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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303388 | Staged combustion system with ignition-assisted fuel lances Combustion system comprising a furnace having a thermal load and a combustion atmosphere disposed therein; one or more fuel lances adapted to inject fuel into the combustion atmosphere; and one or more igniters associated with the one or more fuel lances and adapted... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6971871 | Variable low intensity infrared heater A radiant heater including a burner having an inlet for receiving an air and gas mixture and an exhaust for emitting exhaust gases generated by combustion of the air and gas mixture within the burner, an elongated radiant heating tube having an inlet for receiving t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6793486 | Burner for non-symmetrical combustion and method A burner for non-symmetrical combustion generally includes a burner housing enclosing a burner plenum. A fuel conduit extends within the housing and is positioned coaxial with a line spaced from a central axis of the burner. The fuel conduit defines a fuel exit open... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6471508 | Burner for non-symmetrical combustion and method A burner for non-symmetrical combustion includes a burner housing enclosing a burner plenum. A fuel conduit extends longitudinally within the housing and is positioned coaxial with a line spaced from a central axis of the burner. The fuel conduit defines ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6264466 | Method for increasing efficiency and productivity of a furnace An oxygen enrichment system is provided which uses the existing air/fuel burners of a regenerative furnace to distribute additional oxygen to the burners for increased efficiency, and reduced nitrous oxide emissions. The centrally positioned cooling air l... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6132204 | Wide flame burner A nozzle assembly, a burner and a method for producing a wide combustion flame are provided. The burner has a plurality of refractory nozzles, each having a minimum wall thickness of from about 0.25 to about 0.33 of the minimum nozzle dimension. Each nozz... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6113389 | Method and system for increasing the efficiency and productivity of a high temperature furnace An oxygen enrichment system is provided which uses the existing air/fuel burners of a regenerative furnace to distribute additional oxygen to the burners for increased efficiency, and reduced nitrous oxide emissions. The centrally positioned cooling air l... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5505146 | Burner pattern to minimize sidewall corrosion potential A burner system for a furnace includes horizontal rows of cell burners some of which contain a secondary air port vertically spaced from a coal nozzle. The cell burners are in the front and rear walls of the furnace. Near the side walls of the furnace, wh... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5368472 | Low NOx 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 ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5205226 | Low NOx burner system A low NOx burner system for a furnace having spaced apart front and rear walls, comprises a double row of cell burners on each of the front and rear walls. Each cell burner is either of the inverted type with a secondary air nozzle spaced verti... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5121700 | Method and apparatus for improving fluid flow and gas mixing in boilers This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for improving fluid flow and gas mixing in boilers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a method and apparatus for improved fluid flow and gas mixing in kraft recovery boilers for increased en... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4945841 | Apparatus or method for carrying out combustion in a furnace A furnace and burner construction and method of burning fuel therein. The furnace housing has an end wall and side walls extending generally perpendicularly from the end wall and defining a furnace interior. One or more air supply ports open axially there... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4671765 | Burner design for melting glass batch and the like A multi-outlet burner for heating material. Nozzles are positioned along a longitudinally extending portion of the burner that generally parallels the material surface. Combustion gas and fuel are combined at each nozzle to produce a plurality of flames t... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4547146 | Ignition device for sintering machine This improved ignition device for a moving grate type sintering machine is an inexpensive, compact combustion device which can form a strip of flame extending uniformly and continuously over the width of the strand. This ignition device can provide a unif... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4470800 | Ceramic burner for a hot blast stove There is disclosed in a ceramic burner comprising a base, a crown disposed on an opposing end to said base and therebetween a housing defining a combustion chamber, a first conduit entering said housing and communicating therein with a gas chamber in turn... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4288211 | Process and device for the introduction of explosive gases into a combustion chamber When explosive gases are introduced into a combustion chamber care must be taken that no pre-ignition occurs. To this end, the gas is spatially subdivided into discrete volume elements, for example by means of a bundle of tubes having an internal diameter... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4223641 | Gas boiler control A gas-fired boiler installation with control of the supply of combustion components, provided with a combustion space that upwardly is in communication with a boiler flue and at the bottom side is confined by a burner bed with atmospheric burners having i... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4174201 | Burner heads for waste combustible gas Burner heads for incinerating waste combustible gas from refineries and the like are disclosed, for use in flare gas burners wherein a plurality of waste gas burner heads are provided for simultaneous operation at the same level, which heads may be utiliz... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4095935 | Furnace with plenum arches An improved furnace design for carrying out the catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons, including an air delivery and burner system which extends across the top of the furnace. The air delivery system includes a plurality of air ducts each forming a pl... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4092095 | Combustor for waste gases A combustor is described for use in populated areas which may be elevated, and mounted on the roof of a building or which may be mounted on the ground, the combustor being adapted for waste gas having a very low btu content, or is a very dirty gas contain... | 05/30/1978 |
