Single machines

Swirlax kiln burner

Application, design and operation

The Swirlax burner offers the following advantages :
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Improved heat economy

Low amount of primary air

Coal conveyance air independent of

air used for flame shaping

Widely adjustable flame shape

Various fuel combinations

Easy change-over between fuels

Use of low-grade coal

Position of Swirlax kiln burner in a production line

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Burner pipe
External coal pipe
Internal coal pipe
Protective pipe
Oil burner
Guide vanes
Axial air
Coal meal
Radial air
Geared motor for travelling movement

Swirlax coal-cum-oil burner

Swirlax burner installed at plant in Greece

Swirlax is a combined fuel burner for

rotary kilns. It can be used for firing
pulverised coal, gas, oil or combinations
of these fuels in any proportion. When
burning two or three fuels a minimum of
10% of any fuel is recommended.
The burner is suspended from a carriage
and designed so that the burner nozzle is
adjustable both vertically and horizontally.
The Swirlax combined fuel burner has
three annular cross-sections with the oil
or gas burner and its protective tube placed
in the centre. The coal is injected axially
through the intermediate annular crosssection.
The burner nozzle cross-section can easily be adjusted by means of eye bolts at
the rear of the burner.

Primary air is divided into two flows,

viz. an inner radial, swirling flow and an
outer, axial flow.
The distribution of primary air into radial and axial air flows is regulated by two
manually-operated dampers, each fitted
with a scale.
The possibility of varying the burner
nozzle settings as well as the ratio between
axial and radial primary air, makes the
flame shape fully adjustable. An increased
radial air volume at high injection rate
results in a short, wide flame, whereas an
increased axial flow gives a long, narrow
flame.
As the adjustment of the flame shape is
completely independent of the coal feed,
the amount of primary air can be kept
down to about 7%.

The primary air fan, however, is designed for 10% primary air and a total
pressure of Pt = 120-130 mbar to allow
for adverse operational conditions.
The air velocity in the burner nozzle can
be regulated in the range of 35 m/sec. to
120 m/sec.
With a coal/conveyance air ratio in the
range of 3.5-8 kg coal meal/M3 air, the
conveyance air plus primary air will account for only about 10% of the combustion air theoretically required.
The above illustration shows a Swirlax
coal-cum-oil burner. In the case of
coallgas or coal/oil/gas firing, the oil
burner is simply replaced by a gas burner
or a combined gas/oil burner.

Dimensioning

Fuel consumption

Burner
Type

Trolley
Lt
mm

Kiln burner pipe

Castable
Diameter
Length Diameter
Kg
with insul.

Total

Coal
Kg/h

Oil
Kg/h

1000-3000

550-1700

CO-1

2500

5000

270

390

925

1150

3000-5000

1700-2850

CO-2

2500

6000

300

420

1225

1660

5000-7500

2850-4300

CO-3

2500

6000

330

450

1325

1965

7500-9500

4300-5450

co-4

2500

6000

350

470

1375

2120

9500-11500

5450-6600

co-5

3000

6000

380

500

1550

2605

11500-13500

6600-7750

co-6

3000

6000

430

550

1650

2780

13500-17000

7750-9750

co-7

3000

6000

450

570

1725

2900

17000-22000 9750-12600

co-8

3000

6000

500

620

1900

3050

22000-28000 12600-16050

co-9

3000

6000

520

640

1950

3150

28000-34000 16050-19500

co-10

3000

6000

550

670

2050

3375

Kg

Data in this brochure is intented forpreliminary project planning only. Manufacturer reserves the right to modify equipment details and/or specifications without notice.
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