Patents by Inventor Vasilios Soupos

Vasilios Soupos 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).

  • Flex-flame burner and combustion method
    Patent number: 7780436
    Abstract: A combustion method and apparatus which produce a hybrid flame for heating metals and metal alloys, which hybrid flame has the characteristic of having an oxidant-lean portion proximate the metal or metal alloy and having an oxidant-rich portion disposed above the oxidant lean portion. This hybrid flame is produced by introducing fuel and primary combustion oxidant into the furnace chamber containing the metal or metal alloy in a substoichiometric ratio to produce a fuel-rich flame and by introducing a secondary combustion oxidant into the furnace chamber above the fuel-rich flame in a manner whereby mixing of the secondary combustion oxidant with the fuel-rich flame is delayed for a portion of the length of the flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: Vasilios Soupos, Serguei Zelepouga, David M. Rue, Hamid A. Abbasi
  • Flex-flame burner and combustion method
    Publication number: 20060272453
    Abstract: A combustion method and apparatus which produce a hybrid flame for heating metals and metal alloys, which hybrid flame has the characteristic of having an oxidant-lean portion proximate the metal or metal alloy and having an oxidant-rich portion disposed above the oxidant lean portion. This hybrid flame is produced by introducing fuel and primary combustion oxidant into the furnace chamber containing the metal or metal alloy in a substoichiometric ratio to produce a fuel-rich flame and by introducing a secondary combustion oxidant into the furnace chamber above the fuel-rich flame in a manner whereby mixing of the secondary combustion oxidant with the fuel-rich-flame is delayed for a portion of the length of the flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Vasilios Soupos, Serguei Zelepouga, David Rue, Hamid Abbasi