Fuel Disperser Installed In Furnace Patents (Class 431/159)
  • Patent number: 11773763
    Abstract: A dosing and mixing assembly for an exhaust aftertreatment device includes a conduit arrangement defining overlapping, coaxial flow paths that join at a common flow path. The conduit arrangement defines a mixing region upstream of the overlapping, coaxial flow paths, an impact region at the overlapping, coaxial flow paths, and a merge region where the coaxial flow paths join. The outer of the coaxial flow paths insulates the inner of the flow paths at least as the impact region. Reactant can be dispensed into the inner flow path along a spray path that intersects the impact region of the conduit arrangement. A spray protector can be provided at or upstream of the mixer to inhibit swirling of reactant at the doser nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Corine Chauvin, Korneel De Rudder, Anil C. Agar, Bart Schellens
  • Patent number: 11326774
    Abstract: A steam generating system includes a nozzle assembly for pulverized coal and air, the coal nozzle assembly comprises an inner housing (3) for conveying primary air and coal and an outer housing (5) for conveying secondary air to an exit face (13) of a nozzle tip (1), wherein the outer housing (3) and the inner housing (5) are arranged coaxially and limit a channel (15) for the secondary air, wherein the cross-sectional area (AIH) of the inner housing (3) increases towards the exit face (13) of the nozzle tip (1), wherein the cross-sectional area (AOH) of the outer housing (5) decreases towards the exit face (13), and wherein bars (11) are located in the inner housing (3) near the exit face (13) that accelerate the velocity of the primary air and coal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Sapanaro, Frederic Vitse, Rachel Ladue, Joseph Krawiec
  • Patent number: 10478017
    Abstract: Briefly, the present disclosure relates, in one embodiment, to a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus may include a plurality of chamber walls defining a chamber. The chamber includes a plurality of chamber corners, a chamber bottom end, and a chamber top end. A gas burner including a burner tube is located nearer the chamber bottom end than the chamber top end. The burner tube may include a plurality of tube runs. Each tube run includes a run length extending substantially parallel with a respective chamber wall. A majority of the run length may include a closed wall section of the burner tube. The burner tube may also include a plurality of tube bends. Each tube bend is disposed between two respective tube runs and may include a porous wall section of the burner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Rankam (China) Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Andy Ning Fan Kam
  • Patent number: 9285113
    Abstract: A burner has a fuel/oxidant nozzles and a pair of dynamical lances spaced on either side thereof that inject a jet of fuel and primary oxidant along a fuel injection axis, and jets of secondary oxidant, respectively. Jets of actuating fluid impinge against the jets of secondary oxidant to fluidically angle the jets of secondary oxidant away from the fuel injection axis. The action of the angling away together with staging of the oxidant between primary and secondary oxidant injections allows achievement of distributed combustion conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Clause, American Air Liquide, Inc., Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Taekyu Kang, Vivek Gautam, Rajeev S. Prabhakar, Benoit Grand, Bertrand Leroux, Magnus Mortberg, Nicolas Docquier
  • Patent number: 9039408
    Abstract: Includes a low flow-rate region (R2) that is disposed on an upstream side of a combustion region (R1) within a second pipe (2), and that has a relatively slow flow-rate of combustion gas (G1) within the second pipe, and a flame kernel formation unit (3a) is disposed in the low flow-rate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Taku Mizutani, Katsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9022779
    Abstract: The finding concerns a multi-gas burner head with sucked or blown air, from which the mixture of fuel gas and comburent air comes out and the combustion occurs. Such a head is made from a metallic sheet in which there is at least one row of aligned slits (2), substantially rectangular-shaped; such a sheet is folded so as to have a series of flat flaps (3) in succession, each of the slits being arranged so as to be closed like a “sandwich” between two flat portions of the sheet, once the flaps of the structure are mutually compressed. The gas mixture is intended to pass from the bottom (5) of the flaps and then through the slits and finally to come out at two side by side crests (6) of the structure where the combustion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Aldo Polidoro
  • Patent number: 8905752
    Abstract: This burner apparatus (S1) includes: an ignition system (7) including a heating portion (7a, 7c) which heats air-fuel mixture to its ignition temperature or more; and a windbreak device (10) placed around the heating portion (7a, 7c) apart from the heating portion (7a, 7c), and configured to reduce a flow speed of fluid (X) which is supplied to the heating portion (7a, 7c). According to the burner apparatus (S1), it is possible to improve the ignition performance of the ignition system, and to also generate high-temperature gas stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Marutani, Yasunori Ashikaga, Syouji Itoh, Akihiko Ogasawara, Mamoru Kurashina
  • Patent number: 8827694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a burner device that includes a partition member which air-permeably partitions an ignition region for igniting a mixture gas and a flame retaining region for maintaining the combustion of the mixture gas, and also adjusts the flow speed of the mixture gas supplied from the ignition region to the flame retaining region, the partition member including a protrusion portion that protrudes into an oxidant flow passage and stops a part of the oxidant flowing through the oxidant flow passage to guide the oxidant into a take-in passage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Marutani, Yasunori Ashikaga, Syouji Itoh, Akihiko Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140228607
    Abstract: An olefin production system having a pyrolysis furnace that is configured to thermally crack hydrocarbon feedstock into olefins and a fuel gas system having a hydrotreater system that is configured to hydrogenate process gas. The pyrolysis furnace has a burner and the fuel gas system is configured to supply the hydrogenated process gas as fuel gas to the burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventor: Richard B. Halsey
  • Publication number: 20140076212
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a combustion product stream includes a burner assembly configured to support one or more flames, the burner assembly having at least a portion configured to be driven to or held at one or more first voltages. A collection surface is held at a voltage different than the one or more first voltages to attract particulates charged by the burner assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ClearSign Combustion Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Goodson, Tracy A. Prevo
  • Patent number: 8641411
    Abstract: A method of operating an emission abatement assembly includes separating the exhaust gas flow entering through the gas inlet port of the fuel-fired burner into a combustion flow which is advanced through the combustion chamber, and a bypass flow which bypasses the combustion chamber. An emission abatement assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Faureua Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Wilbur H. Crawley, Randall J. Johnson, Yougen Kong, John B. Abel, Shoja Farr, Nicholas Birkby, David Pearson
  • Patent number: 8603203
    Abstract: A burner nozzle assembly includes: a nozzle plate having an anode off-gas (AOG) nozzle at the center of the nozzle plate and a plurality of oxidation fuel nozzles surrounding the AOG nozzle; and a channel unit coupling the AOG nozzle with an AOG introducer to allow an AOG to flow therebetween and coupling the oxidation fuel nozzles with an oxidation fuel introducer to allow an oxidation fuel to flow therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Cheol Shin, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Jong-Rock Choi, In-Seob Song
  • Patent number: 8597021
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the creation, placement and control of an area of electrical ionization within an internal combustion engine combustion chamber or a fuel burner is disclosed. A furnace includes a fuel source, a fuel burner, a plasma nozzle and igniter assembly, and the associated housing and flue structures. The plasma nozzle and igniter assembly is arranged so that the fuel sprayed out from the nozzle into the combustion area passes through or in close proximity to the area of plasma ionization. A fuel burner equipped with this electrical ionization device has its fuel efficiency enhanced by the complete and immediate combustion of substantially all of the fuel that passes through the area of plasma ionization. Exhaust gas recirculation using this system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Michael E. Jayne
  • Patent number: 8516968
    Abstract: A fluidized bed is described and which includes a multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds positioned in spaced relation one relative to the others; an enclosure positioned in gravity receiving relation relative to the multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds and which has an intake and a discharge end, and wherein particulate matter received in the fluidized bed moves under the influence of gravity from the intake end to the discharge end, and a moveable gate is mounted on the second discharge end of the enclosure and which is operable to selectively occlude a discharge aperture and which further facilitates the selective removal of particulate matter and waste material entrained with same, and which moves under the influence of gravity to the discharge end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: LeRoy B. Pope, Michael L. Murphy, James M. Scranton, James R. Thomas, Peter Mohr, Ben H. Cosby, Michael E. Tracey, Mark R. Castle, Douglas W. Scrafford, Greg Dahlstrom
  • Patent number: 8517725
    Abstract: A ceramic burner for use in a combustion chamber of a regenerative heat generator, such as a hot blast stove of a blast furnace, the ceramic burner including a burner feed chamber with a partition wall for dividing the burner feed chamber into a fuel chamber and an air chamber, where the fuel chamber has a fuel inlet for receiving combustible fuel and a fuel outlet for feeding the combustible fuel to a mixing zone (34), the air chamber having an air inlet for receiving combustion air and an air outlet for feeding the combustion air to the mixing zone, where the ceramic burner further includes a gastight metallic fuel container arranged in the burner feed chamber, the fuel container including the fuel chamber therein, a wall portion of the fuel container forming the partition wall between the fuel chamber and the air chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Paul Wurth Refractory & Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Alois Spengler, Friedrich Eschmann, Franz Dachs, Teodor Krone
  • Patent number: 8511059
    Abstract: In an SEV combustor and a method for reducing emissions in an SEV combustor of a sequential combustion gas turbine, an air/fuel mixture is combusted in a first burner and the hot gases are subsequently introduced into the SEV combustor (1) for further combustion. The SEV combustor (1) includes a chamber having a chamber wall (5) defining a mixing portion (8), for mixing the hot gases with a fuel, and a combustion region (9), at least one inlet (2) for introducing the hot gases into the mixing region (8), at least one inlet (12) for introducing a fuel into the mixing region (8) and at least one inlet (10, 13) for introducing steam into the mixing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Madhavan Narasimhan Poyyapakkam, Adnan Eroglu, Richard Carroni, Gregory John Kelsall, Jian-Xin Chen
  • Patent number: 8506287
    Abstract: An apparatus and process is provided for combining fuel and combustion air to produce a mixture. The mixture is burned in a combustion chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Perry, Jeffrey T. Rafter
  • Patent number: 8485813
    Abstract: A low NOx burner system is disclosed that reduces the emission of CO and HC during cold furnace startups, minimizes NOx formation with preheated air, and provides a flat stable flame due to burner design improvements including three stage combustion. The burner system is designed to operate in either a low or high temperature mode by controlling the amount of combustion air provided to stage 1 and stage 2 combustion. The burner system is designed to heat the interior of a furnace for high-temperature combustion/furnace processes, such as aluminum melting and steel processes. The burner system can also be used for low temperature processes at temperatures below the auto-ignition temperature of the fuel and still produce very low CO, HC and NOx emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hauck Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James J. Feese, Bruce A. Wartluft
  • Patent number: 8480394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat-flame vault burner (10) suitable for being installed in a vault (21) which delimits the combustion chamber (20) of a steel heating furnace, the burner (10) comprising a main metallic hollow cylindrical body (12), a single duct (13) for the conveyance of fuel gas concentric to the main body (12), and a central internal nozzle (14) for the injection of a fuel gas. Said burner also comprises at least two nozzles (17) outside said main body (12) for the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Tenova S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Daneri, Vittorio Laviosa, Maurizio Senarega, Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Umberto Zanusso, Enrico Malfa
  • Publication number: 20130157206
    Abstract: A combustor applied in thermophotovoltaic system comprises a combustion device and a reversed tube covering the combustion device. The combustion device includes a combustion body made of a transparent, and temperature resistant material and a burning unit disposed in the combustion body. When a burning-supported medium is adopted during burning via the burning unit, the radiant intensity is increased. The reversed tube thence further redirects the hot product gas for reheating an outer wail of the combustion body in combustion. Therefore, uniform illumination is accordingly resulted for enhancing the radiant intensity. Accordingly, a photovoltaic cell plate connected to the combustor preferably transforms light into electricity. The present invention fully utilizes a micro system as well as miniature energy to offer advanced electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: YUEH-HENG LI, GUAN-BANG CHEN, YEI-CHIN CHAO, TSARNG-SHENG CHENG, HONG-YUAN LI
  • Patent number: 8454355
    Abstract: A burning device is provided for fuel cell to be run under high temperature. The burning device uses a specific-designed fuel spraying device having porous medium. The burning device can be used under different statuses of flow in the fuel cell. With the burning device, the fuel cell has improved efficiency by enhancing recycling of system heat and pollution of discharged waste gas is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Atomic Energy Council—Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Tsai, Tzu-Hsiang Yen, Wen-Tang Hong, Cheng-Nan Huang, Hung-Yu Wang, Wei-Ping Huang, Chien-Hsiung Lee
  • Publication number: 20130137051
    Abstract: A burner for the partial oxidation of liquid, carbonaceous fuel with steam and an oxygen-containing gas a well as the process in which this burner is used, wherein the parts of the outlet orifice of the burner directed towards the combustion chamber are wholly or partly provided with a coating or with a diffusion layer for protection against thermal load and/or corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: LURGI GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Beyer, Lothar Brehm, Holger Schlichting, Guenter Heinz, Dieter Ulber, Jürgen Bohle
  • Publication number: 20130115564
    Abstract: A combustion burner and a nozzle tip to a combustion burner is disclosed. The nozzle tip includes a face and at least one passage at the face enabling a gas impinging on the face to flow through the nozzle tip. At least one rib extends from the face to transfer heat from the nozzle tip to the impinging gas. The at least one rib extending from the face of the nozzle tip provides a surface area of the face that is greater than the surface area of a planar face. The nozzle tip can be coupled to an end of a nozzle of the combustion burner. The gas can be an air and/or an air/fuel mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Satish Akkur Marigowda, Karthick Kaleeswaran, Venugopal Polisetty, Ajay Kumar Verma
  • Publication number: 20130065187
    Abstract: A metal powder ignition apparatus using water plasma is provided. The metal powder ignition apparatus includes an ignition apparatus for igniting and combusting metal powder by injecting the water plasma into a mixture of the metal powder and steam functioning as an oxidizer for burning the metal powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Woong Sup YOON
  • Patent number: 8337197
    Abstract: A gas burner apparatus for discharging a mixture of fuel gas, air and flue gas into a furnace space of a furnace wherein the mixture is burned and flue gas having a low content of nitrous oxides and carbon monoxide is formed is provided. The burner tile includes at least one gas circulation port extending though the wall of the tile. The interior surface of the wall of the tile includes a Coanda surface. Fuel gas and/or flue gas conducted through the gas circulation port follows the path of the Coanda surface which allows more flue gas to be introduced into the stream. The exterior surface of the wall of the tile also includes a Coanda surface for facilitating the creation of a staged combustion zone. Also provided are improved burner tiles, improved gas tips and methods of burning a mixture of air, fuel gas and flue gas in a furnace space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: John Zink Company, LLC
    Inventors: Roger L. Poe, James Wilkins, Michael G. Claxton
  • Publication number: 20120322012
    Abstract: Injection nozzle 7 and electrode rods 8 and 9 (ignitor) are surrounded by double-cylinder flame stabilizer 10. Toroidal blocking plate 13 closes between inner and outer cylinders 11 and 12 of the stabilizer at its distal end whose proximal end is connected with line 15 for introducing combustion air 14 to between the cylinders. Inflow holes 16 are formed throughout the inner cylinder at its proximal end. Peripheral fins 17 are formed peripherally on the inner cylinder radially inwardly through cutting and bending-up at positions shifted from the inflow holes toward the distal end of the inner cylinder such that combustion air is introduced from circumferentially to form swirling flow inside the inner cylinder. End fins 18 are formed on the blocking plate in fuel injection direction through cutting and bending-up such that combustion air is discharged circumferentially to form swirling flow around flame 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Tsumagari, Ryo Shibuya, Masazumi Takayasu
  • Publication number: 20120301834
    Abstract: A combustion system, and method. A combustor oxy-fired at high pressure delivers flue gas at pressure to a condensing means, such as a condensing heat exchanger, to produce a high temperature condensate for delivering thermal energy to an industrial process system, particularly for power generation, including a Brayton cycle, a Rankine cycle, or a binary fluid cycle system such as a Kalina cycle, and in particular as a bottoming cycle for an organic Rankine cycle. The combustor can concurrently provide direct heat to a secondary system, including a Brayton cycle system, a Rankine cycle system, and a binary fluid cycle system such as a Kalina cycle, without requiring significant modifications to the secondary system. The system and method provide for efficient and advantageous use of the higher temperature condensate produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
    Inventor: Bruce Clements
  • Patent number: 8308477
    Abstract: An apparatus and process is provided for combining fuel and combustion air to produce a mixture. The mixture is burned in a combustion chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Perry, Jeffrey T. Rafter
  • Patent number: 8292615
    Abstract: A method for burning gas in a burner, including leading the gas through an inner fuel tube and introduction of combustion air through an annular space surrounding the inner fuel tube. This space forms of an outer tube terminated by a conically converging section, wherein the end of the inner fuel tube forms a burner head. The major part of the primary gas is introduced into the upstream end of the burner head, to go into the combustion air that flows past the burner head, whereas a smaller part of a secondary gas is introduced into the free end of the burner head and into the constricted part of the annular channel that surrounds the burner head. The gas flow is accelerated past the burner head due to the reducing cross section and is burned downstream in relation to the burning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Øystein Spangelo, Otto Kristian Sonju, Torbjorn Slungaard, Mario Ditaranto
  • Patent number: 8292616
    Abstract: A gas burner including a burner body having a lower housing, an inlet conduit and a combustion surface element attached to the lower housing. A diffuser/reflector positioned within the body encourages even distribution and mixing of a combustible gas/air mixture. The diffuser/reflector is preferably of a sheet metal construction and includes a plurality of stamped openings with each of these openings having an overhanging guide plate. The combustion surface element includes a plurality of integrally formed rigidizing ribs and is made from a high temperature steel alloy wire cloth. The inlet conduit is secured directly or indirectly to an access door/bulkhead that is used to close off an access opening formed in a water heater wall through which the burner is installed. In one construction, an air scoop shrouds the inlet conduit and at least partially defines a flow path of primary air, substantially isolated from the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Beckett Gas, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Donnell, Richard Cook
  • Publication number: 20120183913
    Abstract: A tower distributor receives a stream of working media including pulverized coal and a carrier gas in a coal burning power plant. The tower distributor includes a wall structure and one or more flow directing members including diverters, vane members, and/or protuberances. The wall structure defines a flow passageway for the stream of working media and includes an inlet and an outlet spaced from the inlet in an axial direction. Each flow directing member is provided to alter the flow of the working media through the tower distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: David C. White, Sergey Kaushansky, Jiefeng Shan, Paul D. Kazalski
  • Publication number: 20120137950
    Abstract: An underwater vehicle includes systems for harvesting ambient hydrostatic pressure and storing the same as a gas pressure in a compressed gas system and as a water pressure in a pressurized electrolysis system. The gas pressure is used to perform mechanical work or to generate electrical power via a prime mover. The water pressure is used to release pressurized hydrogen and oxygen gases via electrolysis. The pressurized hydrogen and oxygen gases are used in a combustion chamber to generate propulsion power for the underwater vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Rapp, Louis J. Larkin
  • Patent number: 8177548
    Abstract: Device for mounting a forced-air burner 2 to a combustion chamber housing 4, having an attaching section to attach the device to a combustion chamber housing 4 demarcating a combustion chamber or to a unit 5 located on a combustion chamber housing 4 and a seating section to absorb forces and/or moments caused by a forced-air burner 2 located on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Elco Burners GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Kretschmer, Enrico Seemann, Torsten Lohse, Klaus Beckmann, Hendrik Kretzschmar
  • Patent number: 8177546
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the creation, placement and control of an area of electrical ionization within an internal combustion engine combustion chamber or a fuel burner for a furnace is disclosed. A furnace includes a fuel source, a fuel burner, a plasma nozzle and igniter assembly, and the associated housing and flue structures. The plasma nozzle and igniter assembly is arranged so that the fuel sprayed out from the nozzle into the combustion area passes through or in close proximity to the area of plasma ionization. A fuel burner equipped with this electrical ionization device has its fuel efficiency enhanced by the complete and immediate combustion of substantially all of the fuel that passes through the area of plasma ionization. Exhaust gas recirculation using this system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Michael E. Jayne
  • Publication number: 20120115097
    Abstract: The finding concerns a multi-gas burner head with sucked or blown air, from which the mixture of fuel gas and comburent air comes out and the combustion occurs. Such a head is made from a metallic sheet in which there is at least one row of aligned slits (2), substantially rectangular-shaped; such a sheet is folded so as to have a series of flat flaps (3) in succession, each of the slits being arranged so as to be closed like a “sandwich” between two flat portions of the sheet, once the flaps of the structure are mutually compressed. The gas mixture is intended to pass from the bottom (5) of the flaps and then through the slits and finally to come out at two side by side crests (6) of the structure where the combustion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Aldo Polidoro
  • Patent number: 8172566
    Abstract: An apparatus for combustion of a liquid fuel, such as an atomizer or burner, and an associated method using the apparatus for combusting an atomized liquid fuel. The apparatus for combustion has an outer conduit, an inner conduit and a spray tip. The spray tip has a mixing chamber for receiving a liquid fuel and an atomizing gas, and an orifice for discharging the liquid fuel and atomizing gas mixture as an atomized liquid fuel. The inner conduit has external fins where at least some of the external fins contact the inner surface of the spray tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew James Watson, Xiaoyi He
  • Publication number: 20120107755
    Abstract: This burner apparatus (S1) includes: an ignition system (7) including a heating portion (7a, 7c) which heats air-fuel mixture to its ignition temperature or more; and a windbreak device (10) placed around the heating portion (7a, 7c) apart from the heating portion (7a, 7c), and configured to reduce a flow speed of fluid (X) which is supplied to the heating portion (7a, 7c). According to the burner apparatus (S1), it is possible to improve the ignition performance of the ignition system, and to also generate high-temperature gas stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Youichi Marutani, Yasunori Ashikaga, Syouji Itoh, Akihiko Ogasawara, Mamoru Kurashina
  • Patent number: 8152514
    Abstract: An oil/slurry burner with injection atomization for the gasification of solids-containing liquid fuels under high pressures of e.g. 80 bar (8 MPa) and high temperatures of e.g. 1200 to 1900 degrees centigrade in reactors with liquid slag removal is proposed, wherein a plurality of feeding elements disposed outside the annular duct concentrically with respect to the burner axis are provided for introducing liquid fuel and atomizing agent, the individual feeding elements being implemented intrinsically straight in the burner, inclined to the burner axis in the direction of the burner mouth, and ending at the burner mouth adjacent to the oxidant outlet. By introducing the liquid fuel and atomizing agent in individual completely implemented tubes with a corresponding nozzle, different fuels can be supplied simultaneously via the individual feeds and converted in a flame reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietmar Degenkolb, Norbert Fischer, Christian Reuther, Manfred Schingnitz
  • Publication number: 20120064466
    Abstract: Apparatus for dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen, comprising a tank and the quantity of water contained in said tank is dissolved. A quantity of a conductivity promoting material suspended or dissolved in said water to form an electrically conductive fluid and a plurality of plates suspended in said electrically conductive fluid and a reactive agent selected from the group consisting of derivatives of vegetable materials, derivatives of highly resinous vegetable materials, derivatives of vegetable materials taken from pinyon pine, derivatives of vegetable materials taken from dragon blood tree, water soluble derivatives of partially oxidized vegetable materials, water soluble derivatives of partially oxidized highly resinous vegetable materials, water soluble derivatives of partially oxidized vegetable materials taken from pinyon pine, and water soluble derivatives of partially oxidized vegetable materials taken from dragon blood tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: COMMON SENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Vernon Roth, Gregory Sherman
  • Patent number: 8128398
    Abstract: A burner for a heat generator comprises a swirl generator (1) for a combustion-air flow and means for injecting fuel for producing a main flow (6). A combustion chamber (2) is arranged downstream of the burner. A cavity (3) is arranged between the swirl generator (1) and the combustion chamber (2), in which cavity (3) a secondary flow (10) can be produced, and this secondary flow (10) encloses the main flow (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Flohr, Ephraim Gutmark, Christian Oliver Paschereit
  • Patent number: 8118588
    Abstract: A burner assembly that produces very low NOx emissions includes a plurality of furnace gas openings for receiving a portion of furnace gasses back into a combustion cylinder. The burner assembly includes the combustion cylinder, a plurality of combustion air inlet conduits that extend into the cylinder and a plurality of fuel gas discharge nozzles that also extend into the cylinder. The burner assembly is mounted within a combustion chamber of a furnace, wherein the walls of the combustion chamber are provided with or are made up of heat transfer pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Coen Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Vladimir Lifshits
  • Patent number: 8067098
    Abstract: A coating system and process for protecting component surfaces exposed to sulfur-containing environments at elevated temperatures. The coating system includes a sulfidation-resistant overlay coating that is predominantly niobium or molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David A. Helmick, Yuk-Chiu Lau, David Vincent Bucci
  • Patent number: 8057220
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air-assisted simplex spray nozzle assembly for a fuel burner that includes, inter alia, a nozzle body that has opposed upstream and downstream ends, wherein the downstream end of the nozzle body defines a fuel outlet, an adapter member that is engaged with the upstream end of the nozzle body and defines concentrically positioned air and fuel inlets for the nozzle assembly and an air cap that is positioned over the downstream end of the nozzle body. The nozzle assembly further includes a fuel circuit and a first air circuit. The fuel circuit directs fuel from a fuel pump toward the fuel outlet of the nozzle body. The fuel circuit extends from the fuel inlet of the adapter member through the nozzle body to the fuel outlet. The first air circuit directs assist air towards the fuel exiting from the fuel outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Delavan Inc
    Inventor: David H. Bretz
  • Publication number: 20110250552
    Abstract: Includes a low flow-rate region (R2) that is disposed on an upstream side of a combustion region (R1) within a second pipe (2), and that has a relatively slow flow-rate of combustion gas (G1) within the second pipe, and a flame kernel formation unit (3a) is disposed in the low flow-rate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Taku Mizutani, Katsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110244405
    Abstract: A low NOx burner includes an upper plate and a lower plate joined together. A chamber is defined between an upper inner portion and a lower inner portion. The peaks of upper and lower scalloped ridges are in contact such that multiple ports are defined. The ports extend radially outward from the chamber. The chamber is adapted to receive a fuel/air mixture through a fuel/air intake opening. The ports permit a flow of the fuel/air mixture from the chamber for combustion to create a diffuse flame. An intermediate portion is positioned such that the flame attaches to the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion and a trough are arranged such that flame is directed downwards to the trough from the intermediate portion and attaches to the trough. An outer rim is positioned and angled to attach the flame to the trough and to direct the flame upwards from the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: John Hucsko, Brad Willett
  • Publication number: 20110162376
    Abstract: A system is provided that comprises a gasifier with an enclosure disposed about a chamber, wherein the enclosure comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall between the top and bottom walls. The gasifier also comprises an outlet disposed in the bottom wall, a first injector disposed in the top wall, and a second injector disposed in the side wall, wherein the first and second injectors are configured to inject fuel, oxygen, or a combination thereof, into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Cliff Yi Guo
  • Patent number: 7963764
    Abstract: A lance for a hybrid burner of a combustor of a gas turbine, includes an inner passage for a liquid fuel, an outer passage coaxially enclosing the inner passage for a gaseous fuel, a plurality of star like arranged outer nozzles branching off radially from the outer passage, a plurality of inner nozzles, which branch off radially from the inner passage and which each extend coaxially inside one of the outer nozzles, and a distributor section, which is arranged upstream of the outer nozzles in the outer passage and has a plurality of star like arranged, coaxially extending through-openings for the gaseous fuel. In order to reduce the flow resistance in the gas path of the lance, the through-openings each have an opening width which is larger in the circumferential direction than in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Andreas Brautsch, Hanspeter Hardegger, Daniel Burri, Bettina Paikert
  • Patent number: 7937950
    Abstract: A device for fastening a second burner (SEV burner) (1) in a sequentially operated gas turbine arrangement, in which a fuel/air mixture is burnt in a first burner, so as to form hot gases which can subsequently be supplied, partly expanded, for a second combustion to the SEV burner (1), in which the burner is designed essentially as a flow duct, with a flow duct wall, which has an orifice (2), through which a fuel supply (3) can be introduced into the interior of the SEV burner (1), and on which are provided in the axial direction of the orifice (2), in each case opposite one another, two fastening structures (5), into which in each case a carrying structure for the further fastening of the SEV burner (1) to an external carrier (8) can be introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Urs Benz, Thorsten Christoph Motzkus
  • Publication number: 20110104623
    Abstract: A process and related reactor (1) for oxidation of a hydrocarbon feedstock are disclosed, the reactor (1) comprising a vessel (3) and a neck (5) with an axial burner (6) and a tangential gas inlet (2), wherein the neck (5) has a swirling chamber (10) located below said burner (6) and connected to said gas inlet (2), to produce a gas vortex (V) which optimizes the mixing between the gas stream (G) and the oxidizer in said neck (5). Preferably the swirling chamber (10) has an internal surface (12) with a log-spiral profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Ammonia Casale S.A.
    Inventor: Luca Zanichelli
  • Patent number: 7896647
    Abstract: Heating provided by a burner that combusts hydrocarbon fuel can be provided at a sequence of different heat transfer rates by adjusting the total oxygen concentration of oxidant streams fed to the burner. A burner with which the method can be practiced is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William Thoru Kobayashi, Abilio Tasca, Francisco Dominques Alves De Sousa