Objective THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF COAL IN SMALL-SCALE PLANT, WHICH CURRENTLY USE RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE FUELS SUCH AS DOMESTIC FUEL OIL OR LPG. THE PROJECT SHOULD LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING TYPE OF STAGED-COMBUSTION BURNER . THE OPTIMIZATION PARAMETERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: - RAPID STABILIZATION OF FLAME WITHOUT BACK-UP FUEL; - SATISFACTORY COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY (97% OR MORE); - FLEXIBILITY OF OPERATION RANGE (1 TO 3 IF POSSIBLE) WITH MINIMUM ADJUSTEMENT; - SIMPLICITY AND SMOOTH MECHANICAL OPERATION. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE AUTO-STABILIZATION MECHANISMS IN BURNERS WITH A VIEW TO SIMPLE MODELLING OF THE INFLAMMATION AND STABILITY PHENOMENA, AND DEVISING A RATIONAL BURNER DESIGN PROCEDURE. THE FINDINGS CAN BE APPLIED IN SMALL-SCALE ATOMIZED-COAL BURNERS (3 TO 20 MW). Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoal Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Centre d'Etudes et Recherches des Charbonnages de France (CERCHAR) EU contribution No data Address 33 Rue de la Baume 75008 Paris France See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France EU contribution No data Address 24 avenue du Président Kennedy 68200 Mulhouse See on map Total cost No data