Patents by Inventor Danny E. Novak

Danny E. Novak 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).

  • Control of a furnace
    Patent number: 4408569
    Abstract: The efficiency of a furnace is substantially maximized by manipulating the amount of oxygen supplied to the combustion process in the furnace so as to provide a desired oxygen concentration in the flue gas which will result in substantially maximum furnace efficiency. Feed forward control based on the fuel flow rate may also be utilized to enable the control based on oxygen concentration in the flue gas to respond more quickly to a change in the fuel flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Danny E. Novak