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US 2016/0102857 A1Published application
Swirl jet burner
AssigneeEclipse, Inc.
InventorMasoud Hakak Khadem
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Abstract
A burner includes a combustor having a generally cylindrical, hollow shape extending along a centerline, and a closed end. A fuel tube that is connectable to a fuel supply has at least one opening fluidly connecting an interior of the combustor with the fuel source such that fuel can be delivered from the fuel source into the interior of the combustor. At least one air inlet disposed to provide an air stream into the interior of the combustor. The air stream is arranged and configured to create a vortex flow structure within the combustor.
Claims20
A burner, comprising:
- a combustor having a generally cylindrical, hollow shape extending along a centerline, and a closed end;
- a fuel tube that is connectable to a fuel source and having at least one opening fluidly connecting an interior of the combustor with the fuel source such that fuel can be delivered from the fuel source into the interior of the combustor;
- at least one air inlet disposed to provide an air stream into the interior of the combustor, the air stream arranged and configured to create a vortex flow structure within the combustor.
A method for operating a burner, comprising:
- providing a combustor having a generally hollow cylindrical shape defining a closed end and an open end, the combustor defining an interior volume therein;
- injecting at least one stream of air into the interior volume in a direction that is tangential to a circular cross section of the combustor adjacent the closed end;
- inducing a swirling flow of the at least one stream of air into the combustor;
- providing a flow of fuel into the combustor such that the flow of fuel mixes with the swirling flow of the at least one stream of air to form a swirling flow of a combustible mixture;
- expelling the swirling flow of the combustible mixture from the open end of the combustor;
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- when the swirling flow of the combustible mixture is burning, admitting at least a portion of combustion products created by the combustible mixture back into the swirling flow of the combustible mixture as the combustible mixture is expelled from the combustor.
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