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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Applicants:
George Stephens, Humble, TX (US);
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
George Stephens, Humble, TX (US);
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobile Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved burner and a method for combusting fuel used in furnaces such as those found in steam cracking. The burner includes a burner tube having a downstream end and an upstream end, a burner tip adjacent a first opening in the furnace, so that combustion of the fuel takes place at the burner tip, a lighting chamber adjacent to the first opening in the furnace, and a removable lighting chamber plug having a shape effective to substantially fill the lighting chamber when positioned within the lighting chamber.