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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105074 | Reliable ignition of hot oxygen generator A stream of hot oxygen is formed by providing a duct and a fuel lance movable axially within the duct, flowing gaseous fuel out of the lance into the duct, mixing it in the duct with gaseous oxidant, flowing the mixture out of the duct into an atmosphere which is ho... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7946844 | Heat accumulating-type burner A heat accumulating-type burner that operates by alternately repeating heat accumulation and combustion where the heat accumulating element is heated by exhaust gas to accumulate heat therein, and combustion air is passed through the heat accumulating portion to pre... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7871263 | System for controlling air/fuel ratio in a gas flow containing gaseous fuel A system for controlling air/fuel ratio in an air/fuel mixture supplied to a premix burner for gaseous fuels includes a blower (310) for inducting and pressurising combustion air, a Venturi-pipe (330) for governing a rate of gas to be mixed into the co... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7717703 | Combustion head for use with a flame spray apparatus The present invention provides an improved combustion head and combustion chamber for use with known flame spray apparatus. The combustion head includes a body portion defining a combustion opening for receiving an outlet end of the combustion chamber and an interio... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7458807 | Gas heater, a gas supply apparatus and a method of providing gas The invention provides a gas heater for connection to a heat source and a pressurized gas source, the gas heater comprising: a jacket having an inlet and an outlet and defining a cavity there between; a porous heat exchanger extender within said cavity, and means fo... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7337614 | Engine fueling method A gas turbine engine is piloted with a pilot flow of fuel delivered to a combustor as a liquid. A first additional flow of the fuel is also delivered to the combustor as a liquid. A second additional flow of the fuel is vaporized and delivered to the combustor as a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335016 | Combustion chamber, particularly for vehicle heating device An evaporative burner, particularly for a vehicle heating device, includes a combustion chamber housing and, in the combustion chamber housing, an evaporative medium for receiving liquid fuel and for delivering fuel vapor into a combustion chamber. A heating coil ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303606 | Oxy-fuel combustion process Production of oxygen-enriched gas streams is disclosed herein. Air streams contact an oxygen-selective mixed conductor particularly a perovskite material whereby oxygen is retained or adsorbed on the perovskite and can be employed in a variety of processes such as i... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293983 | Heating hydrocarbon process flow using flameless oxidation burners Hydrocarbon streams are heated uniformly and directly using one or more flameless oxidation burners. Flameless oxidation burners may control the temperature within a range of about 50° C. to reduce the tendency to coking due to localized “hot spots”. The hydroc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264466 | Method and apparatus for radiant tube combustion A method and apparatus provide combustion in a radiant tube in first, second and third stages, with flue gas recirculation that begins at the second stage. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261556 | Combustion apparatus for high velocity thermal spraying A combustion apparatus is provided having a pre-combustion chamber and a combustion chamber. The pre-combustion chamber houses a preheating combustion for preheating and at least partially vaporizing fuel supplied to the pre-combustion chamber. The preheating combus... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249596 | Fuel system for an internal combustion engine and method for controlling same A fuel system for use in an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, each injector including at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, a heat source arranged along th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241136 | Catalytic combustion burner made from a porous material and flask equipped with such a burner The catalytic combustion burner made from a porous material is designed to cooperate with a wick that will carry a combustible composition to the burner that penetrates into the pores of the porous material, and comprises a peripheral zone that supports a catalyst a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7225998 | Apparatus and method for preparing and delivering fuel A method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end; a fluid control valve for placing the inlet end of the at least one capillar... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7177535 | Apparatus for generating power and hybrid fuel vaporization system A hybrid fuel vaporization system and an apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel. The hybrid fuel vaporizing system includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, the in... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168234 | Recuperative heater for an external combustion engine A recuperative heater for heating the heater heads of an external combustion machine includes a recuperative heat exchanger having an axial pass section partially surrounding the combustion chamber. Combustion products pass from the recuperative heat exchanger to a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161678 | Systems and methods for determining the existence of a visible plume from the chimney of a facility burning carbon-based fuels Excess oxygen in the combustion process of a facility that bums carbon-based fuels may cause a visible plume in the atmosphere at the stack of the facility. Traditional optical based opacity monitors may be unable to detect this plume or the plume may form at a loca... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147461 | Partially-open fired heater cycle providing high thermal efficiencies and ultra-low emissions A partially open fired heater regenerative cycle, wherein the fired industrial type heater cycle's heat transfer fluid replaces the air predominant nitrogen heat transfer fluid employed in a conventional air/fuel combustion heater, is disclosed. The heater cycle's m... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140873 | Multi all fuel processor system and method of pretreatment for all combustion devices A processor system and method for pretreating ALL FUELS prior to combustion of a any combustion device such as an engine in which fuel in a liquid state is contained in a high pressure chamber and superheated to a state of elevated temperature and pressure.super hea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137811 | Catalytic combustion burner system and flask fitted with such a system The system has a catalytic combustion burner which comprises on its upper part a peripheral zone supporting a catalyst and a central zone without a catalyst creating a vaporisation zone. The system further comprises a sleeve made of porous material comprising a cavi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122764 | Sheathed element glow plug A sheathed-element glow plug for self-igniting internal combustion engines has an electrical heating element which projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a current feed-through for providing a heating current for the heating elemen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122072 | Controlled heating and cooling of mixed conducting metal oxide materials Method for processing an article comprising a mixed conducting metal oxide material, which method comprises (a) contacting the article with an oxygen-containing gas and reducing or increasing the temperature of the oxygen-containing gas; (b) when the temperature of ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118351 | Micropump with heating elements for a pulsed operation The invention discloses a micropump having heating elements in which an essentially pulsed operation of the heating elements occurs by means of a control unit. The pulsed operation of the heating elements enables an exact control of the flow rate. With the aid of th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118612 | Oxygen separation method utilizing an oxygen transport membrane reactor A method of separating oxygen from an oxygen containing stream in which compressed and heated oxygen is introduced into cathode side of an oxygen transport membrane reactor. Oxygen is permeated from the cathode side to the anode side. Motive fluid that is introduced... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111460 | Metering fuel pump A device and method for controlling the flow of a gaseous fuel from a fuel supply to a pressurized combustion chamber. A fuel pump is included in the gas train from supply to chamber. The fuel pump increases the pressure of the gas to allow efficient injection into ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109131 | System and method for hydrogen-rich selective oxidation The present invention relates generally to semiconductor fabrication. More particularly, the present invention relates to system and method of selectively oxidizing one material with respect to another material formed on a semiconductor substrate. A hydrogen-rich ox... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104784 | Device and method for feeding fuel The present invention provides a fuel feeding apparatus and method for improving the controllability of mixing process and mixing ratio of fuel and combustion air, and a combustion system and method for effecting new combustion properties. The fuel feeding apparatus... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104069 | Apparatus and method for improving combustion stability A fuel nozzle for use in a gas turbine combustor is provided having the capability of injecting multiple fuel types as well as steam for NOx reduction. Combustion dynamics within a combustor due to the mal-distribution of steam are controlled by the placement of a m... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089745 | System for vaporization of liquid fuels for combustion and method of use A gas stream with a reduced oxygen concentration relative to ambient air is used to vaporize a liquid fuel or liquified higher hydrocarbon gas, or is mixed with a vaporized gas, and the reduced oxygen vaporized fuel gas is fed to a combustion device such as a premix... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7080517 | Combustion method and apparatus A method comprising providing a combustion apparatus, introducing a fuel into the combustion apparatus, and introducing feed air into the combustion apparatus. The method further comprises using the combustion apparatus to cause at least some of the fuel and at leas... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074033 | Partially-open fired heater cycle providing high thermal efficiencies and ultra-low emissions A partially open fired heater regenerative cycle wherein the fired industrial type heater cycle's heat transfer fluid replaces the air predominant nitrogen heat transfer fluid employed in a conventional air/fuel combustion heater. The heater cycle's method and appar... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029271 | Flameless oxidation burner A device including a burner (6) for directing a fuel/air mixture into a reaction chamber (2) for flameless oxidation of fuels. The burner (6) discharges a fuel/air jet transversely to a longitudinal axis (A) of the burner and an exhaust gas chan... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008219 | Boil-off gas processing system using electric heater A boil-off gas processing system for reliably burning a boil-off gas. The system processes a boil-off gas produced from a liquid hydrogen tank which is built in a hydrogen fueled vehicle. The system includes a mixing device for introducing air into a discharge passa... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978726 | Combustion with reduced carbon in the ash Combustion of coal in which oxygen is injected into the coal as it emerges from burner produces ash having reduced amounts of carbon. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932594 | Method and device for low-emission non-catalytic combustion of a liquid fuel A method and device for low-emission, noncatalytic combustion of a liquid fuel. The method includes separately introducing the liquid fuel in a non-ignitable state into a mixing zone, vaporizing the liquid fuel in the mixing zone, separately introducing a gaseous ox... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928821 | Dual fuel power generation system A dual fuel power generation system employing a steam-mixed fuel and/or a gaseous fuel to power a turbine engine. The steam-mixed fuel is a gaseous mixture of a light hydrocarbon and steam. The steam-mixed fuel and gaseous fuel are delivered to the turbine engine (e... | 08/16/2005 |
