Combustion apparatus and methods for making and using same
AssigneePetroleum Analyzer Company, LP
InventorFranek Olstowski
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Abstract
A combustion apparatus is disclosed that improves oxidation efficiency without increasing either combustion apparatus size or residence time, where the apparatus includes a combustion zone having a static mixing zone along a length of the combustion zone.
Claims50
A combustion apparatus comprising an inlet and an outlet and a combustion zone including at least one static mixing zone along a length of the combustion zone.
A combustion apparatus comprising a sample inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, an outlet, and a combustion zone including at least one static mixing zone along a length of the combustion zone.
A combustion apparatus comprising an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater, where the inlet is adapted to feed a combustible material and an oxidizing agent to the combustion zone, and the heater is designed to maintain the combustion zone including the mixing zone at an elevated temperature.
An analytical instrument apparatus comprising:
- a sample supply system,
- an oxidizing supply system,
- a combustion or furnace apparatus comprising:
- an inlet,
- an outlet,
- a combustion zone including
- a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and
- a heater, and
- a detector/analyzer unit,
- where the supply systems are adapted to supply a sample and an oxidizing agent to the inlet of the combustion apparatus, the combustion apparatus is adapted to substantially completely oxidize the sample into oxides and the detector/analyzer is adapted to determine a concentration of at least one oxide and relate the oxide concentration back to a concentration of an element in the sample.
A method for oxidizing a combustible material comprising the steps of:
- feeding the combustible material and an oxidizing agent to a combustion apparatus comprising an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater, and
- heating the combustion zone to a temperature sufficient to covert all or substantially all oxidizable components in the combustible material into their corresponding oxides,
- where the mixing zone increases an efficiency of combustion of the combustion zone.
A method for analyzing a sample comprising the steps of:
- feeding the sample and an oxidizing agent to a combustion apparatus comprising an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater,
- heating the combustion zone to a temperature sufficient to covert all or substantially all oxidizable components in the combustible material into their corresponding oxides, and
- forwarding the oxides to an detector/analyzer, and
- detecting a concentration of at least on oxide,
- where the mixing zone increases an efficiency of combustion of the combustion zone and where the detector/analyzer relates the oxide concentration back to a concentration of an element in the sample.
An energy extraction apparatus comprising a fuel and oxidizer supply unit, a combustion or furnace apparatus comprising an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater and an energy conversion unit for converting a portion of the thermal energy of the oxidized fuel to a more useful form of energy.
An internal combustion apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine and a catalytic converting including a combustion or furnace apparatus an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.