Patents Assigned to CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING FLAME RADIATION
    Publication number: 20130170090
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing flame radiation includes a flame charging system and an electrically isolated electrode. A time-varying voltage is applied to the flame charging system and the flame charging system imparts a corresponding time-varying charge or time-varying voltage onto the flame. The flame responds to the time-varying charge or voltage by increasing its luminosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph COLANNINO, Tracy A. PREVO, Igor A. KRICHTAFOVITCH, Christopher A. WIKLOF
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLATTENING A FLAME
    Publication number: 20130071794
    Abstract: A charge electrode configured to impart a time-varying majority charge on a flame and a shape electrode located outside the flame may be driven synchronously by a voltage source through time varying voltage(s). The flame may be flattened or compressed responsive to an electric field produced by the shape electrode acting on the charges imparted on the flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: JOSEPH COLANNINO, THOMAS S. HARTWICK, DAVID B. GOODSON, TRACY A. PREVO, CHRISTOPHER A. WIKLOF
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODYNAMICALLY DRIVING A CHARGED GAS OR CHARGED PARTICLES ENTRAINED IN A GAS
    Publication number: 20130004902
    Abstract: Gaseous particles or gas-entrained particles may be conveyed by electric fields acting on charged species included in the gaseous or gas-entrained particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: David B. Goodson, Thomas S. Hartwick, Tracy A. Prevo, Joseph Colannino, Christopher A. Wiklof
  • ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF TWO OR MORE RESPONSES IN A COMBUSTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120317985
    Abstract: A combustion system may include a plurality of heated volume portions. At least two of the plurality of heated volume portions may include corresponding respective electrodes. The electrodes may be driven to produce respective electric fields in their respective volumes. The electric fields may be configured to drive desired respective responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: THOMAS S. HARTWICK, DAVID B. GOODSON, CHRISTOPHER A. WIKLOF, JOSEPH COLANNINO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF HEAT TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20110203771
    Abstract: A heat exchange system includes an electrode configured to electrostatically control a flow of a heated gas stream in the vicinity of a heat transfer surface and/or a heat-sensitive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID GOODSON, THOMAS S. HARTWICK, CHRISTOPHER A. WIKLOF
  • SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ELECTRIC FIELD TO A COMBUSTION VOLUME
    Publication number: 20110027734
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, combustion in a combustion volume is affected by at least two sequentially applied non-parallel electric fields. According to an embodiment, a combustion volume is equipped with at least three individually modulatable electrodes. According to an embodiment, an electric field application apparatus for a combustion volume includes a safety apparatus to reduce or eliminate danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas S. Hartwick, David Goodson, Richard F. Rutkowski, Geoff Osler, Christopher A. Wiklof