Abstract: The invention provides a pulverized fuel burner including a nozzle body 6 open to a furnace 1 to inject pulverized fuel together with primary combustion air, flow passages for secondary combustion air formed coaxially around the nozzle body and shutters arranged circumferentially along the flow passages and spaced apart from each other at specified intervals. Non-flow portions are formed by the shutters for the flow passages for the secondary combustion air to bring about backflow of hot flue gas. As a result, ignition performance can be improved with pulverized fuel containing less volatile matter and the flame can be continuously kept stably.

Abstract: In a coal burning boiler apparatus, temperature of the pulverized coal to be fed to the boiler can be set depending on the property of the combustion coal, so that stable ignition and combustion can be made regardless of the property of the combustion coal fed. Provided are a coal burning boiler 1, a coal pulverizer 2 for pulverizing massive coal 6 into fine powder, a temperature sensor 18 for detecting temperature of the primary air 35 for entraining the pulverized coal to the coal burning boiler, regulators 9, 12, 13 and 14 for regulating the temperature of the primary air and a controller for controlling the primary air temperature regulators on the basis of detected result of the temperature sensor so as to make the primary air have a given temperature.