Patents by Inventor Frank Geelen

Frank Geelen 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: 8726851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new heat exchanger element comprising a premix burner with an outward curved or ridged burner surface. The heat exchanger element further comprises a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is bound on one side by the burner and is further made up of water cooled metal walls which, starting from the burner and in downstream direction, first widen and thereafter narrow down to the width of a customary heat exchanger element. This creates enough space for a proper combustion, avoiding dead angles and recirculation or too early ending of the combustion reaction, thereby reaching low emissions of NOx and CO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bekaert Combustion Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Geelen, Paul Thijssen, Jan Van Peteghem
  • Publication number: 20100282186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new heat exchanger element comprising a premix burner with an outward curved or ridged burner surface. The heat exchanger element further comprises a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is bound on one side by the burner and is further made up of water cooled metal walls which, starting from the burner and in downstream direction, first widen and thereafter narrow down to the width of a customary heat exchanger element. This creates enough space for a proper combustion, avoiding dead angles and recirculation or too early ending of the combustion reaction, thereby reaching low emissions of NOx and CO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: BEKAERT COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY BV
    Inventors: Frank Geelen, Paul Thijssen, Jan Van Peteghem
  • Publication number: 20100242863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a co-cast heat exchanger element intended for a central heating boiler, which heat exchanger element is made from substantially aluminum, the heat exchanger element being provided with walls which enclose a water carrying channel, and with at least one wall which encloses at least one flue gas draft to which a burner can be connected, at least one wall which encloses the at least one flue gas draft being water-cooled in that it also forms a boundary of the water-carrying channel, while one of the water-cooled walls is provided with heat exchanging surface enlarging pins and/or fins which extend in the respective flue gas draft and is also provided with other heat exchanging surface enlarging metallic porous structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: BEKAERT COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Karel Hubau, Johannes Beukers, Paul Thijssen, Jan Van Peteghem, Frank Geelen