Patents by Inventor Thierry Bellin-Croyat

Thierry Bellin-Croyat 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).

  • Patent number: 11161764
    Abstract: An end-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by an end-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, first and second ports, at least one burner, and at least one auxiliary fuel injector arranged in the end-fired melting furnace in a roof or in first and second side walls so that the at least one auxiliary fuel injector introduces a fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel, in a direction of re-circulating combustion products, without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in a direction of a flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ENGIE
    Inventors: Neil Fricker, Richard Stanley Pont, Isabelle Alliat, Thierry Laplace, Thierry Bellin-Croyat
  • Publication number: 20200148571
    Abstract: A cross-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by a cross-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, N first ports associated N first burners, N second ports, an auxiliary fuel injector for introducing a fraction of fuel required for melting as auxiliary fuel in a direction of a flow of re-circulating combustion products without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in the direction of the flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction of fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Neil FRICKER, Richard Stanley PONT, Isabelle ALLIAT, Thierry LAPLACE, Thierry BELLIN-CROYAT
  • Publication number: 20200148572
    Abstract: An end-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by an end-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, first and second ports, at least one burner, and at least one auxiliary fuel injector arranged in the end-fired melting furnace in a roof or in first and second side walls so that the at least one auxiliary fuel injector introduces a fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel, in a direction of re-circulating combustion products, without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in a direction of a flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Neil FRICKER, Richard Stanley PONT, Isabelle ALLIAT, Thierry LAPLACE, Thierry BELLIN-CROYAT
  • Patent number: 6588416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiant device with a burner of the “glove finger” type, comprising an exchanger (3) for heating air (T1) by the burned gases (T2), a furnace tube (6) drilled with air-intake orifices (60) and terminated by a nozzle (61) disposed facing a recirculation tube (4), and a central gas-injection tube (7). According to the invention, the central injection tube (7) is fed with gaseous fluids in proportions that can be regulated by means of one or two valves (710, 720), via two conduits (71, 72), the first (71) of which transports at least gas and the second (72) of which transports at least air, and the central injection tube (7) ends at a burner (8), which is disposed in the furnace tube (6) and which discharges at the level of the nozzle (61), this arrangement making it possible to adapt existing devices very easily for the purpose of reduced production of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Gaz de France (GDF) Service National
    Inventors: Thierry Landais, Thierry Bellin-Croyat
  • Publication number: 20030003413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiant device with a burner of the “glove finger” type, comprising an exchanger (3) for heating air (T1) by the burned gases (T2), a furnace tube (6) drilled with air-intake orifices (60) and terminated by a nozzle (61) disposed facing a recirculation tube (4), and a central gas-injection tube (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: GAZ DE FRANCE - (GDF) SERVICE NATIONAL
    Inventors: Thierry Landais, Thierry Bellin-Croyat