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US 10,900,186 B2Granted
Systems and methods for in-situ clean up of burnable materials
AssigneeWorcester Polytechnic Institute
InventorsKemal S. Arsava, Ali S. Rangwala, Glenn Mahnken
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides devices and methods for cleaning up or burning spills of burnable materials in situ. In some embodiments, a system for burning a burnable material comprises a base having a first side configured for placement on a surface with a burnable material and a second side; and a plurality heat conducting members extending from the second side of the base.
Claims17
A system for burning a burnable material comprising:
- a base having a first side configured for placement on a surface with a burnable material and a second side opposite to the first side, the base being made of a thermally conductive material;
- a plurality of heat conducting members extending from the second side of the base and being disposed only at the periphery of the base;
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- wherein, when the base is at least partially submerged in the burnable material and the burnable material is ignited to cause the burnable material to burn, the plurality of heat conducting members act to reflux heat from burning of the burnable material back to unburned burnable material to cause nucleate boiling of the unburned burnable material.
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A method for burning a burnable material comprising:
- at least partially submerging into a burnable material a first side of a porous matrix, wherein a plurality of heat conducting members extend from a second side opposite to the first side of the porous matrix only at the periphery of the porous matrix;
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- igniting the burnable material to cause the burnable material to burn, wherein the plurality of heat conducting members act to reflux heat from burning of the burnable material back to unburned burnable material to cause nucleate boiling of the unburned burnable material.
A method for burning a burnable material comprising:
- at least partially submerging into a burnable material a first side of a planar screen, wherein a plurality of heat conducting members extend from a second side of the screen opposite to the first side only at the periphery of the porous matrix;
- and
- igniting the burnable material to cause the burnable material to burn, wherein the plurality of heat conducting members act to reflux heat from burning of the burnable material back to unburned burnable material to cause nucleate boiling of the unburned burnable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.