A pressurized fluidized bed combustor (PFBC) and method of operation. A heated diluent is used alone or in combination with adjustments to a combustor gas velocity, to manage the bed temperature and keep it within allowable ranges. The diluent can be taken from the combustor flue gas, and recycled and reheated through the fluidized bed.

One object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing inorganic spheroidized particles which can significantly reduce the amount of warming gas generated and suppress the generation of soot during combustion. The present invention provides an apparatus (10) for producing inorganic spheroidized particles, including a burner (11) for producing inorganic spheroidized particles, a vertical spheroidizing furnace (15), an ammonia supply source (12), an oxygen supply source (13), an ammonia supply line (L1) located between the ammonia supply source (12) and the burner (11) for producing inorganic spheroidized particles, and an oxygen supply line (L2) located between the oxygen supply source (13) and the burner (11) for producing inorganic spheroidized particles.

Process for combusting a fuel with an oxidant and burner for the implementation thereof, process wherein at least one stream of the fuel is injected through at least one first perforation, a main flow of oxidant is injected below or above the one or more streams of the fuel through at least one second perforation, an auxiliary flow of the oxidant is introduced into contact with the at least one fuel stream so as to generate an initial flame by an initial partial combustion of the fuel with the auxiliary flow of the oxidant, this initial partial combustion being completed downstream of the initial flame by means of the at least one main stream of the oxidant, the flow rate of the main flow of the oxidant or the ratio between the flow rate of the main flow of the oxidant and the flow rate of the auxiliary flow of the oxidant being adjusted depending on the emission intensity of the initial flame.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a flare control method and a flare apparatus for automatically controlling, in real-time, the flow of one or more of fuel, steam, and air to a flare. The disclosed embodiments advantageously allow for automated control over a wide spectrum of operating conditions, including emergency operations, and planned operations such as startup and shutdown.

An apparatus capable of monitoring and adjusting an in-furnace combustion condition in real time, having: a furnace having a heating chamber, a combustor, a charging door, an exhaust gas flow port, and an exhaust gas flow pipe, wherein the combustor is used for introducing fuel and/or an oxygen-containing gas into the heating chamber to form a flame, the charging door is used for adding a raw material, and the gas generated by combustion in the heating chamber enters the exhaust gas flow pipe through the exhaust gas flow port; two sensors of the same type arranged at different positions in the exhaust gas flow pipe; and a control device receiving signals of the two sensors and adjusting, according to a difference between the signals, the amount of the fuel and/or the oxygen-containing gas entering the combustor.

Disclosed are an oxygen-enriched acid gas incinerator burner. A refractory lining is arranged on an inner wall of a housing. A rear part of an inner cavity of the housing is connected to a throat opening. A pure oxygen spray gun, an acid gas spray gun, and a fuel gas spray gun are arranged in a pipe-in-pipe structure from outside to inside. A rear part of the pure oxygen spray gun is fixed within the inner cavity. A front part of the acid gas spray gun is fixed through a flange at an outer end of the pure oxygen spray gun. A front part of the fuel gas spray gun is fixed through a flange at an outer end of the acid gas spray gun. A combustion-supporting air inlet is formed on the housing, and a lower part thereof is communicated with a gas collection chamber.

The present invention presents a method of assessing the quality of the burning of the gases in the flare and adjusting the vapor flow rate in a continuous way and with flexibility to integrate with different instrumentation topologies of the flare control system. The state of the flare flame is identified from an image set of the flame, classifying it into one of four: flame with excess vapor, optimized flame, flame with soot or images with insufficient information to classify them as one of the previous states of the flare flame. In addition, it is further able to quantify the height of the flame. The invention comprises the following components: flare, camera, image stream manager, edge computer, data historian, alert manager, information visualization panels, distributed digital control system, DDCS, and cloud storage and computing.

A steam generator system configured to burn hydrogen and oxygen at stoichiometry along with a increased-pressure water and steam. Said steam generator system comprise a hydrogen source, an oxygen source, a nitrogen source, a water source, a steam source, a hydrogen-oxygen handling unit, a cooling unit, a one or more H2-O2 steam generators and a control unit. Said steam generator system is configured to provide said hydrogen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through an oxygen passage, said oxygen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through a hydrogen passage, and said nitrogen source to selectively purge said oxygen passage and said hydrogen passage. Said water source provide water to said cooling unit. Said cooling unit is configured to receive said water source and said steam source.

A method for transferring thermal energy to a separate endothermic process includes: (a) providing a carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) stream and a carbonaceous fuel to a heater; (b) reacting the carbonaceous fuel in the heater to produce a heated stream; (c) transferring heat from the heated stream to the separate endothermic process; (d) separating the CO.sub.2 stream from the heated stream after (c); and (e) recycling the CO.sub.2 stream to the heater after (d).

A method for reducing combustion temperature and/or thermal radiation within a lime kiln of a pulp production plant, which kiln is a rotary kiln having a kiln tube (1) internally covered with refractory tiles (13) and having a burner (2) supplied by fuel for heating of the rotary kiln by a flame (3). The effects are achieved by supplying calcium carbonate containing particles to the flame (3) and/or to surrounding area around the flame (3). The particles are supplied into the rotary kiln by at least one lance (9) to the upper part of the flame (3). Calcium oxide containing particles may be supplied to the rotary kiln to areas surrounding the flame (3) for reducing the thermal radiation to an area over the flame (3) and/or to the area at the side of the flame (3), where the refractory tiles (13) of the kiln are rotating downwards.