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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7402039 | High velocity pressure combustion system A high velocity pressure burner system burns air and gas thereby creating a flue gas. The system comprises a blower for pressurizing the air; a control for adjusting the pressure of the pressurized air; a combustion chamber having a flue gas outlet; and a burner dis... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7277801 | Method for testing catalytic converter durability The present application relates in general to methods for testing the performance of an automotive catalytic converter under conditions simulating those which occur in motor vehicles over extended driving conditions. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7101514 | Control devices for evaporative chemical mixing/reaction An improved chemical mixing micro-device with features on the micro- and nano-scale. The micro-device is comprised of at least one chemical inlet port and one chemical outlet port, a micro-evaporator, a micro-chamber and a micro-initiator. Also, a method of mixing a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6634881 | Biogas flaring unit A biogas flare system for burning biogas generated primarily by a landfill includes at least one burner for igniting a mixture of biogas and air. A main supply line supplies a mixture of biogas and air to the burner. A biogas supply line feeds biogas into... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632083 | Biogas flaring unit A biogas flare system for burning biogas generated primarily by a landfill includes at least one burner for igniting a mixture of biogas and air. A main supply line supplies a mixture of biogas and air to the burner. A biogas supply line feeds biogas into... | 10/14/2003 |
| 5766000 | Combustion chamber A combustion chamber has a vertically oriented body with an inner surface defining an inner combustion area. A burner is disposed adjacent one end of the body so that the flame of the burner when lit will extend into the combustion area. An annular insert... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5743726 | Apparatus for the vaporization of fuels and supply of air for combustion Fuel is fed by a feeding pump to a pressurized container. A predetermined amount of fuel is kept constant in the container by a floater which carries a needle for opening and closing a return as required. In the pressurized container the fuel is kept by a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5395230 | High ratio modulation combustion system and method of operation A combustion system is shown having a combustion chamber into which fuel is introduced and ignited in the presence of air to create products of combustion which are routed through an exhaust vent. A forced draft burner intakes air and fuel and ignites the... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5183646 | Incinerator for complete oxidation of impurities in a gas stream A device for oxidizing gaseous materials, comprising a combustion chamber, wherein the device and the combustion chamber both have a top and a bottom, the device further having a gas outlet and being adapted to operate in conjunction with means applying n... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5125828 | Granite flame finishing internal burner An internal burner for producing a subsonic air-fuel flame jet capable of flame finishing granite of similar hard stone has a body forming a closed combustion chamber fed with an essentially stoichiometric flow of compressed air and fuel such that upon ig... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4879959 | Swirl combustion apparatus A swirl combustion apparatus includes a combustion chamber with a substantially cylindrical wall. A peripheral swirl of air is supplied into the combustion chamber adjacent said inner surface of the cylindrical wall. Partially preburned fuel is supplied f... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4726759 | Method and apparatus for stimulating an oil bearing reservoir A method and apparatus for stimulating a subsurface, oil-bearing reservoir, in which a fuel is burned in the presence of a combustion-supporting gas to produce an essentially uncontaminated flue gas at a pressure significantly above the reservoir pressure... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4390062 | Downhole steam generator using low pressure fuel and air supply An apparatus for generation of steam in a borehole for penetration into an earth formation wherein a spiral, tubular heat exchanger is used in the combustion chamber to isolate the combustion process from the water being superheated for conversion into st... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4380267 | Downhole steam generator having a downhole oxidant compressor Apparatus and method for generation of steam in a borehole for penetration into an earth formation wherein a downhole oxidant compressor is used to compress relatively low pressure (atmospheric) oxidant, such as air, to a relatively high pressure prior to... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4214869 | Furnace with radiant burndown tube A radiant burndown tube for furnaces which have a chamber sealable from the ambient atmosphere and in which there is a combustible gas. The burndown tube is divided into three functional areas; the burner leg, the exhaust leg and a tube portion. The tube ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4055152 | Gas boiler, particularly for central heating Gas-burning boilers have in a chamber a plurality of finned heat-exchange tubes arranged around a central gas burner which is substantially of the same length as the finned tubes. An extraction fan draws gases from the chamber such that the chamber works ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 3976129 | Spiral concentric-tube heat exchanger A composite tube composed of an inner tube extending through and spaced from an outer tube by radial partition walls is coiled helically. The helical composite tube coil is housed in a tank having an interior silvered reflective surface and evacuated to m... | 08/24/1976 |
