Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
431004000 | Feeding flame modifying additive | 34 |
20080280237 | Oil gasification burner for ash-free liquid fuel - An oil gasification burner for liquid fuel is proposed which comprises, on a centrally arranged pilot burner part, a number of supply elements arranged outside the annular channel concentrically to the burner axis with pressure atomizer nozzles for introduction of liquid fuel. The pressure atomizer nozzles are embodied such that a fine atomization of the liquid fuel occurs before it comes into contact with the rotated oxidation means. Different liquid fuels can be supplied via the individual supply elements. This enables the nozzle parameters to be adapted to the particular conditions (pressure difference, fineness of droplets, spray angle etc.) of the liquid fuel through a choice of replaceable nozzle. | 11-13-2008 |
20080286704 | Method of burning a nitrogen-containing fuel - In a method of burning a nitrogen-containing fuel while reducing the emission of nitrogen oxides is provided, a sub-stoichiometric primary zone in the form of a flame core is produced and is supplied with a nitrogen oxide reducing agent that is a nitrogen compound or a hydrocarbon. Preferably, the flame core consists of a single zone and has a uniform air to fuel ratio. | 11-20-2008 |
20090042151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLAME STABILIZATION AND CONTROL - A system and method for providing continuous measurement and control of a combustion device by altering the fuel composition delivered thereto. The system includes devices for sensing combustion characteristics or other device characteristics, and controlling the performance of the combustion device based on the sensed information. Performance control occurs via addition of one or more additives to the fuel to adjust combustion characteristics. Via such sensing and performance control, consistent combustion device performance may be maintained, despite varying fuel characteristics. In one variation, -characteristics of the combustion device in operation, such as flame characteristics, are sensed and used to adjust fuel characteristics via iterative addition of one or more additives. | 02-12-2009 |
20090186309 | INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES - The invention provides a method of increasing the efficiency of a combustion process by adding bentonite to the flame, fireball or burner region combustion zone of the combustion process. Also provided is a combustion chamber that includes a bentonite feed system and a fuel additive composition of a bentonite such as sodium bentonite having a particle size range that may be employed in the method of the present invention. | 07-23-2009 |
20090214987 | Method of preforming hydrocarbon by oxyhydrogen flame using two burners - An object is to improve low fuel efficiency due to heating that is necessary continually during operation in order to continuously produce hydrogen without generating CO | 08-27-2009 |
20090263752 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMBUSTION OF SOLID PHASE FUEL - Method for combusting a solid phase fuel, where the fuel is caused, by the help of a non-pneumatic feeding element ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090297993 | Method of and System For Generating Power By Oxyfuel Combustion - An oxyfuel combustion system for generating power that includes a furnace for combusting carbonaceous fuel and substantially pure oxygen to produce exhaust gas including mainly carbon dioxide and water. An exhaust gas channel system discharges the exhaust gas from the furnace. The exhaust gas channel system has an upstream channel, an outlet channel and a gas recycling channel. The upstream channel recycles a recycling portion of the exhaust gas through the recycling channel to the furnace, and conveys an end portion of the exhaust gas through the outlet channel for final processing. The upstream channel is divided between a first divider piece and a connecting piece into a first exhaust gas channel portion and a second exhaust gas channel portion. A gas-gas heat exchanger arranged in the first exhaust gas channel portion transfers heat from exhaust gas in the first exhaust gas channel portion to gas in the gas recycling channel. A first economizer arranged in the second exhaust gas channel portion transfers heat from exhaust gas in the second exhaust gas channel portion to a flow of feedwater in a feedwater line, and a second economizer arranged in the exhaust gas channel system downstream of the connecting piece transfers heat from gas in the exhaust gas channel system to the flow of feedwater in the feedwater line. | 12-03-2009 |
20100151396 | COMPOSITION, METHOD AND USE - An additive composition for a fuel comprises:
| 06-17-2010 |
20100151397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIRED HEATER OPERATIONS - Method of controlling the operation of a combustion device to provide safe and reliable operation while reducing NOx emission that includes providing a flow of fuel and diluent at a determined volume ratio to a flame in the combustion device; providing a flame stability sensor to generate a measurement of a characteristic of the flame, providing a flow measurement for each of the fuel and diluent, and controlling the determined volume ratio of fuel:diluent using the measurement from the flame stability sensor and/or flow measurements. A combustion system incorporating this method also is included. | 06-17-2010 |
20100255431 | METHOD OF OPERATING A THERMAL INSTALLATION AND USE OF SUCH A METHOD FOR INHIBITING VANADIUM CORROSION - The invention provides a method of operating a thermal installation comprising a combustion chamber fed with a fuel contaminated with vanadium, with sulphur and possibly with sodium. In particular, the combustion chamber is also fed with boron and with magnesium, in quantities such that the sodium molar ratio s=Na | 10-07-2010 |
20100261126 | COMBUSTION PROCESS - A combustion process wherein a fuel, a comburent and component A) are fed to a combustor, component A), comprising low-melting salts and/or oxides having a melting temperature ≦1,450 K, the ratio by moles A′/(A″−A′)≧0.01, being: A′ the sum by moles between the amount of metals, under the form of low-melting salts and/or low-melting oxides present in the component A) and the amount of metals under the form of the low-melting salts and/or low-melting oxides or their low-melting mixtures, contained in the fuel, A″ is the sum of the amount of all the metals contained in the fuel and of those contained in component A), in which the combustor is isothermal type and flameless. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261127 | COMBUSTION PROCESS - A combustion process wherein a fuel, a comburent and a component B), sulphur or sulphur containing compounds, are fed to the combuster in an amount to have a molar ratio B ‘/A | 10-14-2010 |
20100330509 | BIOFUEL - A biofuel that includes a blend of municipal solid waste, selected recyclables, and/or construction and demolition waste including about 40% to 60% wood, about 10% to 20% paper, about 10% to 20% cardboard, about 5% to 10% non-chlorinated plastics, about 5% to 10% rags, about 5% to 10% rugs, and an emission reducing agent, the emission reducing agent being one or more of urea, calcium hydroxide, hydroquinone, anthraquinone, ammonium hydroxide, ammonia, and an ammonium compound. | 12-30-2010 |
20110091823 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMBUSTION OF SOLID FUEL - Method and device for combusting a solid phase fuel, where the fuel is caused, by the help of a non-pneumatic feeding element ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110269079 | PROCESS FOR OPERATING A UTILITY BOILER AND METHODS THEREFOR - A process for operating a utility boiler. The process has the following steps: (a) providing fuel to the boiler; (b) providing one or more additives selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more slag control agents, (ii) one or more oxygen-generating agents, (iii) one or more acid mitigation agents, (iv) one or more fouling prevention agents, (v) one or more oxidizer agents, (vi) one or more heavy metal capturing agents, and (vii) any combination of the foregoing to the boiler or an auxiliary device thereof; (c) providing air to the boiler; (d) burning the fuel in the boiler to generate heat and an exhaust gas; (e) intermittently or continuously monitoring one or more physical and/or chemical parameters of the fuel and/or intermittently or continuously monitoring one or more emissions variables of the exhaust gas to obtain one or more values therefor; and (f) varying or maintaining the rate at which either or both of the fuel and the one or more additives are provided to the boiler based on the one or more values obtained. | 11-03-2011 |
20110305999 | MODIFIER OF COMBUSTION OF SOLID, LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUELS - The present disclosure relates to the modifier of combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, in particular wood, natural gas, coal, mazout and other hydrocarbons, in power boilers, in closed or open chambers, wherein it contains from 10 to 30 wt. % of water, from 20 to 80 wt. % of at least one aliphatic alcohol, from 5 to 15 wt. % of carbamide or its derivatives, and from 5 to 15 wt. % of monoacetylferrocene. Object of the disclosure is also a method of modifying process of combustion of the above-mentioned fuels and a use of the modifier of fuel combustion. | 12-15-2011 |
20120003593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A VISIBLE HYDROGEN FLAME - A consumer appliance comprises a source of humidified hydrogen; and, a combustion zone in fluid flow communication with a source of oxygen and the source of humidified hydrogen. A method of producing a visible hydrogen flame comprising providing water with hydrogen gas is also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
20120100490 | SORBENTS FOR COAL COMBUSTION - Sorbent compositions containing halogen and calcium are added to coal to mitigate the release of sulfur and/or other harmful elements, including mercury, into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. | 04-26-2012 |
20120148961 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR OPTIMISING COMBUSTION CONDITIONS IN A FLUIDISED-BED BOILER - A method and an arrangement for optimising combustion conditions in a fluidised-bed boiler, in which combustion gas is fed at two or more height levels, the first of which is a primary level (P) which is located at the height of a furnace bottom and the second is a secondary level (S) which is located above fuel feed height (F), above which secondary level (S) there can be still other combustion gas feed levels (T, . . . ). At least one combustion gas feed level (P, S, T, . . . ) is fed at different points of the furnace ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120308941 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION USING FUEL AND AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUND - A method and a device are disclosed with which high-temperature combustion is attained using a fuel and an aqueous solution of an organic compound, e.g., an aqueous alcohol solution. In a combustion chamber, a fuel is sprayed and burned with a first burner to elevate the interior temperature of the combustion chamber (and/or a heat-resistant reflector disposed inside the combustion chamber) to a high temperature of 700° C. or above, and an aqueous solution of an organic compound (e.g., an alcohol-water mixture) is subsequently sprayed with a second burner into the high-temperature combustion gas obtained with the first burner, thereby causing microexplosion of water vaper and further elevating the interior temperature. As such, the fuels and organic compounds (e.g., Alcoholic aqueous solution) are fully burned, and thus the fuel cost can be reduced. Thus, high-temperature superheated steam containing a large amount of water vapor is yielded. | 12-06-2012 |
20130040250 | PROCESS FOR OPERATING A UTILITY BOILER AND METHODS THEREFOR - A process for operating a utility boiler. The process has the following steps: (a) providing fuel to the boiler; (b) providing one or more additives selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more slag control agents, (ii) one or more oxygen-generating agents, (iii) one or more acid mitigation agents, (iv) one or more fouling prevention agents, (v) one or more oxidizer agents, (vi) one or more heavy metal capturing agents, and (vii) any combination of the foregoing to the boiler or an auxiliary device thereof; (c) providing air to the boiler; (d) burning the fuel in the boiler to generate heat and an exhaust gas; (e) intermittently or continuously monitoring one or more physical and/or chemical parameters of the fuel and/or intermittently or continuously monitoring one or more emissions variables of the exhaust gas to obtain one or more values therefor; and (f) varying or maintaining the rate at which either or both of the fuel and the one or more additives are provided to the boiler based on the one or more values obtained. | 02-14-2013 |
20130183628 | ADDITIVE FUEL COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An additive composition for a fuel comprises: | 07-18-2013 |
20130196271 | MATERIAL UTILIZATION WITH AN ELECTROPOSITIVE METAL - A material is utilized with an electropositive metal. This can be used as post-oxyfuel process for oxyfuel power stations. Here, an energy circuit is realized by the material utilization. An electropositive metal, in particular lithium, serves as energy store and as central reaction product for the conversion of nitrogen and carbon dioxide into ammonia and methanol. The power station thus operates without CO | 08-01-2013 |
20130230810 | INERTIAL ELECTRODE AND SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR ELECTRODYNAMIC INTERACTION WITH A FLAME - An inertial electrode launcher may be configured to project charged particles or a voltage comprising an inertial electrode proximate a flame or combustion gas produced by the flame. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230811 | INERTIAL ELECTRODE AND SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR ELECTRODYNAMIC INTERACTION WITH A VOLTAGE-BIASED FLAME - A combustion system includes a subsystem for electrically biasing or charging a flame and a virtual electrode launcher configured to launch a virtual electrode in proximity to the flame or combustion gas produced by the flame. | 09-05-2013 |
20130260322 | Coal Additive For Improved Furnace Operation - The invention relates to methods of combusting coal containing fuel streams where a coal additive composition is used to improve the combustion of the coal. The invention also relates to the additive composition used in the described methods, and the use of the additive composition as a coal combustion improver. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266902 | LOW EMISSIONS COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Clean combustion and equilibration equipment and methods are provided to progressively deliver, combust and equilibrate mixture of fuel, oxidant and aqueous diluent in a plurality of combustion regions and in one or more equilibration regions to further progress oxidation of products of incomplete combustion, in a manner that sustains combustion while controlling temperatures and residence times sufficiently to reduce CO and NOx emissions to below 25 ppmvd, and preferably to below 3 ppmvd at 15% O | 10-10-2013 |
20140141380 | Reducing Mercury Emissions From The Burning of Coal - Sorbent components containing halogen, calcium, alumina, and silica are used in combination during coal combustion to produce environmental benefits. Sorbents such as calcium bromide are added to the coal ahead of combustion and other components are added into the flame or downstream of the flame, preferably at minimum temperatures to assure complete formation of the refractory structures that result in various advantages of the methods. When used together, the components
| 05-22-2014 |
20140154633 | METHOD FOR OXIDISING HYDROGEN, APPLICATION OF SUCH METHOD, A GAS MIXTURE FOR USE THEREWITH AND A DEVICE FOR OXIDISING HYDROGEN - The invention relates to a method for oxidising hydrogen, comprising mixing hydrogen, oxygen and at least one third component, and subsequently reacting hydrogen and oxygen. The invention is characterized in that the at least one third component is carbon dioxide, wherein the method further comprises the step of dividing at least part of said carbon dioxide into CO and 0 radical for controlling the reaction temperature. The invention further relates to a device for oxidising hydrogen gas. | 06-05-2014 |
20140315136 | METHODS OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE TO INHIBIT VANADIUM CORROSION - A method of inhibiting vanadic corrosion of a hot part of a gas turbine system is provided. The method includes introducing, in the combustor, a first oxide comprising magnesium oxide (MgO) and at least one second oxide from among Al | 10-23-2014 |
20150330956 | Flame Ionization Detection Burner Assemblies for Use in Compressible Fluid-Based Chromatography Systems - The present disclosure relates to burner assemblies of flame-based detectors. These burner assemblies are configured to deliver decompressed mobile phase of supercritical fluid chromatography systems to the flame of a flame-based detector while providing for improved optimization of analyte response as well as enhanced flame stability during operation. | 11-19-2015 |
20160076761 | FURNACES AND METHODS OF REDUCING HEAT DEGRADING OF METAL HEATING COILS OF FURNACES - A method includes providing a furnace including a radiant heating zone having metal heating coils and burners, concurrently applying a combustion media, having a combustibility, and a diluent to the burners, the burners burning the combustion media producing flames heating the radiant heating zone, and the diluent reducing the combustibility of the combustion media for reducing heat generated by the flames for reducing heat degradation of the metal heating coils. | 03-17-2016 |
20160116164 | MEASURING AND CONTROLLING FLAME QUALITY IN REAL-TIME - A method for measuring and controlling flame quality in real-time, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a plurality of flame images in a first field of view; acquiring a plurality of flame images in a second field of view; processing the acquired plurality of flame images of said first and second fields of view to determine an overall flame quality parameter; and comparing the overall flame quality parameter to a tolerance range. In other aspects, a system for measuring and controlling flame quality in real-time and a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing instructions configured to cause a computing system to measure and control flame quality in real-time are provided. | 04-28-2016 |
20160137942 | PROCESS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES AND MERCURY FROM COAL-FIRED BOILERS - A flue gas additive is provided that includes both a nitrogenous component to reduce gas phase nitrogen oxides and a halogen-containing component to oxidize gas phase elemental mercury. | 05-19-2016 |