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US 12,134,066 B2Granted
Combustion apparatus and method of making a combustion apparatus
AssigneeUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne
InventorsAdam Harvey, Kui Zhang
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of increasing the size of particulates in a gas comprising particulates, e.g. a gas that is formed from the combustion of fuels. The method comprises mixing an ionised gas stream with the gas comprising particulates.
Claims9
A combustion apparatus comprising:
- a combustion chamber with an exhaust flue;
- a plasma chamber comprising a plasma source for ionising gas, said plasma chamber having an ionised gas outlet that is coupled to the exhaust flue for mixing ionised gas with exhaust gas from the combustion chamber so as to allow mixing of the ionised gas with the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber in the exhaust flue;
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- an air inlet which allows air to be drawn into the plasma chamber, wherein the gas that is ionised is said air,
- wherein the combustion chamber is a stove, boiler, or heater.
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A method of making a combustion apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing a combustion chamber connected to an exhaust flue;
- providing a plasma chamber comprising a plasma source for ionising gas, said plasma having an ionised gas outlet;
- coupling the ionised gas outlet to the exhaust flue such that ionised gas from the plasma chamber can be mixed with exhaust gas from the combustion chamber in the exhaust flue;
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- providing an air inlet which allows air to be drawn into the plasma chamber, wherein the gas that is ionised is said air,
- wherein the combustion chamber is a stove, boiler, or heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.