Patents by Inventor Frank L. Beichner

Frank L. Beichner 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).

  • Dual mode regenerative burner system and a method of heating a furnace using a dual mode regenerative burner system
    Patent number: 10895379
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a furnace using a burner system having first and second burner assemblies, each including a burner and a regenerative media bed, the method including operating the first burner assembly in a firing mode and the second burner assembly in a regeneration mode, switching the first burner assembly from the firing mode to the regeneration mode and the second burner assembly from the regeneration mode to the firing mode, and operating the second burner assembly in the firing mode and the first burner assembly in the regeneration mode. The burner assembly in the firing mode may be fired in either a first operating mode where the burner is supplied with preheated low calorific fuel and the burner is supplied with oxidizing gas or a second operating mode where the burner is supplied with preheated oxidizing gas and the burner is supplied with high calorific fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Bloom Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Schalles, Frank L. Beichner
  • Dual Mode Regenerative Burner System and a Method of Heating a Furnace Using a Dual Mode Regenerative Burner System
    Publication number: 20180231242
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a furnace using a burner system having first and second burner assemblies, each including a burner and a regenerative media bed, the method including operating the first burner assembly in a firing mode and the second burner assembly in a regeneration mode, switching the first burner assembly from the firing mode to the regeneration mode and the second burner assembly from the regeneration mode to the firing mode, and operating the second burner assembly in the firing mode and the first burner assembly in the regeneration mode. The burner assembly in the firing mode may be fired in either a first operating mode where the burner is supplied with preheated low calorific fuel and the burner is supplied with oxidizing gas or a second operating mode where the burner is supplied with preheated oxidizing gas and the burner is supplied with high calorific fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: David G. Schalles, Frank L. Beichner