Separately Supplied Or Controlled, Physically Related Flame Holders, E.g., Diverse Fuels, Pilot And Main, Etc. Patents (Class 431/278)
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Patent number: 12234985Abstract: A burner assembly including a body, the body including a first aperture, a second aperture, a cavity between the first and second aperture, and a gas inlet in fluid communication with the cavity. The assembly also includes a gas nozzle arranged to terminate a first distance from the first aperture of the body. The assembly also includes a fuel tube and a fuel nozzle disposed within the cavity of the body, the fuel tube arranged to terminate within a first through-bore of the gas nozzle, and the fuel nozzle being removably secured to the fuel tube, the fuel nozzle terminating a second distance from the first aperture of the body, wherein the first distance is less than the second distance or the first distance is substantially equal to the second distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Selas Heat Technology Company LLCInventor: Scott C. Anderson
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Patent number: 12111051Abstract: A multi-crown gas burner with an injector holder module is attachable to a cooking hob and includes a flame-spreader module, positioned above the injector holder module, which includes a circular internal portion separated from an external annular portion by a substantially annular cavity. The injector holder module includes: at least one first venturi duct substantially horizontal to which at least one first injector faces, the at least one first venturi duct in fluid communication with a corresponding first chamber in fluid communication with a first set of doors provided in said external annular portion, so as to generate at least one first crown of main flames, a second substantially horizontal venturi duct to which a second injector, the second venturi duct is in fluid communication with a zone communicating fluidly with at least one passage provided in said circular internal portion for generating at least one simmering flame.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: E.G.O. ELEKTRO-GERÄTEBAU GMBHInventors: Luca Breccia, Davide Rinaldi, Donato Migliori
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Patent number: 12072097Abstract: A burner apparatus and process are described. The burner apparatus includes an inlet chamber in communication with a combustion chamber. A primary conduit delivers fuel gas to the combustion chamber. Each of a plurality of primary tips is located in the throat of the burner tile. Each of a plurality of cavities is disposed on a downstream wall of the burner tile and stabilize the flame. The primary tips have an end port and a lateral port. A secondary conduit provides fuel gas to a plurality of secondary tips. In a passive control mode, the fuel gas to the primary tips and secondary tips is a mixed gas comprising flue gas and fuel gas. In an active mode, valves are provided to proportion the amount of fuel gas fed to the primary tips and the amount of flue gas provided to the secondary tips.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kurt Kraus, Stefano Bietto
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Patent number: 11980906Abstract: A combination firepit and water fountain having a fountain base with an opening in a top surface of the base. A circumferential ignition coil is located within the opening and is connected by a fuel supply line to a source of gaseous fuel for providing a fire. A circumferential flameproof enclosure surrounds the ignition coil in the top opening of the base. A fountain top is also located centrally within the top opening so that the flameproof enclosure surrounds and circumscribes the fountain top. A water pump located in the base supplies a water flow out the fountain top and down the sides thereof into the interior of the fountain base, where it is recirculated.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Natures Mark, LLCInventor: Milla Cai
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Patent number: 11920783Abstract: A flame port unit structure of a combustion apparatus provided with a plurality of flame ports for forming a flame comprises: a lean flame port unit, as a flame port for jetting lean gas, including a plurality of lean flame ports arranged along a width direction which is perpendicular to the jetting direction of the lean gas; and a rich flame port unit, as a flame port for jetting rich gas, including a pair of rich flame ports provided on both sides of the lean flame port unit with respect to a width direction, wherein the lean flame port unit comprises a first region in which a gap along the width direction of the lean flame port is formed along a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to the jetting direction and the width direction, and a second region, provided on both sides along the longitudinal direction of the first region.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTDInventors: Jun Kyu Park, Sang Hyun Nam, Hyun Muk Lim, Whee Jun Lim
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Patent number: 11920795Abstract: A nozzle, a combustor, and a gas turbine, which are capable of atomizing fuel efficiently, are provided. A fuel injection device for the combustor may include a plurality of guide channels connected to a pilot fuel passage through which fuel is supplied, an injection chamber connected to the plurality of guide channels, the fuel being merged in the injection chamber, and an injection hole formed at a tip of the injection chamber to inject the fuel, and the injection chamber may include a decompression space to drop a pressure therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shershnyov Borys
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Patent number: 11879636Abstract: A burner nozzle assembly includes a plurality of burner nozzles. Each burner nozzle includes an outer housing and a nozzle receivable within the outer housing. An air inlet conveys air into a first burner nozzle of the plurality of burner nozzles and a well product inlet conveys a well product into the first burner nozzle. An air transfer conduit interposes and fluidly couples the outer housing of adjacent burner nozzles and transfers the air from the first burner nozzle to subsequent burner nozzles of the plurality of burner nozzles, and a well product transfer conduit interposes and fluidly couples the outer housing of adjacent burner nozzles and transfers the well product from the first burner nozzle to subsequent burner nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Elling James Newell, Mark Henry Strumpell
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Patent number: 11867400Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a liner surrounding a fuel and air mixing body. A gaseous fuel supply passage delivers gaseous fuel into the mixing body. A wall of the mixing body has air openings to communicate air into mixing passages. At least one fuel opening in each of the mixing passages allows fuel to flow into the mixing passages and mix with the air. There are passage sections downstream of a location of the fuel openings, such that the mixed air and fuel travel downstream of the location and into a combustion chamber. The passage sections have baffles that create a tortuous path. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventor: Tin Cheung John Hu
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Patent number: 11852337Abstract: A flame hole unit structure of a combustion apparatus provided with a plurality of flame holes for forming a flame comprises: a lean flame hole unit including, as a flame hole for jetting lean gas, at least one lean flame hole extending along the longitudinal direction which is a direction perpendicular to the jetting direction of the lean gas; and a rich flame hole unit including, as a flame hole for jetting rich gas, a pair of rich flame hole provided on both sides of the lean flame hole unit with respect to a width direction which is a direction perpendicular to the jetting direction and the longitudinal direction and extending along a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Hyun Muk Lim
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Patent number: 11662098Abstract: A system for igniting a grill can include a solenoid valve, a flame rectification sensor, an igniter, and a control circuit connected to the solenoid valve and the flame rectification sensor. The solenoid valve controls flow of gas to the grill's burner and includes a switch that closes when a handle connected to the switch opens the solenoid valve. The control circuit sends current to the solenoid valve when the switch is closed to hold the solenoid valve open. After the switch closes, the igniter is ignited. After ignition, the control circuit monitors the presence of a flame with a flame rectification sensor. If no flame is detected after a certain amount of time, the control circuit stops sending current to the solenoid valve to close the solenoid valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LYNX GRILLS, INC.Inventors: John T. French, Randall Lee Dawson
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Patent number: 11655914Abstract: A method of reducing the pressure of a liquid includes the steps of providing a conduit containing a packing material, such that a large number of small passages are formed in the packing material, and passing the liquid through the conduit and the packing material. The amount of packing material through which the liquid flows can be varied to vary the pressure drop experienced by the liquid passing through the packing material. The reduction in pressure achieved may be stepwise (discrete) or continuous. The method may be used to reduce the pressure of an aqueous polymer solution for use in a polymer flood technique for oil extraction, and allows the pressure to be reduced without damage to the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Equinor Energy ASInventors: Christian Rosenkilde, Patrick Benjamin Müller
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Patent number: 11499712Abstract: A gas burner for cooking appliances, having overlapping main flame and simmering flame rings, includes an injector holder assembly associated with a first and a second injector and positioned below a cooktop opening; and a head assembly associated at the top with the injector holder assembly and positioned above the cooktop opening, the head assembly having a first chamber communicating with the first injector and with doors for ejecting the gas and primary air mixture supplied to the main flame ring, and a second chamber communicating with the second injector and with a passageway for ejecting the gas and primary air mixture supplied to the simmering flame ring. The second chamber communicates with a through opening in the outer side walls of the head assembly to receive primary air from above the cooktop, and the head assembly completely seals the cooktop opening where the gas burner is to be installed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventors: Werner Noeth, Luca Breccia, Marco Sbaffi
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Patent number: 11448399Abstract: An electronically controlled burner management system for oilfield separators. The system includes an autonomous standing pilot spark ignition that includes a self-aligning clamp that holds the igniter to the burner nozzle. The self-aligning clamp enables rapid installation and removal, lowering the total cost of ownership. The autonomous spark ignition system incorporates temperature sensors to determine when the standing pilot needs to be relit, and can shut off the gas or other fuel flow to the standing pilot and the main burner when the pilot is not lit. The system increases oil and gas production from the well, reduces fugitive emissions of unburned gas, and improves oilfield worker safety. When installed or retrofitted into an existing oilfield separator, the original burner control components are left in place, allowing the user to revert to traditional operation in case of failure of any electronic component of the present system.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Dragonfire Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Davis, Steven Strohl, Ty Davis, William F. Clark
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Patent number: 10386062Abstract: A method for operating a combustion system includes outputting fuel and oxidant from a fuel and oxidant source onto a perforated flame holder. The method further includes sustaining a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas W. Karkow, Joseph Colannino, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Patent number: 9822975Abstract: A gas valve unit for setting a gas volumetric flow to a twin-circuit gas burner of a gas appliance includes a valve body having a gas inlet and two gas outlets, and a control mechanism for adjusting the gas volumetric flow to at least one of the gas outlets in a multiple-stage manner. The control mechanism has a zero position in which the gas volumetric flow to the gas outlets is interrupted, and a switching position which is adjacent to the zero position and in which the gas volumetric flow is set to a maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Christophe Cadeau, Jörn Naumann
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Patent number: 9581329Abstract: A gas-fueled heater can have a housing with pressure regulators, a control valve, a fluid selection valve and a burner positioned therein. The pressure regulators, control valve, fluid selection valve and burner can be configured to combust a fuel to create heat. The housing can include a number of holes passing therethrough to control access to the various components.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 9033702Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas burner in which a burner body and a side plate are assembled together without a welding process, to thereby simplify manufacturing procedures and reduce manufacturing costs. To accomplish this, the gas burner of the present invention includes a plurality of burner units (110), each of which has a burner body (111) with a main flame being formed at the top thereof, a side plate (112) which forms auxiliary flame holes (116) in the spaces between both side surfaces of the burner body (111) and the side plate (112), and a plurality of supports (113, 114) protruding from the side plate (112). Both ends of each of the burner units (110) are supported by first and second brackets (200a, 200b), respectively. The supports (113, 114) formed at the side plate (112) of the burner unit are brought into contact with and are supported by supports (123, 124) formed at a side plate (122) of an adjacent burner unit (120).Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.Inventors: Moung-Gee Min, Jae-Myung Joo
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Patent number: 9033697Abstract: A method for starting a burner for combusting synthesis gases is provided. The burner includes first and second fuel passages, the first fuel passage encompasses the second fuel passage in a substantially concentric manner and the gas transferred to the burner is mixed with combusting air and is combusted. In order to start the burner, the second fuel passage is first loaded with a synthesis gas to a predefined burner power at a first starting phase and the first fuel passage is loaded with the synthesis gas at a second starting phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Berthold Köstlin, Frank Hannemann, Andreas Heilos, Gerhard Zimmermann
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A BURNER FRONT AND INJECTING A SECOND FUEL INTO A UTILITY FURNACE
Publication number: 20150086930Abstract: This disclosure may relate generally to systems, devices, and methods for a injecting a compound through a sootblower, burner or other utility furnace hardware, such that the compound can be delivered to targeted areas on the inside of a utility furnace. In one embodiment, the compound is a chemical for improving environmental controls. In another embodiment, the compound is a fuel. In that embodiment, compound can facilitate retrofitting a burner to a dual fired utility furnace. In another embodiment, the compound is a chemical for removing slag from the furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Christopher L. Abeyta -
Publication number: 20150072297Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating an industrial furnace, wherein, apart from heating gas, a combustible process gas is also fed to a burner arrangement (9) of the industrial furnace for heating an interior space in the course of a heat treatment cycle. In order to optimize the use of the combustible process gas for the heating of the industrial furnace, the heat treatment cycle is split up into a plurality of process phases, wherein the supply of the process gas to the burner arrangement (9) is regulated depending on the process phase. Furthermore, the invention relates to a heating device (8) for an industrial furnace, as well as an industrial furnace that includes the heating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Rolf Sarres, Marc Angenendt
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Patent number: 8967997Abstract: A burner for a fire plume generator includes a liquid fuel nozzle directed along a first axis, a peripheral shield extending around the liquid fuel nozzle, the peripheral shield extending substantially along the first axis and defining an upper end and a lower end, and a pilot flame manifold located at or above the upper end of the peripheral shield, the pilot flame manifold defining a plurality of pilot flame outlets. A fire plume generator, a fire safety protection evaluation system, and a method of evaluating a fire safety protection device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Factory Mutual Insurance CompanyInventors: Hong-Zeng Yu, Stephen P. D'Aniello
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Patent number: 8960234Abstract: A gas valve unit for adjusting a gas volume flow in a dual circuit gas burner of a gas appliance includes a valve body having a gas inlet and two gas outlets; and a control mechanism constructed to adjust the gas volumetric flow supplied to one of the gas outlets in a number of stages and to adjust the gas volumetric flow supplied to other one of the gas outlets in a number of stages.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Christophe Cadeau, Jörn Naumann
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Publication number: 20150050603Abstract: A dual-pressure flare system and a method of its use. The dual-pressure flare system includes a dual-pressure flare stack having a central axis that is aligned with the center of a high-pressure outlet; a high-pressure flue having a central axis that is co-linear with the central axis of the dual-pressure flare stack; and a low-pressure flue connected to a low-pressure tip. Some exemplary embodiments of the system further include an air-assist assembly having an air-supply connection connected to an air blower and a mixing chamber, wherein the mixing chamber surrounds the low-pressure tip. In some exemplary embodiments, the air-supply connection is disposed outside the dual-pressure flare stack and the high-pressure flue.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Danny Edward Griffin, Andrew Avila, JR.
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Patent number: 8932049Abstract: The present invention relates to a top burner and a cooker including the top burner. The present invention includes: an outer burner installed on a top surface of a top plate, and provided with a plurality of flame holes to form flames through combusting gas mixture at a perimeter thereof; an inner burner installed on a top surface of the outer burner, and provided with a plurality of flame holes to form flames through combusting gas mixture at a perimeter thereof disposed inward to the perimeter of the outer burner; a plurality of first mixing tubes supplying gas mixture mixed with air inside the outer burner; a second mixing tube supplying gas mixture mixed with air inside the inner burner; and a passage formed through the outer tube, and in which air supplied to combust gas mixture at the flame holes of the inner burner flows. Thus, according to the present invention, the advantages of heating food more efficiently while reducing incomplete combustion of gas mixture can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jung-Wan Ryu, Dae-Bong Yang, Yong-Ki Jeong, Young-Soo Kim, Dae-Rae Lee, Yang-Ho Kim, Jae-Bum Lim, Jae-Hyuk Wie
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Patent number: 8920159Abstract: An apparatus is provided for combining oxygen and fuel to produce a mixture to be burned in a burner. The oxygen-fuel mixture is ignited in a fuel-ignition zone in a flame chamber to produce a flame.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Curtis Taylor
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Patent number: 8920160Abstract: Low NOx emission industrial burner, adapted to operate both in a flame or stage mode and in a flameless mode, so that also the heating step of the chamber of a furnace may be made by means of the same burner, without providing a pilot burner, thus ensuring very low NOx emissions for the whole operation range of the burner and for the whole range of temperatures in the chamber. The combustion process, made by means of said burner, provides for the possibility to combine the stage mode operation with the flameless mode operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.Inventors: Enrico Mozzi, Michele Valenza
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Publication number: 20140345598Abstract: The present invention refers to a burner for cooking equipments which comprises a configuration whose purpose is to ensure the integrity of the flames of the main openings by maintaining the pressure originated in the burner. Particularly, the present invention refers to a burner which comprises a base (1) containing a cavity (2), in which a sustaining element (3) that supports a cover (4) is placed; wherein, between said sustaining element (3) and said cover (4), it is formed a channel (5), which, at least partially, encircles the cited cavity (2) to form at least one pilot flame at the end (6) of said channel (5) that is provided in the periphery of the edge of the cavity (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Marcos Raphael Da Silva, Henrique Cesar De Gaspari
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Patent number: 8887710Abstract: The present invention provides a cooking gas burner assembly including a distributor (30), a gas manifold (50) and a cup (40), the cup (40) being located between the gas manifold (50) and the distributor (30). The gas manifold is spaced from the cup. The invention provides a burner assembly having at least a cap (220) and a distributor (30) on which the cap (220) is mounted, the distributor (30) including an internal and an external crown of flame ports, and at least one cross lighting passage (37) there between. The cap (220) includes an aperture (222) there through, which is adapted to be positioned over the cross lighting passage (37) when the cap (220) and distributor (30) are assembled.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Aktiebolaget ElectroluxInventors: Carlo Rossi, Marco Rossi
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Patent number: 8882493Abstract: A method and system for fueling of a burner in a direct-fired device using syngas. A gasifier produces syngas from a carbonaceous feedstock such as biomass. The syngas is fed to a syngas burner. A booster burner disposed between the gasifier and the syngas burner increases the temperature of the syngas. The booster burner may be provided with an approximately stoichiometric or sub-stoichiometric amount of oxidant. Operation of the booster burner may be regulated based on the temperature of the syngas. The syngas burner may be used to direct-fire a device requiring a relatively high flame temperature, such as, for example, a lime kiln.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Nexterra Systems Corp.Inventors: Hendrick Vandergriendt, Duncan Meade, Yan Li, Nebojsa Plavsic
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Patent number: 8863404Abstract: A dryer performance optimization system comprising a dryer having an inner wall and being adapted to rotate at variable speeds and a variable frequency drive being adapted to vary the rotational speed of the dryer. The preferred system also comprises a baghouse having an inlet end being adapted to receive exhaust gas from the dryer and an outlet end and a controller being adapted to control the temperature of the exhaust gas from the dryer. A method for controlling the temperature of exhaust gas in a baghouse comprising providing a dryer performance optimization system as described herein and varying the temperature of the exhaust gas from the dryer by varying the rotational speed of the dryer.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Astec, Inc.Inventor: Malcolm Swanson
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Patent number: 8845326Abstract: An gas burner assembly for a cooking appliance includes a main burner assembly, a simmer burner assembly positioned in a stacked relationship with and located below the main burner assembly, a venturi assembly for delivering a gas flow to the main burner assembly, a gas boost pump configured to control a pressurization of the gas flow, a gas valve assembly for controlling a rate of the gas flow, and an encoder coupled to the gas valve assembly, the encoder configured to track a position of the gas valve assembly and provide a signal to the gas boost pump for pressurization of the gas flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Scott Shaffer, Eric K. Watson, Brian Michael Schork, Paul Bryan Cadima, Paul E. McCrorey
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Patent number: 8764436Abstract: In certain embodiments, a valve assembly can comprise a housing, a valve body, a first burner nozzle member and a second burner nozzle member. The housing can define an oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) inlet and a burner inlet. The valve body can be positioned within the housing and configured to rotate between a first position for a first fuel type and a second position for a second fuel type different from the first.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Procom Heating, Inc.Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8689782Abstract: A gas burner includes a burner body and a simmer plate assembly. The burner body includes a central cavity in which at least one flame is provided. The simmer plate assembly includes a plate portion and a base portion configured to support the plate portion. The assembly is configured to be at least partially and removably inserted into the central cavity. The plate portion is configured to act as a barrier between the at least one flame and a heated object placed above the gas burner.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Michael Padgett
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Publication number: 20140072919Abstract: A heater assembly can be used with a gas appliance. The gas appliance can be a dual fuel appliance for use with one of a first fuel type or a second fuel type different than the first. The heater assembly can include a fuel regulator valve including a main pressure regulator to maintain the fuel pressure, a first fuel source connection for connecting the first fuel type to the heater assembly, a second fuel source connection for connecting the second fuel type to the heater assembly, and an air shutter system. The air shutter system introduces air into the fuel discharged at the main burner nozzle before it is supplied to the main burner. The air shutter system can open the air shutter to two or more different positions to vary the amount of air introduced based on the type of fuel supplied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: CONTINENTAL APPLIANCES, INC. D.BA PROCOMInventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8668489Abstract: An ignition system for a multi-burner heat exchanger assembly, a furnace, and a method using same are disclosed. The assembly may include a plurality of adjacent heat exchanger tubes, with a burner associated with each tube. All the burners may be lit with a single igniter and no source of secondary air. To do so, each of the burners may be provided so as to generate a swirling exit flow of combustion gases. One or more carryover tubes may also be connected between adjacent pairs of heat exchanger tubes or adjacent pairs of burners. The swirling flow generated by the burners causes hot combustion gases to move through the carryover tubes to thus carry the flame from one burner to the next. Not only can a single igniter be used, but a single flame sensor as well, while at the same time reducing nitrogen oxide emissions.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Louis Chiappetta, Scott A. Liljenberg, Meredith B. Colket, Shiling Zhang
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Patent number: 8662884Abstract: An apparatus of controlling oxygen supply for a boiler having wind boxes 2a and 2b arranged on left and right of a boiler body 1 is configured to control supply balance of oxygen by adjusting oxygen supply opening degrees of the left and right oxygen distribution dampers 15a and 15b in accordance with a oxygen supply flow rate and left and right actually measured oxygen concentrations when controlling the oxygen supply amounts and to control the exhaust gas flow rates by correcting an exhaust gas flow rate set value corresponding to a boiler load demand in accordance with an oxygen concentration set value corresponding to a boiler load demand, left and right actually measured exhaust gas flow rates and left and right actually measured oxygen concentrations and adjusting left and right exhaust gas introduction opening degrees of the left and right exhaust gas introduction dampers 8a and 8b when controlling the exhaust gas flow rates.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: IHI Corporation, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Yamada, Terutoshi Uchida, Masami Sato
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Patent number: 8636503Abstract: An improved pilot burner includes an orifice plate defining a central orifice for metering a supply of gas and a gas tube. The gas tube includes a tube wall and defines a supply opening at a first end. The orifice plate is positioned within the gas tube at the supply opening, and the tube wall is crimped around the orifice plate to secure the orifice plate to the gas tube. The pilot burner also includes a burner tube having a first end for receiving a first end of the gas tube. The burner tube further includes a second end defining a flame opening. In another embodiment, a clip is used to secure the gas tube and the burner tube to a bracket.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Donald J. Kasprzyk, Sybrandus B. V. Munsterhuis
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Publication number: 20140004471Abstract: A method and system for fueling of a burner in a direct-fired device using syngas. A gasifier produces syngas from a carbonaceous feedstock such as biomass. The syngas is fed to a syngas burner. A booster burner disposed between the gasifier and the syngas burner increases the temperature of the syngas. The booster burner may be provided with an approximately stoichiometric or sub-stoichiometric amount of oxidant. Operation of the booster burner may be regulated based on the temperature of the syngas. The syngas burner may be used to direct-fire a device requiring a relatively high flame temperature, such as, for example, a lime kiln.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: NEXTERRA SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Hendrick Vandergriendt, Duncan Meade, Yan Li, Nebojsa Plavsic
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Patent number: 8596259Abstract: A gas burner for an appliance includes a base and a cover. The base includes a wall peripherally formed about the base. The wall includes a plurality of slits extending through the wall and downwardly from a top of the wall. A cover is configured to be placed on the base and form a chamber in fluid communication with a gas conduit. The cover is configured to bound the slits to define a plurality of ports for releasing combustible gas exteriorly of the gas burner. The ports include an entry section near the inner surface and an exit section near the outer surface. Each of the slits includes a floor that is curved upwards from the entry section to the exit section.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael Padgett, John Pottenger, William M. Pryor
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Publication number: 20130288187Abstract: A multiflame burner with burner nozzles which can be loaded with fuel gas, particularly for thermal material processing methods, in which at least one of the burner nozzles is provided with at least one auxiliary nozzle opening for generating an auxiliary flame arranged laterally to a main nozzle arrangement for generating a working flame and in the direction of at least one adjacent burner nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Anton Imgrundt, Johann Stocker
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Patent number: 8568136Abstract: A heater can be configured to operate with either a first fuel at a first pressure or a second fuel at a second pressure. In some embodiments, a pressure regulator unit is configured to regulate the pressure of either the first fuel or the second fuel and to direct either the first fuel or the second fuel towards a combustion chamber. A nozzle assembly can be configured to inject the fuel into the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Procom Heating, Inc.Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8545216Abstract: In certain embodiments, a valve assembly includes a housing. The housing can define a first fuel intake, a first fuel output, and a second fuel output. The assembly can include a valve member configured to direct fuel from the first fuel intake to either the first fuel output or the second fuel output. The assembly can further include a nozzle having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the nozzle can be in communication with the first fuel output, and the second portion of the nozzle can be in communication with the second fuel output. The assembly can include a compartment in communication with the nozzle, and can include one or more air intakes.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Continental Appliances, Inc.Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8517717Abstract: The proper sizing of microchannel dimensions and the management of internal features offer the possibility of inherently safe operation within the flammable limits of a combustible fluid stream while preserving the largest-possible flow dimensions for industrial-scale process capacity. Specifically, the microchannel dimensions need not be restricted to gap distances below the quenching distance to be operated safely. Microchannel performance can be engineered to provide adequate heat transfer for flame propagation. However, it is essential to maintain flame characteristics in such a manner that it cannot transition to a detonation flame front. A detonation takes place when the combustion wave propagates at supersonic speeds at the existing local temperature and pressure conditions in the system. It results in a much larger energy release over a much smaller period of time as compared to a laminar flame or deflagration, the later of which is a combustion wave propagating at subsonic speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Velocys, Inc.Inventors: David J. Hesse, Kai Jarosch
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Patent number: 8517718Abstract: A dual fuel heating source can have a fuel selector valve for selecting between a first fuel and a second fuel different from the first. The dual fuel heating source may selectively have a regulator unit, and an outlet valve. The regulator unit can be configured to regulate the pressure of two different fuels. The outlet valve can be connected to the fuel selector valve such that selecting a fuel can determine the path fuel will flow through the outlet valve and also out of the heating source.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8480394Abstract: The invention relates to a flat-flame vault burner (10) suitable for being installed in a vault (21) which delimits the combustion chamber (20) of a steel heating furnace, the burner (10) comprising a main metallic hollow cylindrical body (12), a single duct (13) for the conveyance of fuel gas concentric to the main body (12), and a central internal nozzle (14) for the injection of a fuel gas. Said burner also comprises at least two nozzles (17) outside said main body (12) for the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Tenova S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Daneri, Vittorio Laviosa, Maurizio Senarega, Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Umberto Zanusso, Enrico Malfa
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Patent number: 8479759Abstract: A device for controlling a combustible gas supply to a burner is provided, which includes first and second servovalves, having respective valve seats associated with a corresponding shut-off mechanism, which include respective first and second control solenoid valves with an electromagnetic operating device that controls the opening/closing of the corresponding servovalve. The solenoid valves act to indirectly control the corresponding servovalve's respective shut-off mechanism. The pipes of the control are in communication with the main pipe through an auxiliary bleed pipe. A pilot pipe is branched from the auxiliary pipe to supply a pilot burner, and a thermoelectric magnetic unit with a knob is provided on the auxiliary pipe, which allows gas to flow towards the pilot burner when the unit is activated, while simultaneously shutting off the flow of gas towards the servovalve control circuit. The device includes a control mechanism, controlled by the knob, which controls gas flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Sit La Precisa S.p.A. Con Socio UnicoInventors: Michele Benvenuto, Salvatore Pappalardo, Gianpiero Turrin
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Publication number: 20130157203Abstract: A gas fired catalytic heater is provided that foregoes the need for an electrical heating element to provide the activation energy for the hydrocarbon catalyst pad. An alcohol self-igniting catalyst pad is used to provide the activation energy to the hydrocarbon catalyst pad thereby removing dependence of the heater on an outside electrical energy source to initiate start-up of the heater. The catalyst pad includes a flexible wash coat; a noble metal dispersed on the wash coat; an anti-sintering element saturating the wash coat; and a catalyst promoter saturating the wash coat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: CC/ Thermal Technologies Inc.Inventor: CC/ Thermal Technologies Inc.
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Patent number: 8464703Abstract: A top burner and a cooker having the top burner are provided. A flame transfer slit for guiding the flame formed by the combustion of the mixed gas at an outer burner to an inner burner. A shielding member is provided to shield the flame transfer slit. Therefore, the object to be heated is uniformly heated and the flame transfer from the outer burner to the inner burner can be effectively realized.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jung-Wan Ryu, Dae-Bong Yang, Jae-Hyuk Wie, Yong-Ki Jeong, Jae-Bum Lim, Jun-Ho Seok, Young-Soo Kim, Yang-Ho Kim, Dae-Rae Lee
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Patent number: 8465277Abstract: A heat engine can have a fuel selector valve for selecting between a first fuel and a second fuel. Making the selection with the fuel selector valve can also determine a flow path through the heat engine, there being two different paths, each configured for a different fuel. A burner nozzle can form a single unit with the fuel selector valve. In some embodiments the burner nozzle can also form a single unit with an outlet valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Inventor: David Deng
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Patent number: 8465276Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a burner for fluid fuels. According to said method, the fluid fuel is mixed with an oxidizer before the fluid fuel is burned. The inventive method is characterized in that a liquid fuel that is used as a fluid fuel is mixed with a gaseous or vaporous carrier flow before being mixed with the oxidizer while the carrier flow containing the liquid fuel is mixed with the oxidizer in order to mix the liquid fuel with the oxidizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Bernd Prade