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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087928 | Laminar flow jets A burner head is constructed with adjacent gas delivery tubes of different geometric cross-section shapes which are mechanically held in place radially. The tubes touch in a longitudinal direction at points along their respective inner and outer circumferences so th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8057222 | Direct flame impingement burner A direct flame impingement burner including a metal block with a fuel inlet and an oxidant inlet and at least two outlet nozzles having a set of identical nozzle outlet openings. The oxidant inlet is connected with an oxidant chamber within the block that is connect... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7775791 | Method and apparatus for staged combustion of air and fuel A method for operating a fuel-fired furnace including at least one burner is provided. The method includes channeling a first fluid flow to the at least one burner at a first predetermined velocity, and channeling a second fluid flow to the at least one burner at a ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7553153 | Burner and combustion method for solid fuels A solid-fuel burner comprising a fuel nozzle for injecting a mixed fluid with a mixture of solid fuel and air as a carrier gas thereof, a plurality of air nozzles provided on the outside of the fuel nozzle for surrounding the fuel nozzle; an end portion of an inner ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7430970 | Burner with center air jet A new burner apparatus and method of combusting fossils fuels for commercial and industrial application is provided wherein the new burner apparatus achieves low NOx emissions by supplying oxygen to the center of the burner flame in as manners so as to cr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416404 | Feed injector for gasification and related method A feed injector for use in a gasification apparatus comprising plural concentric tubes converging at an outlet tip, at least one interior tube of the plural concentric tubes having a plurality of static, helically-twisted mixing elements fixed to an exterior surface... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7390189 | Burner and method for combusting fuels A burner includes separate fuel and oxidant conduits. The fuel conduit has inlet, transitional, and outlet sections, and the oxidant conduit has inlet and outlet sections. The cross sectional flow area of the fuel transitional section varies from an initial cross se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370478 | Method of controlling a gas combustor of a gas turbine A gas combustor has a peripheral premix burner, and a central diffusion burner whose nozzle defines an eccentric first channel housing an ignition device, an axial second channel, and a third channel interposed radially between the first and second channel; the gas ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7273583 | Process and apparatus for uniform combustion within a molten material A submerged combustion burner having co-axial fuel and oxidant tubes forming an annular space therebetween, wherein the outer tube extends beyond the end of the inner tube. A burner nozzle having an outside diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of the outer ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7225746 | Low NOx combustion Combustion of hydrocarbon liquids and solids is achieved with less formation of NOx by feeding a small amount of oxygen into the fuel stream. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7157069 | Apparatuses and processes for synthesis of carbon nanotubes using inverse diffusion flame Disclosed is an apparatus for the combustion synthesis of carbon nanotubes characterized with the combustor having an oxidizing agent inlet, a fuel inlet and an inert gas inlet, such that the inverse diffusion flame occurs within the combustor, thereby producing car... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7074034 | Burner and process for combustion of a gas capable of reacting to form solid products This invention is a directed to combustion apparatus incorporating a combustion chamber, a precombustion chamber and a multi-wall burner and a process for effecting combustion of gases, particularly feed gases containing gases that, on combustion, form solid oxidati... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065972 | Fuel-air mixing apparatus for reducing gas turbine combustor exhaust emissions A fuel-air mixer for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel air mixing apparatus comprises an annular fuel injector having a plurality of discrete plain jet orifices, a first swirler wherein the first swirler is located upstream fr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7014458 | High velocity injection of enriched oxygen gas having low amount of oxygen enrichment Methods and apparatus for combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel in a combustion chamber of a furnace or boiler are presented, the combustion normally using only air as an oxidant, part of the air entering the combustion chamber through one or more burners, and a remainin... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6968692 | Fuel premixing module for gas turbine engine combustor A fuel-air premixing module is designed to reduce emissions from a gas turbine engine. In one form, the premixing module includes a central pilot premixer module with a main premixer module positioned thereround. Each of the portions of the fuel-air premixing module... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969249 | Aggregate dryer burner with compressed air oil atomizer A swirl-type internal flame recirculation burner apparatus and method as used to fire asphalt plant aggregate dryers, air heaters and calcining kilns and method includes a compressed air oil atomizer assembly. The burning and swirling fuel and primary main combustio... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960075 | Flare stack operating on Coanda principle A flare stack operating on the Coanda principle in which provision is made for cooling of a Coanda body terminating the gas flue by a flow of cooling fluid within the Coanda body. The pressure in the flare stack is held constant by a mechanism disposed outside of th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6946101 | Burner for producing carbon black A burner for producing carbon black, includes a combustion chamber which can be supplied with fuel gas and an oxidizing gas in such a way that a diffusion flame producing carbon black particles is generated in the combustion chamber. The burner is also provided with... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939130 | High-heat transfer low-NOcombustion system A combustion apparatus comprising a pre-combustor stage and a primary combustion stage, the pre-combustor stage having two co-axial cylinders, one for oxidant and one for fuel gas, in which the fuel gas is preheated and the primary combustion stage having rectangula... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923645 | Gas mixing device A gas-mixing device includes a store tank, a mixing chamber provided in the store tank, an air intake tube provided in the mixing chamber and having an intake, and an outlet tube connected with the mixing chamber. Properly pressured air is pumped through the air int... | 08/02/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910878 | Oxy-fuel fired process heaters Process heaters operated with a burner that uses high-oxygen oxidant gas instead of air and that recirculates and entrains combustion gases, wherein oxidant gas is injected at an angle to the fuel nozzle. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6890498 | Burner and method for partly oxidising a gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide and ammonia A gas burner for use with a Claus furnace made up of at least five concentric tubes and the spaces formed between them. The diameters of the tubes increase radially outward so that the first tube has a smaller diameter than the fifth tube. At the end of the burner c... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6872070 | U-tube diffusion flame burner assembly having unique flame stabilization A U-tube diffusion flame burner assembly having improved flame stabilization with no undesirable acoustic effects. The burners are axial units comprised of flame holders and combustors. The flame holders includes secondary air tubes to support the flow of secondary ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6866504 | Burner with high-efficiency atomization A burner has a nozzle formed of generally concentric inner and outer pieces. The inner piece defines a fuel conduit, and the outer piece defines an annular gas conduit which tapers down towards the outlet end of the nozzle. The inner piece has a rounded edge near th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6857868 | Burner with a modular flame retention plate system A burner assembly includes a generally cylindrical burner tube having a combustion chamber. The burner tube supplies combustion air and combustion gas to the combustion chamber. A burner head assembly is disposed in the burner tube upstream of the combustion chamber... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6843648 | Method and device for the autocombustion of oily organic waste,comprising a tangential heating furnace The present invention relates to a method and to a device intended for spontaneous combustion of a fuel comprising organic, vegetable or mineral materials, the device comprising a combustion chamber, at least one fuel injection means, at least one air inlet, hot fum... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6793487 | Binary burner with Venturi tube fuel atomization and Venturi jets for the atomization of liquid fuel A burner, in particular, for a motor vehicle supplementary or parking heater, for the burning of liquid fuel, in the presence of combustion air, has a combustion chamber (10), with a jet for the atomization of liquid fuel, arranged before said chamber. The je... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793483 | Combustion burner A combustion burner includes an air supply case connected to an air supply mouth a position at a position on the air supply case from a rear end part to a tip portion thereof, which supplies air from air supply equipment; a nozzle body attached so as to cover a tip ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790032 | Straight path carbon powder combustion machine A straight path carbon powder combustion machine uses carbon powders as fuel of the combustion machine. The carbon powders enter into the interior of an igniter from carbon powders inlets. Then the carbon powders further enter into a forced firing internal combustio... | 09/14/2004 |
