Patents by Inventor Erwin Penfornis
Erwin Penfornis 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).
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Patent number: 8187374Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing clinker from a raw mix, implementing the following: preheating of the raw mix by combustion flue gases; precalcination of the raw mix; and calcination of the precalcined raw mix in a rotary kiln, in which process the precalcination and the calcination in the rotary kiln produce combustion flue gases that contain CO2, in which the combustion flue gases created by the precalcination undergo a CO2-removal treatment without said flue gases mixing with the combustion flue gases created by the calcination in the rotary kiln.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Erwin Penfornis, Guillaume De Smedt
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Patent number: 8137099Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calcination of a material in which said material is heated by contact with a heat source essentially generated by means of a flame produced with at least one flow of fuel and primary air and a flow of secondary air, the flame comprising a first combustion zone with a temperature below 1500° C. and a second combustion zone with a temperature above 1500° C., where at least one flow of at least one inert gas is injected into the flame at the beginning of the second combustion zone and/or at least one flow of oxygen or a gas enriched in oxygen is injected into the second combustion zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Erwin Penfornis, Maguelonne Hammel, Pascal Duperray, Xavier Paubel
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Publication number: 20100000446Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing clinker from a raw mix, implementing the following: preheating of the raw mix by combustion flue gases; precalcination of the raw mix; and calcination of the precalcined raw mix in a rotary kiln, in which process the precalcination and the calcination in the rotary kiln produce combustion flue gases that contain CO2, in which the combustion flue gases created by the precalcination undergo a CO2-removal treatment without said flue gases mixing with the combustion flue gases created by the calcination in the rotary kiln.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: L'Air Liquide Soceiete Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Erwin Penfornis, Guillaume De Smedt
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Publication number: 20090130615Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calcination of a material in which said material is heated by contact with a heat source essentially generated by means of a flame produced with at least one flow of fuel and primary air and a flow of secondary air, the flame comprising a first combustion zone with a temperature below 1500° C. and a second combustion zone with a temperature above 1500° C., where at least one flow of at least one inert gas is injected into the flame at the beginning of the second combustion zone and/or at least one flow of oxygen or a gas enriched in oxygen is injected into the second combustion zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Erwin Penfornis, Maguelonne Hammel, Pascal Duperray, Xavier Paubel
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Patent number: 7320288Abstract: A steam-generating combustion system includes an oxygen enriched gas provided as at least part of an oxidant stream. A combustion chamber receives and combusts a fuel in the oxidant stream and generate steam. The combustion chamber generates flue gas having a flue gas volume which is smaller than a volume of flue gas generated by the combustion chamber when operated with air as the oxidant stream. A flue gas pollutant control system receives the flue gas from the combustion chamber and reduces at least one of particulate matter, SOx, NOx, and mercury. The reduction in flue gas volume allows the implementation of much smaller pollutant control equipment, since the size of the pollutant control units is mainly based on the volume or mass flow rate of flue gas to be treated. Moreover, the system including oxygen-enriched gas in the oxidant will lead to concentrated levels of the pollutants in the flue gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Scott Macadam, Erwin Penfornis, Fabienne Chatel-Pelage
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Publication number: 20060177785Abstract: Methods for optimizing emission levels from combustion operations, which include a system and process for optimizing levels of NOx and CO during fuel combustion including supplying flows of fuel (which is predetermined) and main oxidant to a burner. Oscillating combustion is generated by oscillating the fuel flow with an oscillating valve and combusting the oscillating fuel with the main oxidant adjacent the burner to produce combustion products. A post-combustion oxidant is injected into the combustion products where it is combusted with the combustion products. A controller is operatively associated with control units for controlling the main oxidant and post-combustion oxidant flow rates and the oscillating valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Rajani Varagani, Erwin Penfornis, Omar Germouni
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Patent number: 7066728Abstract: An improved process for burning solid fuel particles in a combustion chamber and creating a flue gas is disclosed. The method comprises creating a fuel gas stream by mixing the solid fuel particles with a conveying gas, transporting the fuel gas stream through a fuel duct terminating at the combustion chamber at a fuel exit plane and injecting an oxygen stream through an injection device into said fuel gas at an oxygen injection location selected to create a mixing zone to mix the oxygen stream and the fuel gas stream immediately prior to or coincident with combustion of the fuel. Operating parameters of the process can be varied to optimally reduce NOx emissions.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Fabienne Chatel-Pelage, Ovidiu Marin, Scott Macadam, Erwin Penfornis
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Patent number: 7062912Abstract: An air separation unit separates air into an oxygen-rich and oxygen-deficient gas. Fuel gas and the oxygen-rich gas are preheated at heat exchangers through which hot flue gas flows. Combustion of the preheated fuel and oxygen-rich gases result in the hot flue gas. The hot flue gas is cooled at the heat exchangers and flows through a waste heat boiler. Water and/or steam flowing through the waste heat boiler absorbs energy from the cooled flue gas thereby producing heated steam. The heated steam flows through a turbine to produce power. The power is transferred to the air separation unit, thus reducing a power requirement of the air separation unit needed to separate the air.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignees: American Air Liquide, Inc., L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme A Directoire et Consell de Surveillance Pour l'etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Erwin Penfornis, Ovidiu Marin, Bertrand Leroux, Remi P. Tsiava
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Patent number: 7022992Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the flue gases of a furnace combustion process is disclosed. A by-pass circuit that communicates a sample of flue gases to be monitored from a furnace, through a measurement chamber and back to the furnace or furnace exhaust duct is provided. The by-pass circuit has a gas sampling probe with a fume inlet opening, the probe being positioned for withdrawing the sample to be monitored and transmitting it through the by-pass circuit. A measurement device is positioned in the measurement chamber and comprises an in situ optical device which provides real-time measurement of targeted flue gas species concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Grant, Ovidiu Marin, Erwin Penfornis, William A. Von Drasek
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Publication number: 20050233274Abstract: A steam-generating combustion system includes an oxygen enriched gas provided as at least part of an oxidant stream. A combustion chamber receives and combusts a fuel in the oxidant stream and generate steam. The combustion chamber generates flue gas having a flue gas volume which is smaller than a volume of flue gas generated by the combustion chamber when operated with air as the oxidant stream. A flue gas pollutant control system receives the flue gas from the combustion chamber and reduces at least one of particulate matter, SOx, NOx, and mercury. The reduction in flue gas volume allows the implementation of much smaller pollutant control equipment, since the size of the pollutant control units is mainly based on the volume or mass flow rate of flue gas to be treated. Moreover, the system including oxygen-enriched gas in the oxidant will lead to concentrated levels of the pollutants in the flue gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Scott Macadam, Erwin Penfornis, Fabienne Chatel-Pelage
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Patent number: 6955051Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and methods are presented that are dedicated to oxygen-enriched air combustion of a fuel, wherein the oxygen concentration of the oxygen-enriched air may range from just above 21 percent to 100 percent. One apparatus comprises an oxygen-enriched air preheater through which oxygen-enriched air flows and exchanges heat indirectly with flue gas, creating a preheated oxygen-enriched air stream. The apparatus further comprises a boiler having a radiant section and a convection section, and other heat transfer units adapted to handle reduced flue gas flow rate and higher temperature flue gases than comparable air/fuel combustion boilers, thus allowing a smaller heat transfer surface area, a more compact design and a higher efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Olivier Charon, Erwin Penfornis
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Patent number: 6935251Abstract: A steam-generating combustion system includes an oxygen enriched gas provided as at least part of an oxidant stream. A combustion chamber receives and combusts a fuel in the oxidant stream and generate steam. The combustion chamber generates flue gas having a flue gas volume which is smaller than a volume of flue gas generated by the combustion chamber when operated with air as the oxidant stream. A flue gas pollutant control system receives the flue gas from the combustion chamber and reduces at least one of particulate matter, SOx, NOx, and mercury. The reduction in flue gas volume allows the implementation of much smaller pollutant control equipment, since the size of the pollutant control units is mainly based on the volume or mass flow rate of flue gas to be treated. Moreover, the system including oxygen-enriched gas in the oxidant will lead to concentrated levels of the pollutants in the flue gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Scott MacAdam, Erwin Penfornis, Fabienne Chatel-Pelage
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Patent number: 6913457Abstract: An improved process for burning a fuel to produce a flue gas is disclosed. The fuel is burned in a main combustion zone in the presence of a main combustion oxidant to produce combustion products. The combustion products are mixed in a post-combustion zone positioned downstream from the main combustion zone. The post-combustion zone is provided with a recirculation zone positioned proximate to the main combustion zone and an injection zone positioned downstream from the recirculation zone. An post-combustion oxidant is injected into the combustion products in the injection zone. At least one of (a) the residence time of the combustion products in the post-combustion zone, (b) the temperature range of the combustion products contained within the injection zone and (c) the oxygen content of the oxidant is controlled to optimize the level of CO and NOx in the flue gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.Inventors: Erwin Penfornis, Ovidiu Marin, Rajani Varagani, M. Usman Ghani
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Publication number: 20050026097Abstract: An improved process for burning a fuel to produce a flue gas is disclosed. The fuel is burned in a main combustion zone in the presence of a main combustion oxidant to produce combustion products. The combustion products are mixed in a post-combustion zone positioned downstream from the main combustion zone. The post-combustion zone is provided with a recirculation zone positioned proximate to the main combustion zone and an injection zone positioned downstream from the recirculation zone. An post-combustion oxidant is injected into the combustion products in the injection zone. At least one of (a) the residence time of the combustion products in the post-combustion zone, (b) the temperature range of the combustion products contained within the injection zone and (c) the oxygen content of the oxidant is controlled to optimize the level of CO and NOx in the flue gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Erwin Penfornis, Ovidiu Marin, Rajani Varagani, M. Ghani
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Publication number: 20040200222Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and methods are presented that are dedicated to oxygen-enriched air combustion of a fuel, wherein the oxygen concentration of the oxygen-enriched air may range from just above 21 percent to 100 percent. One apparatus comprises an oxygen-enriched air preheater through which oxygen-enriched air flows and exchanges heat indirectly with flue gas, creating a preheated oxygen-enriched air stream. The apparatus further comprises a boiler having a radiant section and a convection section, and other heat transfer units adapted to handle reduced flue gas flow rate and higher temperature flue gases than comparable air/fuel combustion boilers, thus allowing a smaller heat transfer surface area, a more compact design and a higher efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Olivier Charon, Erwin Penfornis
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Publication number: 20040185404Abstract: An improved process for burning solid fuel particles in a combustion chamber and creating a flue gas is disclosed. The method comprises creating a fuel gas stream by mixing the solid fuel particles with a conveying gas, transporting the fuel gas stream through a fuel duct terminating at the combustion chamber at a fuel exit plane and injecting an oxygen stream through an injection device into said fuel gas at an oxygen injection location selected to create a mixing zone to mix the oxygen stream and the fuel gas stream immediately prior to or coincident with combustion of the fuel. Operating parameters of the process can be varied to optimally reduce NOx emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Fabienne Chatel-Pelage, Ovidiu Marin, Scott Macadam, Erwin Penfornis
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Publication number: 20040001788Abstract: A steam-generating combustion system includes an oxygen enriched gas provided as at least part of an oxidant stream. A combustion chamber receives and combusts a fuel in the oxidant stream and generate steam. The combustion chamber generates flue gas having a flue gas volume which is smaller than a volume of flue gas generated by the combustion chamber when operated with air as the oxidant stream. A flue gas pollutant control system receives the flue gas from the combustion chamber and reduces at least one of particulate matter, SOx, NOx, and mercury. The reduction in flue gas volume allows the implementation of much smaller pollutant control equipment, since the size of the pollutant control units is mainly based on the volume or mass flow rate of flue gas to be treated. Moreover, the system including oxygen-enriched gas in the oxidant will lead to concentrated levels of the pollutants in the flue gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Scott MacAdam, Erwin Penfornis, Fabienne Chatel-Pelage
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Publication number: 20030217704Abstract: An air separation unit separates air into an oxygen-rich and oxygen-deficient gas. Fuel gas and the oxygen-rich gas are preheated at heat exchangers through which hot flue gas flows. Combustion of the preheated fuel and oxygen-rich gases result in the hot flue gas. The hot flue gas is cooled at the heat exchangers and flows through a waste heat boiler. Water and/or steam flowing through the waste heat boiler absorbs energy from the cooled flue gas thereby producing heated steam. The heated steam flows through a turbine to produce power. The power is transferred to the air separation unit, thus reducing a power requirement of the air separation unit needed to separate the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Erwin Penfornis, Ovidiu Marin, Bertrand Leroux, Remi P. Tsiava
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Patent number: 6619041Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and methods are presented that are dedicated to oxygen-enriched air combustion of a fuel, wherein the oxygen concentration of the oxygen-enriched air may range from just above 21 percent to 100 percent. One apparatus comprises an oxygen-enriched air preheater through which oxygen-enriched air flows and exchanges heat indirectly with flue gas, creating a preheated oxygen-enriched air stream. The apparatus further comprises a boiler having a radiant section and a convection section, and other heat transfer units adapted to handle reduced flue gas flow rate and higher temperature flue gases than comparable air/fuel combustion boilers, thus allowing a smaller heat transfer surface area, a more compact design and a higher efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignees: L'Air Liquide - Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air LiquideInventors: Ovidiu Marin, Olivier Charon, Erwin Penfornis
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Publication number: 20030160174Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the flue gases of a furnace combustion process is disclosed. A by-pass circuit that communicates a sample of flue gases to be monitored from a furnace, through a measurement chamber and back to the furnace or furnace exhaust duct is provided. The by-pass circuit has a gas sampling probe with a fume inlet opening, the probe being positioned for withdrawing the sample to be monitored and transmitting it through the by-pass circuit. A measurement device is positioned in the measurement chamber and comprises an in situ optical device which provides real-time measurement of targeted flue gas species concentrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Michael Grant, Ovidiu Marin, Erwin Penfornis, William A. Von Drasek