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Our Pyrojet® burner was introduced in the 1980s to revolutionize rotary kiln combustion. As we continuously adapt the design to meet changing needs the Pyrojet® continues to set the standard for efficiency, reliability and fuel flexibility today.
Jet Air Connection
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We have been innovating our Pyrojet® burner for almost four decades. It’s come a long way in that time. Here is what today’s burners have to offer.
Product Features
Primary air injection – jet air and swirl air
The Pyrojet® burner takes advantage of two types of primary air injection – jet air and swirl air. The first of these certainly lives up to its name. Jet air is injected from axial nozzles at the speed of sound, creating a suction effect that facilitates efficient mixing of secondary air and fuel.
In contrast, swirl air is injected at a much lower velocity and creates an area of low pressure in front of the burner. This promotes recirculation of burning particles around newly-injected fuel, thus ensuring quick ignition. The axial rotation of the swirl air also helps to stabilize and optimize the shape of the flame.
For high levels of alternative fuels, a retractable adjustable swirl system is available for better distribution of fuel in the flame. This improves combustion conditions, without the need for additional primary air, and eases some of the main problems encountered during co-combustion of alternative fuels.
Product Features
Multifuel burning
- Coal dust nozzle
- Gas nozzle
- Alternative fuel nozzle
- Liquid fuel nozzle
In a world of rising fuel prices and environmental concerns, fuel flexibility is an important strategic advantage. Which is why, with the Pyrojet®, we put the choice of what fuels to use and in what combination completely in your hands.
We offer a range of nozzles for all kinds of fuels – from coal, liquid fuels and gas to alternative fuels. These can be combined and customized to fit your individual needs, allowing up to five different fuels to be injected simultaneously.
Product Features
Oxygen injection system
Alternative fuels may reduce your fuel costs and environmental impact – but they often lack the combustibility of traditional fuels. Which could be challenge for a burner. Not for the Pyrojet®, however. An optional oxygen injection system enables our burner to process even the toughest of fuels, without impacting process efficiency.
Product Features
Just cement? We don’t stop there.
Although we designed the Pyrojet® burner for the cement industry, its advanced, flexible design has proved itself in a range of other applications. Anywhere a rotary kiln is used, in fact: pelletizing, lime, lithium, lead, and zinc recycling. All can benefit from our standard-setting burner technology.
Key Benefits
When you opt for a Pyrojet®, you gain the benefits of going with the market leader.
Key Benefits
Flexibility and high efficiency
The Pyrojet® burner offers the ultimate flexibility to achieve your fuel goals. Whether that be reducing energy costs, improving thermal substitution rates or clinker quality, securing fuel supply, future-proofing your fuel strategy – or all of the above!
And it does this while guaranteeing highly-efficient combustion to power your pyroprocess. By making best use of secondary air, the Pyrojet® limits primary air demand and ensures you get the most from heat recovery systems. So, you don’t opt for either or. With Pyrojet®, you can have both.
Key Benefits
Lower NOX and CO emissions
Flame quality comes down to how well combustion air and fuels are mixed. It’s a job that the Pyrojet®’s optimized nozzle system performs very well. You can therefore be sure to have an optimized and highly stable flame, which – among other things – achieves constantly lower emissions of NOX and CO than other main burners.
Discover more about how KHD technologies are reducing the environmental impact of cement on our Clean Solutions page.
Key Benefits
Reliable performance, low maintenance
You don’t want to be worrying about your main burner breaking down and bringing your pyroprocess to a halt. But fear not! It’s not a worry you will have with the Pyrojet® burner. Like the rotary kilns they serve, our burners are designed to maintain constant production, even under the harshest circumstances.
Three design features combine to provide highly-reliable operations: extra ceramic wear protection in the coal dust feeding pipe; a dedicated cooling tube for the refractory; and the use of a special alloy for the nozzle system that is able to withstand the extreme conditions of the kiln. There are also no moving parts in the sensitive hot zone. It’s a complete package (that only KHD offers) that leaves you prepared for every contingency.
Key Benefits
Easy to retrofit
Don’t have a Pyrojet® but like the sound of the benefits it offers? No problem. It’s easy to retrofit to existing kilns – whether KHD or from another supplier. And because we are the process experts, you can be sure your new Pyrojet®burner will best fit your fuel and process requirements. Our experts will guide you from design through to commissioning, supporting you and your operators with the service you would expect from the market leader.
Performance Data
Is the Pyrojet® for you? Check out the performance data below. Or contact us to talk to an expert.
Kiln process
Suitable for all kiln processes (also non-cement)
Capacity
10 MW to 500 MW
Fuel Types
All classic (primary) fuels and also various alternative fuel types
Refractory Length
up to 12 m
References
| Plant | Type | Country | Performance [GJ/h] | Year |
| Akmenés Cementas | HPJ 370 CO | Lithuania | 370 | 2021 |
| Cemento Melon | HPJ 150 CGOA | Chile | 150 | 2021 |
| Du'an Shangfeng Cement | HPJ 460 COA | China | 460 | 2021 |
| Iskitim Cement | HPJ 350 G | Russian Federation | 350 | 2021 |
| Maihar Cement | HPJ 260 CO | India | 260 | 2020 |
| NCL Industries Limited | HPJ 140 CO | India | 140 | 2020 |
| Shriram Cement Works | HPJ 110 CO | India | 110 | 2020 |
| Awarpur Cement Works | HPJ 250 CO | India | 250 | 2020 |
| Vinh Son | HPJ 140 CO | Vietnam | 140 | 2020 |
Links & Downloads
Interested in finding out more? Check out the links and downloads below for more information. Or contact us to talk to an expert.
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Article in International Cement Review (Feb 2020) – Krasnoyarsk Burner UpgradeDocument |