Burner and support structure with a perforated flame holder
AssigneeClearsign Combustion Corporation
InventorsDOUGLAS W. KARKOW, JOSEPH COLANNINO, ROBERTO RUIZ, JESSE DUMAS, JAMES K. DANSIE, DONALD KENDRICK, NICHOLAS S. BROMER, CHRISTOPHER A. WIKLOF
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Abstract
A combustion system includes a fuel and oxidant source, a perforated flame holder, and a support structure that supports the perforated flame holder at a selected distance from the fuel and oxidant source. The fuel and oxidant source outputs fuel and oxidant onto the perforated flame holder. The perforated flame holder receives the fuel and oxidant and sustains a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder.
Claims48
-117. (canceled)
A combustion system comprising:
- a furnace body defining an interior furnace volume;
- a fuel and oxidant source configured to output fuel and oxidant into the interior furnace volume;
- a perforated flame holder disposed within the interior furnace volume to receive the fuel and oxidant from the fuel and oxidant source and to support a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder;
- and
- a support structure disposed within the interior volume and fixed to the furnace body and configured to support the perforated flame holder relative to the fuel and oxidant source.
The combustion system of claim 117, further comprising:
- a furnace wall further defining the interior furnace volume;
- wherein the perforated flame holder is configured to hold the combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder;
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- wherein the support structure is configured to hold the perforated flame holder in alignment with the fuel and oxidant output by the fuel and oxidant source.
A method of operating a combustion system, the method comprising:
- outputting fuel and oxidant from a fuel and oxidant source;
- supporting, with a support structure, a perforated flame holder in alignment with the fuel and oxidant source;
- receiving the fuel and oxidant into the perforated flame holder;
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- holding a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder.
A combustion system comprising:
- a fuel and oxidant source configured to output fuel and oxidant;
- a perforated flame holder configured to receive the fuel and oxidant and to hold a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder;
- a support structure configured to hold the perforated flame holder in alignment with the fuel and oxidant source and to adjust a position of the perforated flame holder;
- at least one sensor configured to sense at least one parameter of the combustion reaction and to output one or more sensor signals;
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- a controller configured to receive the one or more sensor signals and to cause actuation of the support structure to adjust the position of the perforated flame holder based on the one or more sensor signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.