According to an embodiment, a fired heater includes a fuel and combustion air source configured to output fuel and combustion air into a combustion volume, the combustion volume including a combustion volume wall defining a lateral extent separate from an exterior volume. According to an embodiment, the fired heater includes a boiler heater and the combustion volume wall comprises a combustion pipe defining a lateral extent of the combustion volume, the combustion pipe being disposed to separate the combustion volume from a water and steam volume. The fired heater includes a mixing tube aligned to receive the fuel and combustion air from the fuel and combustion air source. The mixing tube may be separated from the combustion volume wall by a separation volume. The fired heater includes a bluff body flame holder aligned to receive a fuel and combustion air mixture from an outlet end of the mixing tube. The bluff body flame holder may be configured to hold a combustion reaction for heating a combustion volume wall. The combustion volume wall may include a combustion pipe. The combustion pipe may be configured to heat the water in the water and steam volume.

An ammonia combustion method for combusting ammonia gas in a combustion chamber 4 includes steps of separating and producing hydrogen gas from ammonia gas, supplying the separated and produced hydrogen gas into the combustion chamber 4, combusting the hydrogen gas by performing an ignition discharge on the hydrogen gas supplied into the combustion chamber 4, and igniting the ammonia gas in the combustion chamber 4 from the combusted hydrogen gas.

A combustion simulation system is provided. The combustion simulation system can be performed using a computing device operated by a computer user or artist. The computer-implemented method of simulating a combustion process includes receiving a set of data representing a fluid flow. The fluid flow can include combustion precursors. The method includes simulating a chemical reaction representing simulated combustion of these precursors generating combustion byproducts. The method can include determining a change in temperature of the combustion byproducts due to the chemical reaction, determining a change in molar mass of the combustion byproducts due to the chemical reaction, determining a divergence of the combustion byproducts based on a combination of the change in the temperature and the change in molar mass, and generating data structures of the simulated combustion based on values of the fluid flow.

A two-stage combustor having as constituent parts: a partial oxidation reactor, which catalytically converts a hydrocarbon fuel and a first supply of oxidant into a gaseous partial oxidation product; and a deep oxidation reactor having a premixer plenum fluidly connected to a porous heat spreader, which converts the gaseous partial oxidation product to deep oxidation products. In one embodiment, the premixer plenum provides an empty space wherein combustion occurs in flame mode. In a second embodiment, the premixer plenum contains a high pore density foam matrix, absent catalyst, which facilitates holding a flameless combustion downstream within the porous heat spreader. In both embodiments heat produced during combustion is transmitted from the heat spreader to an associated heat acceptor, such as a heater head of a Stirling engine.

The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for housing a chemical looping process comprising of at least one fluidized-bed combustor reactor, at least one entrained riser, at least one particle separator, optionally at least one particle holding reactor, at least one moving-bed reactor, at least one standpipe, at least one L-valve system for solid flow control and interconnecting sections.

This disclosure provides a method to produce highly attrition resistant pellets by encapsulating reactive components in a vitrified clay outer layer. The reactive component mixture is present relative to the clay substrate in a weight ratio of part per 60-100 part to about 60 parts of the clay substrate. The reactive components are agglomerated first, and clay substrate is added to form the outer layer of the pellet. The pellets are calcined at temperatures above 1200 C to form a vitrified clay semi porous outer layer providing high strength to the pellet while facilitating the gas transfer for the reaction with the encapsulated reactive components. Pellets containing CuO—Fe.sub.2O.sub.3-alumina oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion of fuel demonstrated high attrition resistance and high reactivity with methane.

A fuel combustion apparatus 2 according to the present invention includes: a combustion cylinder 4; a fuel feed unit 6 that introduces a swirling flow of an air-fuel mixture into the combustion cylinder; an ignition unit 10 including an igniter 32 located in the combustion cylinder 4; an ion detection unit 12 including a detector 40 located in the combustion cylinder 4; and a control unit 14 that adjusts a mixing ratio of the fuel based on a detection result obtained by the ion detection unit 12. Preferably, the fuel is ammonia. Preferably, the detector 40 is located in the vicinity of the igniter 32.

The present invention concerns a combustion reactor (300) for chemical looping combustion (CLC) configured to operate in a fluidised bed, comprising: a lower chamber (320) forming a first reaction zone for the combustion of a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of particles of an oxidation-reduction active mass, comprising a first side wall and being configured to include a dense fluidised bed; an elongate upper chamber (340) with smaller passage cross-section than that of the lower chamber, forming a second reaction zone for the combustion of gaseous effluents originating from the combustion in the lower portion, comprising a second side wall and being configured to include a dilute fluidised bed; an intermediate portion (330) connecting the two chambers, and including an inner wall forming a right angle with the side walls of the two chambers. The invention also relates to the facility and the CLC process incorporating such a reactor (300).

A gas combustor having function of adjusting combusting angle includes: a fixed housing having a top end thereof transversally formed with a rod hole; and a rotary housing pivoted with the fixed housing, where one side of the rotary housing is formed with a shaft hole having a plurality of annularly-arranged teeth slots for receiving a locking mechanism having an unlocking press button, a connection rod extrudes from an inner surface of the unlocking press button to pass the shaft hole, be sleeved with a stretch spring and enter the rod hole, the connection rod is connected to a passive member in the fixed housing, the passive member has at least one convex tooth protruding toward the plurality of teeth slots, and each of the at least one convex tooth is to be inserted and positioned in one of the teeth slots to form a locked status.

A combustion system such as a furnace or boiler includes a perforated reaction holder configured to hold a combustion reaction that produces very low oxides of nitrogen (NOx).