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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7238020 | Device for controlling hydrogen flow of hydrogen storage canister A control device for controlling hydrogen flow of a hydrogen storage canister accommodated in a canister containing chamber includes a heating device which is connected to a heating fuel storage tank via a heating fuel supplying pipeline for conveying a heating fuel... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7077643 | Microcombustors, microreformers, and methods for combusting and for reforming fluids The present invention provides microcombustors, microreformers, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. The microcombustors can be manufactured with a very small size and can operate at very low temperature. Surprisingly superior results and propert... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051956 | Ejector device for direct injection fuel jet Disclosed is a device for increasing entrainment and mixing in an air/fuel zone of a direct fuel injection system. The device comprises an ejector nozzle in the form of an inverted funnel whose central axis is aligned along the central axis of a fuel injector jet an... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021223 | Method and apparatus for injecting gasification medium into particle-loaded gasification spaces Method and apparatus for injecting gasification medium into particle-loaded gasification spaces of fixed-bed, fluidized-bed or entrained-bed gasifiers by means of gasification-medium nozzles, wherein the supply portion the isorate of the gasification medium in the g... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6988885 | Evaporative burner An evaporative burner includes an evaporative medium for feeding fuel vapor into a combustion chamber, a first heating device, having at least one ignition heating element projecting with at least its heating region into the combustion chamber for igniting fuel vapo... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6926516 | Combustion method and burner The present invention relates to a combustion method and a burner for forming a flame temperature having a flat temperature distribution which is the same as that in a case of a long furnace length even if a furnace length is short, and performs complete combustion.... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910879 | Combustion method comprising separate injections of fuel and oxidant and burner assembly therefor A method of combustion and a burner assembly wherein at least one fuel and at least one oxidizer are injected separately. The oxidizer comprises a primary oxidizer stream and a secondary oxidizer stream. The primary oxidizer stream is divided into at least two porti... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6814568 | Superatmospheric combustor for combusting lean concentrations of a burnable gas A superatmospheric combustion apparatus and a method of operating such an apparatus include providing a superatmospheric combustion device having a lean gas chamber, a combustor, a heat recovery section, and an exhaust, feeding lean gas to the lean gas chamber, prov... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6783357 | Preheated fuel and oxidant combustion burner A burner apparatus comprises a conduit adapted to convey preheated oxidant and having outlet and inlet ends, and a conduit adapted to convey preheated fuel and having outlet and inlet ends. The conduit adapted to convey preheated fuel is substantially parallel to th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6726468 | Pre-heating dilution gas before mixing with steam in diffusion furnace Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparatus and methods of supplying a diluted process gas into a diffusion furnace for forming an oxide layer on a substrate in the diffusion furnace. One or more inlet gases are supplied into a chamber, and are he... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6435860 | Landfill condensate injection system An automated, computer-controlled landfill condensate injection system includes a pump that pumps condensate into a flare chamber at a pressure that is sufficiently high and through a nozzle that is configured to vaporize the condensate without requiring ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6270336 | Catalytic combustion system and combustion control method A combustion control method for use in a catalytic combustion system having (a) a gaseous mixture inlet port, located at the upstream side of said catalytic combustion system, for the entrance of a fuel-air mixture; (b) an exhaust gas outlet port, located at the do... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6126438 | Preheated fuel and oxidant combustion burner A burner apparatus comprises a conduit adapted to convey preheated oxidant and having outlet and inlet ends, and a conduit adapted to convey preheated fuel and having outlet and inlet ends. The conduit adapted to convey preheated fuel is substantially par... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6102690 | Recombinant organisms capable of fermenting cellobiose This invention relates to a recombinant microorganism which expresses pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol dehydrogenase, Klebsiella phospho-ଲ-glucosidase and Klebsiella (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system) cellobiose-utilizing Enzym... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5676797 | Apparatus for removing high-volume, low concentration non-condensable gases produced in a kraft pulping process An apparatus for introducing a high volume, low concentration non-condensable gas, which may contain sulfur into a chemical recovery steam generator furnace comprising: a plurality of gas inlet pipes, each gas inlet pipe having a source end and a nozzle e... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5003778 | Stirling engine A thermally insulating lining for the housing of the heater system ensures that on the outside of the heater system only low temperatures are reached which are not dangerous to operators in the vicinity of the engine. Combustion air duct means between an ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4983118 | Low NOx regenerative burner A regenerative burner having heat storage units with combustion effluent/combustion air ducts therethrough, fuel intake means and a burner body, wherein the burner is designed to suppress NOx formation and to control flame shape and characteristic in the ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4943231 | Regenerative burner system A regenerative burner system comprises two burners alternately fired and each having an air and fuel supply thereto traversing separate heat exchangers. The arrangement is such that the hot gases exhausted from the furnace during firing of the one and the... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4923391 | Regenerative burner A method of combusting fuel in a furnace having a pair of regenerative burners, each burner having a combustion chamber and a regenerative bed having an exhaust means incorporated therewith introducing simultaneously into said combustion chamber of each b... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4878835 | Ceramic burner for partial oxidation of a hydrocarbon-containing fuel A protruding mantle separates burner internals from the hot gasification environment. The mantle is cooled by at least one of the feedstreams. The lining can be made of ceramics such as silicon carbide and/or silicon nitride. In order to lower thermo-mech... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4397633 | Fuel oil heater Apparatus for heating the fuel oil exiting from an oil supply tank and in the supply pipe leading to an oil burner furnace. The return oil line, from the pressure relief valve in the oil burner unit, is led to a coil fitted about the furnace stack leading... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4392820 | Process and apparatus for utilizing waste oil A heating system comprising the combination of storage vessels (10, 12) for conventional heating oil and waste oil, respectively, and in which the two storage vessels (10, 12) are effectively sealed apart, one from the other. At the initial stage of heati... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4365951 | Device for combustion of a volatile fuel with air A combustion device of the type in which fuel is supplied in liquid phase through a "walking-stick" is improved by imparting a rotary movement to the air passing the "walking-stick". The fuel will form a film which is volatired and mixed so thoroughly wit... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4289475 | Steam vaporization of oil For use as a replacement for existing gas to burners, oil having an API gravity of about 10-80 is preheated and mixed with about 0.1 to 1 pound of steam per pound of oil, at a pressure of about 30-150 pounds per square inch gauge. The resulting mixture is... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4281983 | Premix burner system for low BTU gas fuel A premix-type gaseous fuel burning system for alternate or simultaneous combustion of low BTU gas and normal BTU gas comprises a gas supply means for providing both high BTU gas and low BTU gas at selected substantial velocity, and a burner tube for recei... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4088437 | Combustion chamber A combustion chamber with an evaporator that projects into the combustion zone of the flame tube and includes a coaxial channel and to which air and fuel are supplied separately; a deflection surface is thereby arranged at the end of the evaporator channe... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4061463 | Combustion system and method A combustion system and method for liquid fuels includes atomizing the liquid fuel, withdrawing heated air from an enclosure which is to be heated by the fuel, contacting the atomized liquid fuel with the heated air which is at a temperature sufficient to... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4052143 | Gas combustion plant A gas combustion plant or apparatus comprising a combustion chamber, a burner for introducing the gas to the combustion chamber and a tubular heat exchanger for preheating the gas to be combusted, by heat exchange with the hot combustion gases. The burner... | 10/04/1977 |
| 3975138 | Oil burner This invention combines specific new and novel equipment with the equipment of a conventional combustion system for the use of liquid fuel oil to create a new system which converts the liquid fuel into gas and operates as a gas burner rather than as a liq... | 08/17/1976 |
