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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249946 | Thermal generator and combustion method for limiting nitrogen oxides emissions by re-combustion of fumes The invention relates to a thermal generator comprising a furnace tube (2) wherein a fuel is burnt, recombustion means (14, 15) for reducing the nitrogen oxides content present in said fumes and means (3) for recovering the heat of the fumes res... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7189073 | Burner with staged fuel injection A burner with staged fuel injection includes at least two separate stages (4a, 4b) for fuel injection arranged along the swirl body (1). The burner is distinguished in that, between the first and the second stage (4a, | 03/13/2007 |
| 6908245 | Gripping aid A gripping aid to be mounted on a hand-held instrument, is provided that assures a dynamic tripod grasp. The gripping aid beneficially includes oppositely extending thumb wrap-preventing rims, lesser rims each of which is spaced from the respective thumb wrap-preven... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6824757 | Method and arrangement for generating ultrapure steam The invention relates to a method for generating ultrapure steam by oxidation of hydrogen in a closed torch with separate feed lines for hydrogen and oxygen and a discharge line for discharging the steam which is formed to a process chamber. The invention also relat... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6663381 | Burner arrangement for low NOX emissions In a gas burner for introducing a fuel/air mixture into a combustion chamber, a tube is provided for introducing a source of primary air into a core portion of the fuel air mixture. The resulting secondary flame that is produced within the primary flame c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6461148 | Compact, high-temperature, low-flow rate, liquid fuel-fired burner A burner, particularly for use in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) applications, is provided having a fuel distribution tube with integrated swirl vanes adjacent exit holes in the sides of the fuel distribution tube, a ceramic burner cap attached the top end of t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6347935 | Low NOx and low Co burner and method for operating same A round burner capable of being operated with reduced CO and NOx emissions includes a venturi tube positioned to direct a flow of air through the burner and into a combustion zone in a combustion chamber through an entrance in a wall of the com... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6102691 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus provided with a burner includes a fuel injection nozzle disposed rearward of a gas passable solid and a pre-mixture region between a downstream end of the solid and the fuel injection nozzle. The gas passable solid may be of a strai... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6033208 | Regenerator burner A regenerator burner for particular use in the heating of furnace spaces of industrial furnaces is provided. The regenerator burner includes an outer tube in which a central fuel feed arrangement is provided and a burner head which contains combustion air... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5846067 | Low-NOx burner In combustion using air preheated by regenerative direct heat exchange between exhaust gas and the combustion air using a regenerator as a heat exchange medium, the present invention relates to a low-NOx burner that is effective for reduction in NOx in a ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5733114 | Detachable torch for wet oxidation The present invention discloses a detachable torch for providing heat source for a horizontal quartz tube in the process of wet oxygen. The invention includes a combustion chamber, a heating pipe, an oxygen inlet pipe, a hydrogen inlet pipe, and a couplin... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5570679 | Industrial burner with low NOx emissions An industrial burner with low NOx emissions, particularly for heating furnace chambers of industrial furnaces, has a high-heat-resistance combustion chamber (9), which is formed with a fuel supply device and an air supply device and with at lea... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5431559 | Oxygen-fuel burner with staged oxygen supply A burner assembly is provided for combining oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes a burner block including a combustion chamber and a nozzle discharging an oxygen and fuel mixture into a first stage region formed in the combusti... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5180300 | 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 ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5049064 | Burner with regenerative bed A regenerative burner includes a chamber containing heat storage bodies which extract heat from hot products of combustion flowing through the burner during one part of a cycle of operation and yield up that heat to incoming air during a further part of t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4944670 | Self-cleaning burner A regenerative bed is operated in a separate, additional cleaning cycle by heating the regenerative bed media to a temperature above the condensation temperature of contaminants in order to liquify and drain of the same off of the bed media. In the prefer... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4877396 | Industrial burner with cylindrical ceramic recuperative air preheater The heat recuperator of a burner for an industrial furnace makes use of a substantially cylindrical body of ceramic produced by extrusion in which there are two interleaved sets of parallel channels, one set for the flow of combustion product gases out of... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4865543 | Liquid fuel combustion with porous fiber burner Improved combustion of liquid fuel is achieved with a porous fiber burner by forming a mixture of the vaporized fuel and all of the desired combustion air sufficiently heated to prevent condensation of the vaporized fuel, and introducing the heated mixtur... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4838782 | Burner with regenerative bed A regenerative burner includes a chamber containing heat storage bodies which extract heat from hot products of combustion flowing through the burner during one part of a cycle of operation and yield up that heat to incoming air during a further part of t... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4657504 | Combustion burner A burner assembly of a type wherein both the combustion air and gaseous fuel are controlled by a pressure equalizing control device comprises an inner barrel and a combustion air preheating passage both arranged exteriorly of a gaseous fuel supply tube, a... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4604051 | Regenerative burner A burner for use in a heat regeneration system for a combustion furnace. The burner includes a burner shell having two internal chambers, wherein the first chamber is disposed on the flame axis of the burner, and the second chamber surrounds the radial pe... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4518348 | Fuel fired burner assembly A fuel fired burner assembly comprises a fuel supply conduit (2) terminating in a nozzle (1) which extends with annular clearance (8a) into a combustion chamber (7) located within a tunnel (3). The nozzle (1) is provided with radially directed outlet pass... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4487576 | High-temperature, high-pressure article treatment apparatus, and method To separate combustion within a combustion chamber for deburring or high-temperature, high-pressure article treatment from gas supply valves, the combustion chamber is formed of a dual wall structure, having an outer wall (21) which is telescopically slid... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4479778 | Construction of regenerator furnaces The present invention is directed to a regenerator furnace which is useful in making glass, the regenerator furnace including burner pipes, each burner pipe having a generally square or rectangular cross section, the upper part or cover of each pipe being... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4389185 | Combustor for burning a volatile fuel with air A combustor in which fuel is premixed with rather large amounts of primary air in order to obtain a high temperature, rich mixture of volatized fuel and air prior to ignition is designed as a tubular vaporizer provided with a swirl inlet opening in a preh... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4363623 | Casings for heat exchangers and burner/recuperator assemblies incorporating such casings The invention provides a protective casing for a cube-shaped modular ceramic heat exchanger core, in which the core can easily be installed without danger of leakage between the fluid paths of the core, either while the device is new as its temperature ch... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4298333 | Industrial heating installation and method of operation A burner is connected to a fuel line and to an air supply line. A countercurrent recuperator is attached to the burner for providing heat exchange between the supply air and the exhaust gases. The recuperator has a frictional flow resistance to the exhaus... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4038022 | In-furnace recuperator A recuperator which is disposed inside a furnace to utilize the heat in the products of combustion to preheat the air before it is introduced into the burner for combustion is disclosed. The recuperator has means to collect the products of combustion and ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3977823 | Method of burning residual fuel oil in distillate fuel oil burners This invention comprises a method whereby heated residual fuel oils can be successfully burned in existing conventional forced atomizing air type small capacity industrial oil burners.... | 08/31/1976 |
