Patents by Inventor Craig J. Cain-Borgman

Craig J. Cain-Borgman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selective oxygen enrichment in slagging cyclone combustors
    Patent number: 6910432
    Abstract: A method for combusting a fuel in a cyclone combustor having a burner and a barrel includes: feeding a stream of the fuel into the barrel at the burner end of the barrel; feeding a stream(s) of a first oxidant (e.g., air) having a first oxygen concentration into the barrel at a first flowrate, the stream(s) of the first oxidant including a predominant stream; feeding a stream(s) of a second oxidant (e.g., oxygen) having a second oxygen concentration into the barrel at a second flowrate and in a selective manner, whereby a portion of the first oxidant combines with a portion of the second oxidant, thereby forming a combined oxidant having a combined oxygen concentration, and a portion of the first oxidant from the predominant stream continues having the first oxygen concentration; and combusting a portion of the fuel with a portion of the combined oxidant in the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Daniel D'Agostini, William Russell Welliver, Craig J. Cain-Borgman, Kevin Boyle Fogash, Kevin M. Duffy, Francis Anthony Milcetich