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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4089633 | Combustion vapor generator A device in connection with a combustion system using fossil fuels which introduces a controlled amount of water vapor bearing trace amounts of selected carbon removing cleaning agents for improving efficiency.... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4081252 | Method of improving combustion of fuels and fuel compositions Disclosure is made of a method of improving the combustion of base fuels selected from ammonia, petroleum distillates, alcohols and amines. The method comprises the addition of hydrogen carriers to the base fuels, which possess an energy content and relea... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4071322 | Apparatus for producing an inert gas Apparatus for the production of an inert gas wherein liquid of gaseous hydrocarbons are burnt within a combustion chamber with air, possibly with the admixture of a gaseous atomizing agent, especially steam, inert gas or air, whereby a first shock-like co... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4069005 | Method and apparatus for producing heat The disclosed method and apparatus for producing heat make use of a fuel/oxygen/water mixture in a reaction zone to provide unusually high temperature effluent gases.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4063871 | Boiler burners The present invention relates to installations for supplying the burners of boilers with an emulsion of fuel, water and if desired soluble oil, intended to ensure the elimination of 95% of the solid unburnt material in the combustion gases of boilers and ... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4052138 | Method of firing coal boiler to produce secondary fuel gas A method of firing coal-powered boilers to produce both heat to operate the boiler at its full rated capacity, and also to produce a usable fuel gas generally equal in heat content to the heat consumed in the boiler to produce steam, said method consistin... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4042313 | Method of imparting color to fires An improved method of imparting colors to fires in home fireplaces is described as well as the preparation of the materials used to provide said color. Metal salts which impart color to flames are granulated using hydrated alkali metal silicate as a binde... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4039621 | Power generation wherein sulfur and nitrogen oxides are removed A sulfur bearing carbonaceous fuel, particularly a low BTU gaseous fuel, is burned in a deficiency of air in the combustion zone of a boiler to form a reducing gas containing H2 and CO in an amount in excess of that required to reduce the gener... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4036580 | Turbine-driven air-powered flare An air powered flare in which the blower or fan which provides the primary combustion air, is driven by a steam turbine, and the exhaust steam from the turbine is inserted into the stack to be mixed with the compressed primary air moving upwardly to a bur... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4035133 | Rotary burner control A system and method for controlling a rotary burner of the type in which attempts have been made to maintain predetermined differential pressures between steam and fuel delivered thereto. The fuel flow is adjusted to provide a given heat release; and with... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4025282 | Apparatus to burn liquid fuels in a gaseous fuel burner Apparatus to burn liquid fuels in a gaseous fuel burner, which includes preparatory apparatus for the atomization of liquid fuel oil preferably by steam, and the heating of the fuel droplets and steam so as to completely vaporize the liquid fuel. If atomi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4016837 | Vapor intake system for internal combustion engines A system including a water container, a connecting line from the top of the water container to the air intake of an internal combustion engine, a blower, and a line connected to receive positive air pressure from the blower and conduct it to a point below... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4014637 | Catalyst generator Apparatus and method for improving the efficiency of combustion in burners is disclosed. Air is circulated at a substantially constant controlled rate from a blower or compressor through a control valve to a release point beneath a catalyzing or catalyst-... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4012488 | Process for the treatment of sulfur and nitrogen oxides formed during power generation A catalyst chamber capable of converting the oxides of sulfur to hydrogen sulfide and the oxides of nitrogen to inert nitrogen and ammonia in the presence of a reducing atmosphere is inserted downstream of the boiler section of a fossil fuel burning power... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4009984 | Vapor injection system for fuel combustion A vapor injector for use with a fuel combustion system which system has an air intake assembly and a combustion area. The vaporizer includes a platform floating on a reservoir of water. A vacuum chamber is defined by the platform and the surface of the re... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4008038 | Fuel conditioning apparatus and method An oil burner, heating system has a supplementary system for delivering enriched, flammable, vapor, under pressure, to a vapor burner tip located within the flame pattern produced by the conventional atomized fuel burner tip. The vapor is formed by divert... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4008037 | Compositions and methods for high temperature stable catalysts Catalysts having good high temperature stability which are particularly useful for selected high temperature reactions are disclosed as are methods for their preparation and use. The catalytically-active materials include platinum group metal deposited on... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3995986 | Flare gas burner A flare gas burner is described for the smokeless combustion of flare gas at low noise level with the flare gas mixed with steam at the end of the flare burner, the steam being introduced into the flare gas flow and at the center of the vortex of the flow... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3994671 | Flare gas burner A flare gas burner is described for the smokeless combustion of flare gas at low noise level with the flare gas delivered in a hollow whirling path for burning, ignited and burned with air and steam delivered interiorly and exteriorly, also in whirling pa... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3982883 | Method of flame cutting A method of flame cutting using an improved industrial fuel gas composition consisting of an industrial fuel gas such as propane, butane, natural gas and acetylene, or a mixture thereof, and a supplemental hydrocarbon additive which, when combusted, emits... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982878 | Burning rate control in hydrogen fuel combustor To a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen or air having the stoichiometric oxygen-to-hydrogen ratio, a diluent gas such as carbon dioxide or argon is added before the mixture is fed to the combustor when the burning rate of the mixture is excessively high. The ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3971847 | Hydrogen-rich gas generator A process and apparatus is described for producing a hydrogen rich gas by introducing a liquid hydrocarbon fuel in the form of a spray into a partial oxidation region and mixing with a mixture of steam and air that is preheated by indirect heat exchange w... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3958915 | Method of burning emulsion oils An emulsion oil containing oil and water in a ratio of 5 - 9.5:5 - 0.5 by volume is burned by two-stage combustion method or by the combination of two-stage combustion method and exhaust gas recirculation method.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3955914 | Flame photometric detector employing premixed hydrogen and oxygen gases A flame photometric detector including a burner assembly having a first passageway leading to the burner tip so that a mixture of the hydrogen fuel gas and the combustion supporting gas such as oxygen may be delivered via the passageway to the burner tip ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3951581 | Combustion method of paint waste disposal A method of disposing of solid or paste-like paint waste in which the paint waste is firmly comminuted and mixed with waste oil and water, preferably with detergent present, to form a low-sedimentation rate slurry, and the slurry then incinerated to provi... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950125 | Burners A burner for burning crude or contaminated oil comprises a body defining a bore open at both ends, at one of which the oil is burnt, air being drawn into the flame through the bore, and an annular oil inlet in the bore wall such that air flowing through t... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3941552 | Burning water-in-oil emulsion containing pulverized coal Pulverized coal is slurried with water then oil or if desired oil and pulverized alkalis preferably lime or limestone is added and the mixture subjected to sonic vibrations with an energy density of at least 11.625 watts per cm2. Liquid suspens... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938933 | Fuel oil burning method Heated fuel-oil is injected into an open-ended mixing chamber simultaneously with a jet of water so that an intimate mixture of fuel-oil and water is formed. This mixture is ignited and sufficient air is supplied to support combustion. To clean and pre-he... | 02/17/1976 |
