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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934926 | Gaseous fuel burner An ejector, such as a venturi, facilitates the delivery of gaseous fuel to the combustion chamber of a burner. A blower forces air through the ejector, and the air flow produces a suction that draws fuel from a fuel inlet to produce a fuel-air mixture. The amount of... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7833011 | Method and device for igniting and monitoring a burner A method of igniting and monitoring a high speed burner with which a fuel/oxygen-mixture exits at high velocity from a burner head, wherein the length of the flame is governed by the exit velocity of the mixture. The invention is characterized by placing an electric... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7637735 | Procedure for regulating a combustion process In a procedure for regulating a combustion process in an installation while air is being supplied, material is converted by the combustion process, with at least one flame being formed, and the state variables (s(t)) describing the state of the system in the install... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7344373 | Control method for gas burners The invention relates to a control method for gas burners for providing a gas-air mixture. According to the invention, the ionization signal is only used for setting the mixing ratio dependent on the gas quality when the burner flame completely sweeps over th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337553 | Lint detector methods and apparatuses Methods and apparatuses of for detecting lint are disclosed. In one embodiment, a light is directed to a plate. The light can be being emitted by a light source. A reflectometer is calibrated to a specific thermal emissivity of the plate. The thermal emission result... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340379 | Automated acquisition and notification system A data acquisition and notification system associated with an array of receptacles having sensors adapted to observe at least one condition or event associated with at least one receptacle. A system database is configured to maintain data representing sensor informa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327269 | Flame sensor for a burner A flame sensor circuit is used to sense the presence or absence of a flame in a burner. A first sensor generates a first intensity signal which is proportional to the light intensity of the flame in the burner. A second sensor generates a second signal produced by t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289032 | Intelligent flame scanner Techniques for determining a characteristic of a flame are provided by the present invention. Provided are methods as well as devices. A flame is monitored across a contiguous spectral range to detect light emitted by the monitored flame. The contiguous spectral ran... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286960 | Systems and methods for monitoring fouling and slagging in heat transfer devices in coal fired power plants A system for isolating effects of one or more process parameters on performance of a heat transfer device is provided. The system includes an efficiency correction unit that is adapted to receive data from the heat transfer device. The data is representative of one ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280891 | Signal processing technique for improved flame scanner discrimination A signal processing technique that allows the flame signal from a first source of flame and the flame signal from a second source of flame to be discriminated from each other when only both the first and second flame signals are viewed by the same flame scanner. The... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266460 | NOx software sensor Methods and apparatus for determining the NOx content in a combustion flue gas. Several parameters of the combustion process are measured in the combustion furnace. These parameters are then input to a neural network, which then, based upon the input data, generates... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229278 | Flame quality and fuel consumption monitoring methods for operating a primary burner A control system for controlling an oil or gas burner heating system comprises an ultraviolet flame sensor. Flame is detected and preanalyzed by the control for flame quality factors reflecting the degree of drift from optimal operating conditions including the aver... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217121 | Method and apparatus for improved process control in combustion applications This invention relates to a method and apparatus for improved process control in combustion applications, and particularly those relating to the steelmaking industry. An apparatus is provided for process control in a combustion application comprising a laser to tran... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202794 | Flame detection system A flame detection system includes a plurality of sensors for generating a plurality of respective sensor signals. The plurality of sensors includes a set of discrete optical radiation sensors responsive to flame as well as non-flame emissions. An Artificial Neural N... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7164468 | Lidar system controlled by computer for smoke identification applied, in particular, to early stage forest fire detection This invention relates to a method and an active system for detection and localization of early stage forest fires using lidar. In the simplest configuration the system includes a lidar and a control computer that operates the beam-scanning system and performs autom... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7112796 | System and method for optical monitoring of a combustion flame An optical spectrometer for combustion flame temperature determination includes at least two photodetectors positioned for receiving light from a combustion flame, each of the at least two photodetectors having a different, overlapping bandwidth for detecting a resp... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096722 | Method and apparatus for detecting combustion instability in continuous combustion systems An apparatus and method to sense the onset of combustion stability is presented. An electrode is positioned in a turbine combustion chamber such that the electrode is exposed to gases in the combustion chamber. A control module applies a voltage potential to the ele... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088253 | Flame detector, method and fuel valve control A flame detector and burner fuel valve control has an ultraviolet sensitive, cold cathode, gas discharge tube in a DC quench circuit. In the presence of a flame, the circuit generates a pulse signal at a frequency related to the intensity of radiation from the flame... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061607 | Engine spectrometer probe and method of use The engine spectrometer probe and method of using the same of the present invention provides a simple engine spectrometer probe which is both lightweight and rugged, allowing an exhaust plume monitoring system to be attached to a vehicle, such as the space shuttle. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048537 | Apparatus and method for controlling a variable fuel fired appliance An apparatus is provided for controlling a fuel fired heating appliance, the apparatus comprising a first processor for controlling the ignition operation of the furnace and a second processor for controlling the operation of a variable speed blower motor, wherein t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028562 | Vacuum membrane extraction system The present invention relates to apparatus for sampling and analysis of gas phase molecules. A source of negative pressure is used to draw gas phase molecules through a gas-permeable membrane. The gas phase molecules are then directed into an analyzer, suitably a ga... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008218 | Combustion emission estimation with flame sensing system There is described a method and apparatus for controlling the combustion by-product formation rate in at least one burner of a fossil fuel fired power plant. The burner has an associated flame scanner which is focused on a small area of the burner flame to obtain an... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6975975 | Emissions management and policy making system A management tool that allows a manager to review historical data and perform forecasting simulations relating to pollutant emissions from power plants and the like is disclosed. The management tool allows the outcomes of various pollution control strategies to be s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6923640 | Flame burner ignition system An ignition system includes a burner, a power supply, an electrical system including a ground conductor, and an ignition module. The ignition module includes a first input, a second input, and an output. The output is operatively coupled to the burner, while one of ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920377 | Self-sustaining control for a heating system A self-sustaining control for a heating system, having conventional operational modes and pilot burner assembly, is disclosed. A controller directs operation in accordance with a need-based protocol and monitors the condition of a storage device, which provides syst... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6859766 | Indirect gas species monitoring using tunable diode lasers A method for indirect gas species monitoring based on measurements of selected gas species is disclosed. In situ absorption measurements of combustion species are used for process control and optimization. The gas species accessible by near or mid-IR techniques are ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6780378 | Method for measuring concentrations of gases and vapors using controlled flames A method and apparatus for measuring the concentration of at least one gaseous component and/or vaporous component of a gaseous mixture in which a controlled sensor flame is introduced into the gaseous mixture and at least one narrow spectral band in the controlled ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6700495 | Flame monitor for an oil- and gas-operated burner The invention relates to a flame monitor for an oil- or gas-operated burner, having a photosensor which detects the optical flame radiation and an evaluation circuit which is connected downstream of said photosensor and ascertains whether the radiation re... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6652266 | Flame sensor and method of using same A flame sensor for sensing the presence of a flame in a burner. The signal from the sensor is passed to an amplifier located adjacent to the sensor and amplified without having a sensor signal contaminated with common mode radiation. The selectively ampli... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6588475 | Device and method for welding overlapping roof membranes A device for welding overlapping roof membranes comprising a chassis, an air discharge chute and a flame distribution assembly communicating with the air discharge chute. The flame distribution assembly includes a gaseous fuel source inlet, a primary burn... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6493081 | Flame-type atomic absorption spectrophotometer A flame-type atomic absorption spectrophotometer forms a flame by igniting a mixture of a fuel gas and a first combustion support gas such as air and then the first combustion support gas is replaced by a second combustion support gas such as nitrous oxid... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6468069 | Automatically optimized combustion control Systems and methods are disclosed that optimize the combustion process in various reactors, furnaces, and internal combustion engines. Video cameras are used to evaluate the combustion flame grade. Depending on the desired form, standard or special video ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6464489 | Method and apparatus for controlling thermoacoustic vibrations in a combustion system In a method of controlling thermoacoustic vibrations in a combustion system having a combustion chamber and a burner, the fluid shear layer forming in the region of the burner is acoustically excited. An apparatus for controlling thermoacoustic vibrations... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6429020 | Flashback detection sensor for lean premix fuel nozzles A sensor for detecting the flame occurring during a flashback condition in the fuel nozzle of a lean premix combustion system is presented. The sensor comprises an electrically isolated flashback detection electrode and a guard electrode, both of which ge... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6416317 | Oxy-fuel burner The oxy-fuel burner comprises at least one fuel supply pipe (16) and at least one pipe (18) for supplying an oxygen-rich gas, the said outlets of the pipes being directed approximately in the same direction, the burner being designed to be mounted through... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6410842 | Automatic burner driven generator system There is provided an automatic burner driven generator system for powering a load. The Generator system generally comprises a burner unit for generating a thermal energy; a thermoelectric converter unit operatively coupled to the burner unit for transduci... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6389330 | Combustion diagnostics method and system Combustion variables are diagnosed using sensors to measure turbulence in the post-flame zone as well as in the flame envelope of a combustor. Output signals from the sensors are processed and a set of statistical functions are calculated which are correl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6302682 | Laser controlled flame stabilization A method and apparatus is provided for initiating and stabilizing fuel combustion in applications such as gas turbine electrical power generating engines and jet turbine engines where it is desired to burn lean fuel/air mixtures which produce lower amount... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6278374 | Flame detection apparatus and method The present invention relates to flame detection apparatus and method. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring the status of a combustion unit having at least one bumer. Initially, a digital image of a flame corresponding to a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6261086 | Flame detector based on real-time high-order statistics A method, and a system for implementing the method, for detecting whether a flame is an on state or alternatively is in an off state. The method includes (i) detecting the flame and generating therefrom a flame signal capturing one or more attributes of t... | 07/17/2001 |
