Abstract: An atomizer and atomizing process of a post-mixed liquid fuel fired burner comprising angular direction of atomizing fluid into liquid fuel as it passes along a fuel passage length of increasing surface area causing the formation of a fuel film on the fuel passage surface area with the increasing thinning of the fuel film as it passes across the increasing surface area, resulting in a shearing action at the fuel passage end and the formation of an atomized spray.

Abstract: A method for igniting a multiburner furnace safely and reliably without need for an additional furnace purge if not all burners ignite initially, comprising attempting reignition at defined low firing rates and supplying fuel and oxidant to unignited burners at a high firing rate when a specified furnace temperature is reached.

Abstract: A burner and method enabling operation of a post-mixed burner having radially spaced fuel and main oxidant injection points with a stable flame without the need of a separate oxidant annulus proximate the fuel stream characterized by defined relationships enabling passing stabilizing oxidant from the main oxidant stream into the fuel stream upstream of their injection into the combustion zone wherein the stabilizing oxidant velocity decreases from that of the main oxidant and the stabilizing oxidant passage flow area increases at the fuel stream communication with respect to an upstream restriction.

Abstract: An apparatus for reliably monitoring a flame of a post-mixed burner without significantly altering the flame characteristics by forming a small but intense signal within the burner which is unaffected by furnace conditions and which corresponds to the actual flame.

Abstract: A post-mixed burner having a cooling system which brings cooling water preferably from the area of the fuel tube, across the area of oxidant passages, proximate the burner face, and out of the burner preferably in the outermost conduit.