[TheForge] Burners

[Dave Brown]

At 01:52 PM 3/8/04, you wrote:
>  To Dave Brown
>  What's his name? He may be a little mixed up, but I can't wait to meet him.
>I would tell him that the various flared, straight, and complex shaped 
>nozzles
>on gas burners, along with burner portals, are impedance devices, which work
>to keep the flame from blowing off the burner's end by lowering the pressure
>of the incoming gas air mixture. this lowered pressure also prevents the 
>flame
>from simply burning its way back up the mixing tube.

Mike

I prefer not to mention him by name in this public forum.  Some here know 
who I'm talking about, others don't.  It's just as well to leave it that way.

>Some of them also carry out other valuable functions,

This is what the flame holder on the Hans Peot style forced air burner 
does.  It takes that turbulent air gas mixture and changes it to a more 
stable laminar flow just before it enters the combustion area.

Dave Brown