Combustion of hydrocarbon liquids and solids is achieved with less formation of NOx by feeding a small amount of oxygen into the fuel stream.
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What is claimed is: 1. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted comprising: providing a combustion device that has a primary combustion zone and a burn out zone; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through a burner into said
What is claimed is: 1. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted comprising: providing a combustion device that has a primary combustion zone and a burn out zone; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through a burner into said primary combustion zone; and combusting the fuel in a flame in the primary combustion zone that has a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said primary combustion zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said primary combustion zone is between 0.6 and 0.99, and adding air into said burn out zone from a source other than said burner in an amount containing sufficient oxygen that the total amount of oxygen fed into said device is at least the stoichiometric amount needed for complete combustion of said fuel, and combusting residual combustibles from said primary combustion zone in said burn out zone. 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein a stream of said fuel is fed through said burner and oxygen is fed into said fuel by injecting it through a hollow lance, positioned in said stream, into the fuel as the fuel emerges from the burner. 3. A method according to claim 1 wherein a stream of said fuel is fed through an annular fuel passage of said burner, and oxygen is fed into said fuel by injecting it through an annular passage surrounding or surrounded by said annular fuel passage. 4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having at least one orifice in the end of the lance, that is oriented along the axis of the lance. 5. A method according to claim 1 wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end and at least two nozzles along the perimeter of the lance near the end of the lance for radial oxygen injection. 6. A method according to claim 1 wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end, at least two nozzles provided radially near the closed end, and at least two nozzles each of which forms an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees to the axis of the direction of flow of oxygen into the lance. 7. A method according to claim 1 wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end and having at least two nozzles provided along the perimeter of the lance near the closed end of the lance, each of which forms an angle of 30 to 90 degrees with respect to the reverse of the direction of flow of oxygen into the lance. 8. A method according to claim 1 wherein said fuel is fed through said burner with air at a velocity of 50 to 150 feet per second, and oxygen is injected into said fuel at a velocity 25% to 400% of the velocity of said air. 9. A method according to claim 1 wherein any secondary and tertiary air fed through said burner has a swirl number of 0.6 to 2.0. 10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.75. 11. A method according to claim 1 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said primary combustion zone is between 0.7 and 0.85. 12. A method according to claim 1 wherein the amount of said oxygen fed into said fuel is less than 10% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel. 13. A method according to claim 1 wherein the amount of air fed through said burner is reduced by an amount containing sufficient oxygen that the primary combustion zone stoichiometric ratio varies by not more than 10% compared to the stoichiometric ratio without said addition of oxygen. 14. A method according to claim 1 wherein the air flow from said burner is predominantly axial and the oxygen is injected into said fuel at an angle of 45 to 135 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 15. A method according to claim 14 wherein said angle is at least 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 16. A method according to claim 1 wherein the air flow from said burner is predominantly radial and the oxygen is injected into said fuel at an angle of 15 degrees or less from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 17. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions. 18. A method according to claim 17 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 19. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein a stream of fuel is fed through said burner and oxygen is fed into said fuel by injecting it through a hollow lance, positioned in said stream, into the fuel as the fuel emerges from the burner. 20. A method according to claim 19 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 21. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein a stream of fuel is fed through an annular fuel passage of said burner, and oxygen is fed into said fuel by injecting it through an annular passage surrounding or surrounded by said annular fuel passage. 22. A method according to claim 21 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 23. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having at least one orifice in the end of the lance, that is oriented along the axis of the lance. 24. A method according to claim 23 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 25. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end and at least two nozzles along the perimeter of the lance near the end of the lance for radial oxygen injection. 26. A method according to claim 25 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 27. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end, at least two nozzles provided radially near the closed end, and at least two nozzles each of which forms an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees to the axis of the direction of flow of oxygen into the lance. 28. A method according to claim 27 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 29. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein said oxygen is injected directly into said fuel through a lance having a closed end and having at least two nozzles provided along the perimeter of the lance near the closed end of the lance, each of which forms an angle of 30 to 90 degrees with respect to the reverse of the direction of flow of oxygen into the lance. 30. A method according to claim 29 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 31. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein said fuel is fed through said burner with air at a velocity of 50 to 150 feet per second, and oxygen is injected into said fuel at a velocity 25% to 400% of the velocity of said air. 32. A method according to claim 31 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 33. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein any secondary and tertiary air fed through said burner have a swirl number of 0.6 to 2.0. 34. A method according to claim 33 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 35. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein the amount of said oxygen fed into said fuel is less than 10% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel. 36. A method according to claim 35 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 37. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein the amount of air fed through said burner is reduced by an amount containing sufficient oxygen that the primary combustion zone stoichiometric ratio varies by not more than 10% compared to the stoichiometric ratio without said addition of oxygen. 38. A method according to claim 37 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 39. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein the air flow from said burner is predominantly radial and the oxygen is injected into said fuel at an angle of 15 degrees or less from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 40. A method according to claim 39 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75. 41. A combustion method that reduces the amount of NOx emitted, comprising: providing a combustion device; feeding air, and nonaqueous fuel that contains bound nitrogen and comprises pulverized coal, through an aerodynamically staged burner into said device; and combusting said fuel in a flame that contains a fuel-rich zone, while feeding oxygen into said fuel by injecting it directly into said fuel in said fuel rich zone as said fuel emerges from said burner or by adding it to the air that is fed through said burner, so that the oxygen combusts with said fuel in said fuel-rich zone, in an amount of said oxygen which is less than 20% of the stoichiometric amount required for complete combustion of said fuel, and adjusting the amount of air fed through said burner so that the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.1 and 0.85, while maintaining or enlarging the size of said fuel-rich zone compared to its size when combustion is carried out in said combustion device without said oxygen feeding step but under otherwise identical conditions wherein the air flow from said burner is predominantly axial and the oxygen is injected into said fuel at an angle of 45 to 135 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 42. A method according to claim 41 wherein said angle is at least 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the burner. 43. A method according to claim 41 wherein the stoichiometric ratio in said fuel rich zone is between 0.4 and 0.75.
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