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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334413 | Apparatus, system and method for observing combustion conditions in a gas turbine engine A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor is disclosed which includes a feed arm having a flange for mounting the injector within the combustor and a fuel nozzle depending from the feed arm for injecting fuel into the combustor for combustion. An optical sensor ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7317265 | Method and apparatus for power management A system in accordance with the invention includes a power converter for converting a thermally generated voltage where the power converter includes a low-voltage direct current to direct current voltage converter (DC-DC converter) and a high-efficiency DC-DC conver... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314370 | Automated operation check for standing valve A method of verifying proper operation of an electromagnetic valve. The method includes providing a mechanism to effect opening of the valve, verifying that the valve opened as a result of employing the mechanism to effect opening of the valve and after verifying th... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7266460 | NOx software sensor Methods and apparatus for determining the NOx content in a combustion flue gas. Several parameters of the combustion process are measured in the combustion furnace. These parameters are then input to a neural network, which then, based upon the input data, generates... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231078 | Method for monitoring a thermodynamic process In a method for monitoring a thermodynamic process in an installation, in which image material (5) of the process is produced and the image material (5) is subjected to image evaluation, an eigen value problem approach is used, at least in large part, ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7170762 | Low voltage DC-DC converter A direct current to direct current voltage converter (DC-DC converter) in accordance with the invention comprises a transformer coupled with a voltage source and a self-starting oscillator that includes a secondary winding of the transformer, a capacitor; and a firs... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160104 | Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118613 | Method and apparatus for cooling the components of a control unit of an emission abatement assembly A control unit for controlling operation of a fuel-fired burner includes a housing having an air inlet which is open to an interior chamber of the housing. An air pump is positioned in the interior chamber of the housing and has an air inlet which is open to the int... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090486 | Control device for a burner and adjusting method The invention relates to a control system (15) for a burner and a setting-up procedure. The control system (15) controls the air ratio for combustion using the ionisation electrode (16). For calibration, a change is carried out in a first parame... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083408 | Apparatus and method for shutting down a fuel fired appliance An apparatus comprising a switch, a fuse, and a sensor that is capable of detecting the presence of flammable vapors and responsively changing in resistance, wherein the sensor enables the switch to supply current to the fuse which opens to shut down an appliance bu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048537 | Apparatus and method for controlling a variable fuel fired appliance An apparatus is provided for controlling a fuel fired heating appliance, the apparatus comprising a first processor for controlling the ignition operation of the furnace and a second processor for controlling the operation of a variable speed blower motor, wherein t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028693 | Smoking reduction method The invention is a method to reduce the number of cigarettes consumed by a smoker, preferably towards the goal of eventual cessation. The method comprises collecting data that describes a smoker's cigarette consumption, using said data to generate a reduced smoking ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021925 | Safety module for fuel-burning appliance, and appliance using such a module The invention provides a safety module for connection to a fuel-burning appliance. The safety module connects to the existing circuitry of the appliance and triggers an alarm response when certain predetermined conditions are met. The safety module includes a CO sen... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013022 | Method and device for characterizing or controlling zones of temporal fluctuations of a scene The invention relates to a method of processing images of at least one flame or of a scene in a furnace, characterized in that it comprises at least one sliding statistical processing of the images of the flame which are captured in the course of a sliding time inte... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966754 | System and method for monitoring a wind turbine In one aspect, the present invention relates to a system for monitoring wind turbines, wherein image and acoustic monitoring, in particular, is performed. In order to further improve, for example, the maintenance, safety and efficiency of a wind turbine, it is desir... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957127 | Dynamic current-to-pneumatic converter and pneumatic amplifier A dynamically balanced pneumatic relay amplifier and a current-to-pneumatic converter are disclosed. The relay has a balance plug, a supply plug positioned on top of the balance plug, a bead chain connecting the balance plug and the supply plug, and a vent plug posi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6949847 | Rotary joint In a rotary joint A including an electric signal slip ring 31 for passing different electric signals between a stator 1 and a rotor 6, for the purpose of stable transmission of electric signals in the electric signal slip ring 31, station... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950712 | System and method for nonlinear dynamic control based on soft computing with discrete constraints A control system using a genetic analyzer based on discrete constraints is described. In one embodiment, a genetic algorithm with step-coded chromosomes is used to develop a teaching signal that provides good control qualities for a controller with discrete constrai... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6922593 | Control of items in a complex system by using fluid models and solving continuous linear programs A method and apparatus for the control of a system comprising of a plurality of items through the scheduling of actions and the allocation of resources is disclosed. Primary areas of utility include manufacturing systems, city wide vehicle traffic control, multiple ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908300 | Apparatus and method for shutting down a fuel fired appliance An apparatus comprising a switch, a fuse, and a sensor that is capable of detecting the presence of flammable vapors and responsively changing in resistance, wherein the sensor enables the switch to supply current to the fuse which opens to shut down an appliance bu... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6680614 | Spark tester for a gas cooking appliance A portable spark tester for a gas cooking appliance includes a housing having a non-conductive base assembly, and a plurality of electrical conductive cables each having a first end adapted to be attached to an ignition wire for a respective gas burner of... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6652266 | Flame sensor and method of using same A flame sensor for sensing the presence of a flame in a burner. The signal from the sensor is passed to an amplifier located adjacent to the sensor and amplified without having a sensor signal contaminated with common mode radiation. The selectively ampli... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6493081 | Flame-type atomic absorption spectrophotometer A flame-type atomic absorption spectrophotometer forms a flame by igniting a mixture of a fuel gas and a first combustion support gas such as air and then the first combustion support gas is replaced by a second combustion support gas such as nitrous oxid... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6389330 | Combustion diagnostics method and system Combustion variables are diagnosed using sensors to measure turbulence in the post-flame zone as well as in the flame envelope of a combustor. Output signals from the sensors are processed and a set of statistical functions are calculated which are correl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6126435 | Electronic ignition system for a gas stove In an electronic ignition system for igniting a plurality of gas burners by means of a plurality of electrodes, each one being mounted adjacent with each burner for producing sparks for the ignition of each burner. A spark generating circuit connected wit... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6042365 | Fuel combustion monitoring apparatus and method A method and an apparatus for monitoring fuel combustion status in a burner such as a boiler and a gasifier with high accuracy, high reliability and fast response are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a series of fiber optic flame monitors that are insta... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6006167 | Gas burner monitor and diagnostic apparatus A gas burner operation monitoring apparatus for enabling convenient diagnosis of gas burner and control problems. The invention is a temporarily attached device that collects and stores information concerning the key functions indicative of a gas burner's... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5993194 | Automatically optimized combustion control Systems and methods are disclosed that optimize the combustion process in various reactors, furnaces, and internal combustion engines. Video cameras are used to evaluate the combustion flame grade. Depending on the desired form, standard or special video ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5954265 | Diagnostic system for a fuel-fired water heater A fuel-fired water heater has a series of control and operating components which, with electrical power being supplied to the water heater circuitry via a power switch, are electrically actuatable in a predetermined sequence to supply combustion heat to w... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5938424 | Failure diagnosing apparatus for combustion systems An apparatus 9 for diagnosing failures in the combustion system to be installed in the regenerator of an absorption chiller is adapted to automatically prepare quantitative diagnosis data from a plurality of items of measurement data. The apparatus compri... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5931655 | Temperature control system with thermoelectric and rechargeable energy sources A temperature control system for a gas-fired appliance which uses a thermoelectric device to develop power for recharging a primary energy source, such as a rechargeable battery. The present invention provides a reliable and efficient system for controlli... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5794549 | Combustion optimization system Information relating to combustion conditions within a fossil-fueled boiler that includes a plurality of burners adapted to produce flames combining to form a fireball is provided by acquiring data relating to the physical and temperature characteristics ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5761092 | Gas burner monitor and diagnostic apparatus A gas burner operation monitoring apparatus for enabling convenient diagnosis of gas burner and control problems. The invention is a temporarily attached device that collects and stores information concerning the key functions indicative of an gas burner'... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5612904 | Oil burner monitor and diagnostic apparatus An oil burner operation monitoring apparatus for enabling convenient diagnosis of burner problems. The invention has two major components: a permanently mounted or integral data collection unit that is connected to key points in the oil burner and a porta... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5531214 | Gas vent and burner monitoring system A gas vent and burner monitoring system for monitoring a gas burner vent appliance. The system includes an alarm, a first sensor proximate the burner and a second sensor proximate the draft hood. Each sensor detects the occurrence of an event and the resp... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5515297 | Oil burner monitor and diagnostic apparatus An oil burner operation monitoring apparatus for enabling convenient diagnosis of burner problems. The device is connected to key points in the oil burner. The device records and stores information concerning the key functions indicative of an oil burner'... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5465219 | Combustion analyzer based on chaos theory analysis of flame radiation A method and apparatus of analyzing a burner flame comprises accumulating raw data such as radiate energy from the burner flame. A power spectrum and mutual information curve are generated from the raw data. A multi-dimensional attractor is also generated... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5280756 | NOx Emissions advisor and automation system A method and system for controlling and providing guidance in reducing the level of NOx emissions based on controllable combustion parameters and model calculations while maintaining satisfactory plant performance and not causing other harmful ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5281129 | Combustion apparatus and control method therefor To provide a combustion apparatus and a controlling method therefor which are capable of preventing the flame-out and backfire of the flame of a premix burner and the increase of the NOx concentration attributable to the change of the calorific value of t... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5249954 | Integrated imaging sensor/neural network controller for combustion systems Disclosed is an integrated imaging sensor/neural network controller for combustion control systems. The controller uses electronic imaging sensing of chemiluminescence from a combustion system, combined with neural network image processing, to sensitively... | 10/05/1993 |
