Patents by Inventor Sture Schon

Sture Schon 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).

  • Fluidized bed combustion apparatus and method of operation
    Patent number: 4378206
    Abstract: A fluidized bed combustion chamber (3) is provided with a perforated bottom plate (4) into which air nozzles (18, 19) are pressed in a manner similar to that used for tubes in a tube sheet of a heat exchanger. About one-third of the nozzles (18) are connected to a startup or auxiliary combustion chamber (14) for blowing in hot gas for heating the bed to the flash-point or ignition temperature of the fuel. Further, the bottom plate is insulated (20) between the nozzles. (FIGS. 1, 4.) A method of operating such a combustion chamber also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Assignee: STAL-LAVAL Turbin AB
    Inventors: Anders Kullendorff, Sture Schon