidizer, x represents a recycle ratio of the flue as measured in moles of flue gas/mole of oxidizer; wherein y represents a temperature of the. flue gas in Fahrenheit recycled to the burners; and wherein. z represents a heating. value of the fuel in Btu/scf LHV.
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