Patents by Inventor Thierry Ferlin

Thierry Ferlin 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: 9517960
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John Ward, Neil Fricker, Richard Stanley Pont, Thierry Ferlin, Stéphane Maurel
  • Publication number: 20130011805
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John WARD, Neil FRICKER, Richard Stanley PONT, Thierry FERLIN, Stéphane MAUREL
  • Publication number: 20100050691
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John Ward, Neil Fricker, Richard Stanley Pont, Thierry Ferlin, Stephane Maurel
  • Publication number: 20030000574
    Abstract: A method of regulating the calorific power of a stream of gaseous fuel of the fossil-gas type, comprising a predominant fuel gas, denoted “A” and flowing in a pipe. This regulation is performed, at least partly, by controlled addition of at least one fuel gas called having a calorific power greater than that of “A” into the stream. The subject of the invention is also its apparatus for implementation and its applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Vitrage
    Inventors: Remy Cordier, Thierry Ferlin, Guy Tackels, Thierry Mine
  • Patent number: 6495731
    Abstract: A method of regulating the calorific power of a stream of gaseous fuel of the fossil-gas type, comprising a predominant fuel gas, denoted “A” and flowing in a pipe. This regulation is performed, at least partly, by controlled addition of at least one fuel gas called having a calorific power greater than that of “A” into the stream. The subject of the invention is also its apparatus for implementation and its applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Remy Cordier, Thierry Ferlin, Guy Tackels, Thierry Mine