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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316563 | Combustor with integrated counter-flow heat exchanger A combustor includes a combustor head with an integrated counter-flow heat exchanger. The combustor head defines a combustion chamber and has a surface accessible for external delivery of thermal energy. The counter-flow heat exchanger has a fuel channel extending b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7273366 | Method and apparatus for destruction of vapors and waste streams A burner assembly for the destruction of noxious vapors and other waste streams includes an inner burner element in the form of a sudden expansion burner and an outer burner element that encircles the inner burner element and forms an annular passageway between the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270539 | Method and apparatus for destruction of vapors and waste streams using flash oxidation A burner assembly for the destruction of noxious vapors and other waste streams includes an inner burner element in the form of a sudden expansion burner and an outer burner element that encircles the inner burner element and forms an annular passageway between the ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7086235 | Cascade ignition of catalytic combustors The present embodiment relates to a catalytic combustor for reducing the pollutant emissions of combustion. The catalytic combustor described herein employs a novel heat exchange system for rapidly and economically bringing the combustor to a temperature wherein cat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6923642 | Premixed prevaporized combustor The present invention is an improved a combustor incorporating a pre-mix/pre-evaporation chamber arranged and configured to produce both a cool portion and a hot portion that cooperate to vaporize a liquid fuel to produce a lean to low-rich combustion mixture that i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6840762 | Microcombustion heater having heating surface which emits radiant heat A small microcombustion heater which can realize reliable combustion. The heater has a premixed gas passage which reaches a combustion chamber, and a passage for a combustion gas drawn from the combustion chamber. The passages are arranged in a spiral form in a mann... | 01/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6676406 | Fuel evaporation apparatus and catalytic combustion apparatus There is provided a catalytic combustion apparatus that allows power consumption of a carburetor heater to be significantly reduced, and allows a fuel consumption amount to be reduced. A catalytic combustion apparatus including: a fuel tank 1 for feeding ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675586 | Heat shield arrangement for a component carrying hot gas, in particular for structural parts of gas turbines In a heat shield arrangement, in which heat shield elements are arranged next to one another on a carrying structure and are anchored to the carrying structure, there is provision for a cooling-air duct, into which cooling air is fed and which the adjacen... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669463 | Quick start large dynamic range combustor configuration The present invention provides a combustor for a fuel processor which integrates a burner and a catalyst. The burner is utilized to quickly heat the catalyst to a light-off temperature to prepare it for normal operation. The heated catalyst is then used t... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6540505 | Burner for liquid fuel A burner for liquid fuel has an electric heating device for start up heating a fuel vaporization chamber to a selected temperature, a flame retention baffle being fitted on the vaporization chamber with a temperature sensor sensing temperature of the vapo... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6450162 | Indirect radiant heating device An indirect radiant heating device burns gaseous or liquid fossil fuels for the heat treatment of running products, such as bars, tubes, and strips kept in a protective atmosphere. The device includes a radiant cassette of parallelepipedal shape, with a c... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6386862 | Catalytic combustion apparatus A mixed gas supply portion 1 for mixing fuel with air, a mixed gas ejection portion 2 for ejecting the mixed gas mixed by the mixed gas supply portion 1, a breathable first catalyst body 5 provided downstream of the mixed gas supply portion 2, a breathabl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6106278 | Combustion chamber The object of the invention is to provide a novel combustion chamber which has an improved air supply and also ensures an optimum incident flow to the burners when the mass flows of cooling and combustion air are different. According to the invention, thi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6050809 | Immersion tube burner with improved flame stability An immersion tube burner having stable ignition and flame over a wide range of firing rates. The burner includes a restriction orifice located between the fan and the burner nozzle for minimizing pulsations of air pressure fluctuations between the fan and... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5984669 | Lighter with a tinted flame, a tinting composition therefor, and a refill element The invention relates to a tinted flame lighter having a tank (1000) suitable for containing a mixture (L) under pressure of a tinting agent and of a flammable volatile liquid. The lighter includes a porous filter (1020) suitable for expanding the mixture... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5957678 | Combustion type harmful substance removing apparatus A combustion type detoxifying apparatus which carries out detoxifying treatment of a raw gas containing toxic components injected through a burner (3) into a combustion chamber (1) by allowing the toxic components to burn or undergo pyrolysis. The burner ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5857323 | Rocket engine burner with porous metal injector for throttling over a large thrust range A rocket engine burner for throttling over a large thrust range from full thrust to very low thrust. The rocket engine burner comprises a propellant injector assembly, a combustion chamber, and an ignitor. The propellant injector assembly comprises one or... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5832732 | Combustion chamber with air injector systems formed as a continuation of the combustor cooling passages In an annular combustion chamber (1), which essentially comprises a plenum (7) for receiving a compressor air flow, burners (100) placed inside the plenum (7), a combustion space (122) arranged downstream of the plenum (7), and a cooling-air-carrying duct... | 11/10/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5709542 | Device and method for the combustion of oxidizable constituents in a carrier gas which is to be cleaned The invention relates to a process and a device for burning oxidizable components in a vehicle gas to be purified, comprising a gas inlet (36), a burner (19) with an attached flame pipe (22) opening into a main combustion chamber (24) comprising a bottom ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5520537 | High-output tube burner A burner assembly combines air and fuel to produce a burn firing into a downstream tube. The assembly includes a funnel formed to include an inlet, an outlet, and an air and fuel mixing region therebetween. The funnel also includes a cylindrical intake en... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5498153 | Gas flare A gas flare is described which includes a vent stack for combustion air having a first end and a second end. A gaseous fuel cyclone chamber surrounds the vent stack. The cyclone chamber has an interior wall conterminous with the vent stack and an exterior... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5472341 | Burner having low pollutant emissions A burner capable of burning low pressure combustible gas with minimum pollutant emissions. The gas is preheated to hydrocarbon cracking temperatures in a heat exchanger located directly within an elongated water jacketed combustion chamber of the burner. ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5468143 | Gas-fueled infrared heater An infrared heater, especially for construction purposes or for animal brooders in which the air duct passes through the reflector on the side of a glow body turned away from the surface to be irradiated so that the air duct is heated by the glow body. Wi... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5399085 | High output tube burner A burner assembly combines air and fuel to produce a burn firing into a downstream tube. The assembly includes a funnel formed to include an inlet, an outlet, and an air and fuel mixing region therebetween. The funnel also includes a cylindrical intake en... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5388986 | Cigarette gas lighter A gas lighter having a tank made of a synthetic resin, a burner including a nozzle and a wick member wherein the nozzle has a lower side portion containing a porous member and a through hole therein, And a metal heat collecting member extending into the t... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5306138 | Method and apparatus for incinerating combustibles carried by an air stream The incinerator has a closed housing (10) with high temperature insulation (17). A linear gas burner (50) is wholly within the bottom portion of the incineration chamber (22), producing a line of small flames (59). Polluted air, passing downwardly through... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5154597 | Burner for combustion of gasified liquid fuels A gasifier (17) is located at a distance (49) from an air aperture plate (35). At the outlet (42) of the gasifier there is a stationary mixing head (29) having a deflector section (31) and lateral outlets (33). Fuel is supplied coaxially through an openin... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5123401 | Combustion heating apparatus A combustion heating device for use for example with oil processing equipment defines a combustion chamber within which combustion wholly takes place. The combustion chamber consists solely of a sleeve and end plate defining a vertical cylinder and a laye... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5124134 | Apparatus for the conversion of hydrocarbons The invention relates to a process and to an apparatus for the conversion of hydrocarbons. According to the invention, at least one first gas containing at least 20% of oxygen by volume and a type of hydrocarbon are first all circulated in separate stream... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5118283 | Combustion installation In a combustion installation, a mixture of fresh air (D) and exhaust gas (C) is fed to the burner (A) via a mixing/conveying device (EFG). There is provided in the combustion installation a heat exchanger (M), which undertakes the thermal conditioning of ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5033957 | Vaporizing diesel burner Diesel fuel is vaporized and then burned on a cylindrical screen flame holder. The fuel is vaporized in a finned, vertical tube vapor generator and directed through a superheater tube past the flame to a flow control valve and nozzle. A flow restriction i... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5022850 | Pilot flame apparatus A pilot flame or burner apparatus for supporting a flame provided by a gaseous fuel and air mixture which is induced to flow to a flame nozzle by an eductor into which gaseous fuel is ejected and mixed with combustion air to flow through a fuel-air mixing... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5015173 | Burner for the combustion of liquids in the gaseous state A stationary gasifier (17) is located at a distance (49) from an air aperture plate (35). At the outlet (42) of the gasifier there is a stationary mixing head (29) having a deflector section (31) and lateral outlets (33). Fuel is supplied coaxially throug... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4998877 | Blower burner A blower burner is provided for a boiler heated with fluid fuels with a blower casing, which incorporates on one side the blower with the attached drive motor and where the fire tube of the burner comes out on the other side. The motor and the fire tube f... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4968245 | Constant and instantaneous kerosene vaporizing burner This invention relates to a kerosene vaporizing burner which includes a battery which is continuously charged by AC power and used to provide electric power during an AC power failure. Ceramic heaters and flexible heaters are provided to both internally a... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4928605 | Oxygen heater, hot oxygen lance having an oxygen heater and pulverized solid fuel burner There is disclosed an oxygen heater, which uses a part of supplied oxygen as auxiliary combustion oxygen, a hot oxygen lance and a pulverized solid fuel burner, both having oxygen heaters. The oxygen heater (1) has a combustion chamber (4) for both mixing... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4909728 | Combustion apparatus A burner includes a number of flame ports each having a fuel supply passage and provided on a pair of opposite walls of a combustion chamber such that each of the walls and the fuel supply passages define a cooling passage. In the burner, a wide stable fl... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4850857 | Apparatus for the combustion of oxidizable substances suspended in a carrier gas An appliance for the combustion of oxidizable substances in a carrier gas is described, in which the carrier gas is fed through heat exchanger tubes having inlet ends which are bent outwardly adjacent an outlet for gas from which oxidizable substances hav... | 07/25/1989 |
