Prefabricated integrated combustion assemblies and methods of installing the same into a combustion system
AssigneeClearsign Combustion Corporation
InventorsDouglas Wayne KARKOW, Joseph COLANNINO, Christopher A. WIKLOF
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices and methods for improving operation of a combustion system. According to various embodiments disclosed herein, a prefabricated integrated combustion assembly is disclosed that may be installed into a combustion chamber of a combustion system. The combustion system may be a new combustion system that is being manufactured or a conventional combustion system that is being retrofitted.
Claims22
A method of installing a prefabricated integrated combustion assembly into a combustion chamber of a combustion system, the method comprising:
- inserting the prefabricated integrated combustion assembly into the combustion chamber of the combustion system, the prefabricated integrated combustion assembly including:
- a mounting plate mountable near a base of the combustion chamber;
- a fuel nozzle assembly attached to or integrated with the mounting plate, the fuel nozzle assembly including a fuel nozzle and an oxidant outlet;
- one or more supports attached to or integrated with the mounting plate;
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- a perforated flame holder supported by the one or more supports and including a body having a plurality of apertures therein;
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- attaching the mounting plate of the prefabricated integrated combustion assembly near the base of the combustion chamber.
An integrated combustion assembly for retrofitting a conventional combustion system, the integrated combustion assembly comprising:
- a mounting plate mountable to a base of a combustion chamber of the conventional combustion system, the mounting plate including a mounting face and a back face;
- a fuel nozzle assembly attached to or integrated with the mounting plate, the fuel nozzle assembly including a fuel nozzle having a tip thereof positioned at a predetermined distance from the mounting face of the mounting plate and an oxidant outlet;
- one or more supports attached to or integrated with the mounting plate and extending outward from the mounting face thereof;
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- a perforated flame holder supported by the one or more supports and including a body defining a plurality of apertures, the perforated flame holder being positioned at a predetermined distance from the mounting face of the mounting plate and from the tip of the fuel nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.