Abstract: A Bleve (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) reaction wherein fuel is pumped from a fuel line and is fed through a solenoid valve to a BLEVE reaction chamber. The BLEVE reaction takes place in the bleve chamber, during which a bleve is released and supplied via the bleve outlet nozzle. A thermal housing with embedded electrical resistive wire, is a method and installation for generating sufficient heat causing a bleve. The fuel is heated by the electrical resistive wire as it is moved into the bleve-reaction chamber. As bleved fuel is introduced into the combustion chamber, the latent heat causes the bleve to auto-ignite upon contact with the oxygen producing a blue flame. The cycle of the process is controlled by means of a regulating control. The method described is particularly suited for a bleved fuel valve nozzled burner.

Abstract: A light instrumentation system for measuring optical power or intensity of an input as wavelength of the input varies with respect to a time includes a reference providing a detectable optical power or intensity upon encountering a wavelength having a prescribed value, and a detector system coordinated with the reference and providing a detectable feature for measuring the optical power or intensity. A method of testing an object using electromagnetic energy includes illuminating the object using electromagnetic energy while sweeping the electromagnetic energy over a range of wavelengths, measuring electromagnetic energy from the object in response to such illuminating, coordinating the measuring step with one or more distinct wavelength points of the sweep determined by a wavelength dependent transmission device to which the electromagnetic energy is directed.

Abstract: An optical measuring apparatus includes an optical scanning system that supplies to a device under test electromagnetic energy at a plurality of periodically varying wavelengths, a measuring circuit that measures electromagnetic energy from the device under test, and a synchronizer, including a device responsive to the electromagnetic energy from the optical scanning system to provide a known response to one or more wavelengths of the electromagnetic energy to synchronize the measuring circuit with the optical scanning system. The device responsive to the electromagnetic energy may provide known absorption or transmission maxima or minima. Exemplary devices responsive to the electromagnetic energy include a wavelength reference, e.g., a gas cell, a Fabry Perot device or a device that provides a specific wavelength dependent response.

Abstract: A light instrumentation system for measuring optical power or intensity of an input as wavelength of the input varies with respect to a time includes a reference providing a detectable optical power or intensity upon encountering a wavelength having a prescribed value, and a detector system coordinated with the reference and providing a detectable feature for measuring the optical power or intensity. A method of testing an object using electromagnetic energy includes illuminating the object using electromagnetic energy while sweeping the electromagnetic energy over a range of wavelengths, measuring electromagnetic energy from the object in response to the illuminating, and coordinating the measuring step with one or more distinct wavelength points of the sweep determined by a wavelength dependent transmission device to which the electromagnetic energy is directed.

Abstract: A light instrumentation system for measuring optical power or intensity of an input as wavelength of the input varies with respect to a time includes a reference providing a detectable optical power or intensity upon encountering a wavelength having a prescribed value, and a detector system coordinated with the reference and providing a detectable feature for measuring the optical power or intensity.