Redesigned Burner
AssigneeTascosa Advanced Services, Inc.
InventorJoshua Partheepan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A steam generator system configured to burn hydrogen and oxygen at stoichiometry along with a high-pressure water and steam. Said steam generator system comprise a hydrogen source, an oxygen source, a nitrogen source, a water source, a steam source, a hydrogen-oxygen handling unit, a cooling unit, a one or more H2-O2 steam generators and a control unit. Said steam generator system is configured to provide said hydrogen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through an oxygen passage, said oxygen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through a hydrogen passage, and said nitrogen source to selectively purge said oxygen passage and said hydrogen passage. Said water source provide water to said cooling unit. Said cooling unit is configured to receive said water source and said steam source.
Claims35
A steam generator system configured to burn hydrogen and oxygen at stoichiometry along with a high-pressure water and steam, wherein:
- said steam generator system comprise a hydrogen source, an oxygen source, a nitrogen source, a water source, a steam source, a hydrogen-oxygen handling unit, a cooling unit, a one or more H2-O2 steam generators and a control unit;
- said steam generator system is configured to provide said hydrogen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through an oxygen passage, said oxygen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through a hydrogen passage, and said nitrogen source to selectively purge said oxygen passage and said hydrogen passage;
- said water source provide water to said cooling unit;
- said cooling unit is configured to receive said water source and said steam source;
- said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit is configured
- to blend portions of said hydrogen source and said oxygen source into a premixed H2-O2, and
- to selectively send portions of said premixed H2-O2 to said one or more H2-O2 steam generators;
- said cooling unit is configured
- to receive and process said water source and said steam source into a cooling steam and said high-pressure water, and
- to selectively send said cooling steam and said high-pressure water to said one or more H2-O2 steam generators;
- said premixed H2-O2 is at stoichiometry;
- said one or more H2-O2 steam generators is configured
- to burn said premixed H2-O2, and
- to cool said one or more H2-O2 steam generators with said cooling steam and said high-pressure water and thereby to generate a generated steam;
- and
- said control unit receives input signals and data from various components of said steam generator system, processes it, and controls various instruments in the system.
A method of burning H2-O2 for creating a generated steam comprising the following steps:
- receiving a hydrogen from a hydrogen source into a hydrogen-oxygen handling unit having a hydrogen mass flow controller, a H2 flame/flash back arrestor, an oxygen mass flow controller, an oxygen flame flash back arrestor and a H2-O2 mixer;
- monitoring said hydrogen from said hydrogen source with said hydrogen mass flow controller for flow rate, temperature and pressure;
- controlling desired flow rate of said hydrogen coming from said hydrogen source with said hydrogen mass flow controller of said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit;
- further a hydrogen flame flash back arrestor is a safety device, helps in quenches the flame during a flame/flash-back occurrence in the hydrogen passage and preventing it from reaching said hydrogen source;
- from said H2 flame/flash back arrestor, said hydrogen is feed into said H2-O2 mixer;
- receiving an oxygen source into said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit;
- monitoring said oxygen from said oxygen source with said oxygen mass flow controller for flow rate, temperature and pressure;
- controlling desired flow rate of said oxygen coming from said oxygen source with said oxygen mass flow controller of said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit;
- further said oxygen flame flash back arrestor is a safety device, helps in quenches the flame during a flame/flash-back occurrence in the oxygen passage and preventing it from reaching said oxygen source;
- from said oxygen flame flash back arrestor, said oxygen is feed into said H2-O2 mixer;
- said H2-O2 mixer, receives said hydrogen from said H2 flame/flash back arrestor and said oxygen from said oxygen flame flash back arrestor and mixes in a stoichiometric ratio and feeds it into a premixed H2-O2 inlet of a burner tip;
- and
- before and after operation of a steam generator system, nitrogen from a nitrogen source is used to purge said hydrogen passage and said oxygen passage to ensure safe operation and prevent flame/flash back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.