Patents by Inventor James Lucente

James Lucente 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).

  • Apparatus and method for low-NOx gas combustion
    Patent number: 6089170
    Abstract: A low NOx gas combustor includes an air injection mechanism to create a combustion air path. A set of arc-shaped gas injector arrays are formed in an annular configuration. Each arc-shaped gas injector array injects an arc-shaped stream of gas that intersects with the combustion air path to produce a fuel rich flame segment that is separated from an adjacent fuel rich flame segment from an adjacent arc-shaped gas injector array by an air rich zone. The interaction between the fuel rich flame segment and the air rich zone results in low NOx combustion of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony V. Conti, Anthony Facchiano, Dan V. Giovanni, James Lucente, Michael W. McElroy