Abstract: A regenerative heating system comprises two heat regenerators 1 and 2 of the type which are operable so that while one is being heated by waste gas the other is heating air for the combustion of fuel. The regenerators 1 and 2 communicate with each other adjacent one end to form a chamber 11 into which fuel gas is injected by means of a fuel pipe 3. The waste gas enters its respective regenerator by way of end 8 and passes through the bed 5 of the regenerator which stores the heat. Air travelling in the opposite direction is heated in the bed 5 and entrains the fuel gas. The steps 12 provide a venturi or choke effect on the air causing the pressure in the regenerator heating air to be lower than that in the regenerator being heated by waste gas. Fuel gas is thereby drawn into the air stream for admixture therewith and ignition for combustion by means of a pilot light 14.

Abstract: A regenerative heating system includes at least a pair of regenerators of the type which are operable so that while one is being heated by waste gas the other is heating air for the combustion of fuel. The system includes a pair of regenerators 1 and 2 which are interconnected adjacent one end to form a chamber 4 having an outlet 8 to discharge waste gas flow into the chamber from one or other of the regenerators. Air nozzles 7 extend into the chamber 4 to inject air into the regenerators 1 and 2 during the air heating cycle of regenerator. The waste gas may be removed by the suction force of a fan or eductor.

Abstract: A heat regenerator for use in heating an enclosure such as a furnace.The heat regenerator 51 is detachable at one end from a burner B and at its other end from a reversing valve 58. The regenerator 51 comprises two axially engaging portions 56 and 57, the front portion 56 comprising a cylindrical heat storage bed 59 and a surrounding annular layer 60 of a ceramic fibre insulation material. The rear portion 57 comprises a cylindrical body of refractory having a bore 61 forming a bottle-neck type passage tapering towards the valve 58. The heat storage bed 59 comprises a monolithic refractory block through which a multiplicity of axially aligned gas-carrying channels 65 extends. These channels 65 convey combustion products from the burner portion 52 to the regenerator portion 56 in one mode of operation where the bed is extracting heat from the products for storage.

Abstract: The invention is a recuperative burner, with heat exchange between the exhausting combustion products and incoming combustion air to the burner nozzle, in which the recuperator essentially comprises separable components of conical shape. The advantages are ease of dismantling, even if the conical components have distorted in use; improved flexibility of design, resulting in better efficiency and reduced formation of nitrogen oxides; and lower costs for both manufacture and maintenance.