A tubular burner and methods of use in a furnace having reduced NO.sub.x emissions are provided. The tubular burner comprises a structural skeleton and a mesh screen disposed about the structural skeleton. The structural skeleton may be coupled to an air/fuel mixture source. The structural skeleton may comprise a hollow interior and a plurality of perforations to allow the air/fuel mixture to pass from the interior of the structural skeleton to the exterior. The burner systems may further comprise a plurality of holes spaced along and between the burners for cross-lighting of multiple burners using a single igniter.

A totally aerated combustion burner has a combustion plate part through which an air-fuel mixture is ejected. The combustion plate part includes: an air-fuel mixture permeable body made from metallic fibers to allow the air-fuel mixture to pass therethrough; and a distribution plate having formed therein a multiplicity of distribution holes and being stacked on a back surface of the air-fuel mixture permeable body. An air-fuel mixture permeable body is constructed by laminating a plurality of metallic-fiber woven bodies which are woven by metallic-fiber threads obtained by bundling a plurality of metallic fibers relatively large in diameter. These metallic-fiber woven bodies are laminated such that a part of meshes in one metallic-fiber woven body overlaps a portion other than meshes in another metallic-fiber woven body, said one metallic-fiber woven body and said another metallic-fiber woven body that lies adjacent to each other in the laminating direction.

A combustion membrane for a gas burner including a fabric having two opposite fabric surfaces, which form a combustion surface exposed on the outer side and an inner surface facing towards an inner side respectively, where the fabric forms an interlacing of metal wires having warp threads and weft threads transverse to the warp threads, where the fabric has localized first areas with reduced gas permeability, alternated with localized second areas with higher gas permeability than the first areas, and both the first areas and the second areas have an extension, in at least one direction in the plane of the fabric, greater than the space occupied by at least three consecutive warp threads in the weft direction and greater than the space occupied by at least three consecutive weft threads in the warp direction.

A combustion membrane for a gas burner including a fabric having two opposite fabric surfaces, which form a combustion surface exposed on the outer side and an inner surface facing towards an inner side respectively, where the fabric forms an interlacing of metal wires having warp threads and weft threads transverse to the warp threads, and where both fabric surfaces form ribs in high relief alternating with valleys in low relief and that both the ribs and the valleys have an extension, in at least one direction in the plane of the fabric, greater than the space occupied by at least three consecutive warp threads in the weft direction and greater than the space occupied by at least three consecutive weft threads in the warp direction.

A burner includes a porous support and a combustion tube along which is mounted the porous support. The combustion tube has one or more openings configured to pass fuel to the porous support. The combustion tube is formed by a plurality of tubular modules assembled together. The burner includes at least one distribution tube extending inside the combustion tube and configured to distribute fuel in a predetermined manner in the combustion tube.

A burner comprising is provided including a burner tube formed at least partially from a first material having a plurality of openings. The plurality of openings are sized to allow a fluid but not particles of debris contained within the fluid to flow there through. A flange extends outwardly from a portion of the burner tube and is receivable within an embossment formed in an adjacent component. The flange is formed from a second material having a plurality of openings such that heat transfer between the flange and the adjacent component is limited.

A combustion membrane (14) for a gas burner (2) comprises a fabric (21) having two opposite fabric surfaces (19, 20) which form a combustion surface (19) exposed on the outer side (17) and an inner surface (20) facing an inner side (18), respectively, wherein the fabric (21) forms an interlacement of metal threads (22) comprising warp threads and weft threads transverse with respect to the warp threads, wherein both fabric surfaces (19, 20) form high-relief ribs (23) alternating with low-relief sags (24), and the ribs (23) comprise: weft ribs (25) formed by weft threads and extending in the weft direction (26) arranged in weft rib sequences (2) aligned along weft directions (26) substantially straight and parallel to one another, and warp ribs (27) formed by warp threads and extending in the warp direction (28) and arranged in zigzag warp rib sequences (27), wherein all the warp threads participate in the formation of said warp ribs (27) in an alternating and repetitive manner along the extension thereof in the warp direction (28).

A combustion membrane (14) for a gas burner (2) comprises a fabric (21) having two opposite fabric surfaces (19, 20) which form a combustion surface (19) exposed on the outer side (17) and an inner surface (20) facing an inner side (18), respectively, wherein the fabric (21) forms an interlacement of metal threads (22) comprising warp threads and weft threads transverse with respect to the warp threads, wherein: both fabric surfaces (19, 20) form high-relief ribs (23) formed by a main float thread (25), respectively, extending straddling exactly three underlying transverse threads, and wherein a side thread bridge (25), extending straddling exactly one underlying transverse thread, is formed on both longitudinal sides of each main float thread (25), so that the main float thread (25) and the two side thread bridges (25) delimit a cross thread configuration (25) formed by mutually parallel threads.

A combustion membrane (14) for a gas burner (2) comprises a fabric or mesh (21) of interlaced metal threads (22), having two opposite interlacing surfaces (19, 20) which form a combustion surface (19) and an inner surface (20) of the fabric/mesh (21), respectively, wherein the metal threads (22) are formed by twisted metal fibers (22) to form a yarn and: the individual metal fibers (22) are shorter than the yarn (22) formed therefrom, and free ends (22) of the metal fibers (22) protrude divergently from the yarn (22) along its longitudinal extension and make the yarn (22) hairy, and the metal thread (22) is a yarn (22) of mass per length in the range from 0.8 g/m to 1.4 g/m.

A burner head includes a burner cover provided with a plurality of fire holes that are spaced apart from each other, and a metal mesh provided at the burner cover and covering the plurality of fire holes. A welding spot is provided in a welding region of the metal mesh that corresponds to the plurality of fire holes.