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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057221 | Method and burner for burning with oxygen A method and a burner for combustion in a heating furnace of a fuel with an oxidant in the form of oxygen gas, wherein fuel and oxidant are supplied to a burner head. Fuel and oxidant, respectively, are injected via the burner head through at least two pairs of nozz... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7955072 | Forced air supply combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus with an air supply chamber in a lower part partitioned by a partition plate from an arrangement section of a burner unit and a primary air chamber in a front part stands from a front end of the air supply chamber are provided in a combustion h... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7878797 | Burner assembly with screen A burner assembly including a housing having an air inlet and a burner end, a motor, and an impeller mounted in the housing. The impeller is in fluid communication with the air inlet, in mechanical communication with the motor, and adapted to direct air from the air... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7785100 | Burner assembly with turbulent tube fuel-air mixer A burner assembly including a housing having an air inlet and a burner end, a motor, and an impeller mounted in the housing. The impeller is in fluid communication with the air inlet, in mechanical communication with the motor, and adapted to direct air from the air... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7704070 | Heat transfer system for the combustion of a fuel heating of a process fluid and a process that uses same A heat transfer system and use thereof. The heat transfer system provides for the combustion of a fuel and the use of heat energy released by the combustion to heat a process fluid and to preheat the fuel and oxidant prior to their combustion. The heat transfer syst... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7651331 | Multi-tube heat transfer system for the combustion of a fuel and heating of a process fluid and the use thereof A four-tube heating system for combusting a fuel and transferring the heat released therefrom to a process fluid. The heating system includes, a fuel introduction zone, a combustion zone, an oxidant introduction zone, and a process fluid zone, wherein the fuel intro... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7429173 | Burner and method of burning gas in a furnace A gas burner for use in a furnace and a method of burning gas in a furnace, especially but not exclusively a process furnace used in an oil cracking or refining process. The gas burner comprises two passageways with adjacent outlets. The first passage way is in flui... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7402038 | Combustion method and apparatus A burner has a port facing into a combustion chamber along an axis. A secondary fuel injector structure has secondary fuel injection ports that face into the combustion chamber at locations spaced radially outward from the burner port. A tertiary fuel injector struc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377771 | Apparatus for the thermal treatment of process exhaust gases containing pollutants The invention relates to an apparatus for the thermal treatment of process exhaust gases containing pollutants, which can be used for a very wide range of surface modification processes carried out under a vacuum. The intention is to achieve the object of thermally ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347685 | Torch manifold with integrated nozzles A manifold for a torch including a gas distribution portion for distributing gas directed into the manifold to two or more gas channels, a nozzle in each gas channel, an air passage in the manifold proximate each nozzle, and a flame tube portion including a channel ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287382 | Gas turbine combustor end cover An end cover for a gas turbine combustor that eliminates the use of braze joints within the plate portion of the end cover is disclosed. The end cover comprises a plate and a plurality of fluid inlets with the fluid inlets directing fluids to first and second manifo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7267809 | Burner and method for the chemical reaction of two gas streams The invention relates to a burner with a burner head (1) and a gas feed pipe (2) that is located in the burner head (1) and that is surrounded by an ring channel (3) for feed of another gas. In the gas feed pipe (2) and in the ring... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7229483 | Generation of an ultra-superheated steam composition and gasification therewith A method for gasifying carbonaceous materials to fuel gases comprises the formation of an ultra-superheated steam (USS) composition substantially containing water vapor, carbon dioxide and highly reactive free radicals thereof, at a temperature of about 2400° F. (1... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7175423 | Air staged low-NOx burner An apparatus and method for using staged air combustion. The apparatus includes a burner body (10) secured to a port block (42), and a fuel passageway (12) extending through the burner body (10), terminating in a fuel nozzle (22), ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163392 | Three stage low NOburner and method The present invention is an air-staged low NOx burner for firing a gaseous fuel. The burner fires three stages, with the first stage of combustion taking place substantially within a burner cup section of a refractory baffle, the second stage of combustio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140874 | Method and apparatus for testing catalytic converter durability The present application relates in general to an apparatus and to methods for testing the performance of an automotive catalytic converter under conditions simulating those which occur in motor vehicles over extended driving conditions. The application provides a no... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7093444 | Simultaneous combustion with premixed and non-premixed fuels and fuel injector for such combustion The present invention relates to a premixed fuel injector for low NOx emission and high heating load combustion. The premixed fuel injector of the present invention comprises a center nozzle and a plurality of outer nozzles arranged around the center nozzle, wherein... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086234 | Gas turbine combustion chamber with defined fuel input for the improvement of the homogeneity of the fuel-air mixture A gas turbine combustion chamber with a burner 7, includes means for the supply of fuel and an atomizer 6, wherein the means for the supply of fuel are provided such that the fuel is injected in areas with maximum airflow velocity. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7028622 | Apparatus for burning pulverized solid fuels with oxygen A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a fuel supply tube arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, sol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004408 | Burner Burner (1) comprising a head (2) with two groups of holes (4′, 4″) for the passage of fuel and comburent arranged in circles concentric to the burner axis, in which the various groups (5) of holes are separated by circular sectors wit... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6951454 | Dual fuel burner for a shortened flame and reduced pollutant emissions A dual fuel burner including an elongated supply pipe and a gas injector for a boiler furnace having a plurality of peripheral openings around a center opening. The peripheral openings are pitched radially away from the longitudinal axis of the gas injector and also... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6916172 | Burner apparatus A burner apparatus comprising housing defining a chamber and having an air inlet, a peripherally extending baffle disposed in the housing, a first peripherally extending flow passage being formed between the housing and the baffle, the first flow passage being in op... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905328 | Low NOx radiant wall burner A low NOx burner nozzle assembly for a radiant wall burner includes an elongated hollow burner tube and a discharge nozzle. The burner tube defines a conduit for supplying a mixture of fuel and air to a radiant combustion area of a combustion zone that su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6875008 | Lean pre-mix low NOx burner An improved burner assembly and process for operating same using a burner design that produces very low levels of undesirable nitrogen oxides is provided. The burner assembly premixes primary fuel and air in a venturi system and recirculates combustion gases back to... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6866503 | Slotted injection nozzle and low NOx burner assembly A nozzle comprising a nozzle body having an inlet face, an outlet face, and an inlet flow axis passing through the inlet and outlet faces, and two or more slots extending through the nozzle body from the inlet face to the outlet face. Each slot has a slot axis and t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865994 | Step-diffuser for overfire air and overfire air/N-agent injector systems An overfire air injector for use in a fossil fuel-fired combustion device includes a cylindrical nozzle having an outlet end formed with a step diffuser comprising one or more radial steps that enlarge the outlet end of the nozzle. An atomizer lance may be mounted w... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6799964 | Injector for use in a device for combustion of corrosive products The invention concerns an injector for the use in particular for combustion of corrosive products or a mixture thereof. Said injector comprises a flush cut tube housing, closed at one end, wherein are juxtaposed at least two flush cut tubes, and not more than eight ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6752620 | Large scale vortex devices for improved burner operation A symmetric device for stabilization of a flame includes a primary oxidant pipe and a fuel pipe. The fuel pipe is internal to the primary oxidant pipe creating a primary oxidant conduit. A secondary oxidant pipe is internal to the fuel pipe creating a fuel conduit. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6625988 | Premix burner arrangement with catalytic combustion and method for its operation A premix burner arrangement with catalytic combustion provides a fuel/air mixture to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine arrangement. The premix burner arrangement includes a premix burner, at least one fuel addition unit, and air inlet openings arrange... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6604937 | Coherent jet system with single ring flame envelope A coherent jet lance and operating method wherein the need for a lance extension is eliminated using a single ring of ports to deliver flame envelope gases around the primary gas jets to maintain the gas jets coherent.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6596220 | Method for oxy-fueled combustion An oxygen fueled combustion system includes a furnace having at least one burner, an oxygen supply for supplying oxygen having a predetermined purity, and a carbon based fuel supply for supplying a carbon based fuel. The oxygen and the carbon based fuel a... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6582218 | Self-cooling oxy-fuel through-port burner for protruding into glass furnace atmosphere An oxy-fuel burner is set forth for providing combustion energy to a glass furnace via the mixing and combustion of a fuel stream and an oxidizer stream. The burner is divided into at least two sections, a substantially vertical section beginning at the b... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579088 | Stabilized-flame aerogas/oxygas burner and quarl block fitted with such a burner Provided is a burner which includes a pipe having a free end region designed to be housed in a furnace quarl. The pipe includes one or more fuel feed ducts surrounded over part of their length by a sheath which defines an oxidizer feed channel and is fast... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6579085 | Burner and combustion method for the production of flame jet sheets in industrial furnaces This invention relates to a burner and a method of combustion for producing a flame jet sheet or sheets for various applications in industrial furnaces. The burner has at least one linear or curvilinear flame nozzle having a ratio of width to height of gr... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575733 | Fuel combustion method and reactor The invention relates to a method for combustion of fuels of arbitrary state of aggregation, which are burnt with air, possibly with the addition of water, and a reactor therefore, which is intended to optimize the combustion method. A solid, liquid and/o... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568190 | Combustion chamber assembly In a combustion chamber arrangement, especially an annular combustion chamber arrangement for a gas turbine, one or more burners has, at its mouth, a deflecting device by which a combustion chamber arrangement is deflected. This achieves the effect of aco... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6558153 | Low pollution emission burner A combustion method and burner system are disclosed herein. The burner system comprises: a fuel manifold comprising a housing, the housing defining an interior area comprising a chamber. The burner system comprises a set of injectors for injecting a fuel ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6524097 | Method and apparatus for backing-up oxy-fuel combustion with air-fuel combustion Method and apparatus for continuation of combustion with an oxy-fuel combustion system when the supply of oxygen is temporally reduced or stopped. Air or oxygen enriched air and fuel are introduced into the device being heated in place of the oxy-fuel mix... | 02/25/2003 |
