(19)
(11) EP 0 723 113 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/30

(21) Application number: 96300317.3

(22) Date of filing: 17.01.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F23D 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT PT

(30) Priority: 17.01.1995 US 373810

(71) Applicant: FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION
Clinton New Jersey 08809-4000 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Vatsky, Joel
    West Orange, New Jersey 07052-2606 (US)
  • Sweeney, Timothy W.
    Washington, New Jersey (US)
  • Newman, Lawrence Frank
    Dumont, New Jersey 07628 (US)

(74) Representative: Rackham, Anthony Charles 
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


(54) Tiltable split stream burner assembly with gasket seal


(57) A burner assembly (10) having an outer barrel (12) formed into an inlet portion for receiving the fuel and a nozzle (14) for discharging the fuel. An annular passage (28) is provided in the nozzle through which fuel passes before being split up into a plurality of streams to produce a plurality of individual flame patterns upon ignition. The nozzle is tiltable relative to the inlet portion to enable the assembly to be utilized in multiple furnace configurations.






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