A multi fuel flame-less combustor
AssigneeIntelligent Power Generation Limited
InventorsGeoff Smith, Tristram Bracey
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Abstract
A nameless combustor usable with multiple fuels comprises a combustion chamber and fuel lines in communication with the chamber.
Claims14
A flameless combustor system comprising:
- a combustion chamber extending longitudinally through which an oxidising agent flows in the longitudinal direction from an inlet to an outlet, and
- at least two fuel lines;
- wherein at least one fuel injection pipeline in fluid communication with a first of the at least two fuel lines extends through a wall of the combustion chamber, wherein each fuel injection pipeline contains at least one fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber;
- characterised in that at least one of the at least one fuel injection pipelines extends through the wall of the combustion chamber, across the interior of the combustion chamber to an opposite wall of the combustion chamber, and through the opposite wall, such that the fuel injection pipeline is in fluid communication with both the first of the at least two fuel lines and a second of the at least two fuel lines.
A method of utilising a flameless combustor system according to wherein oxidising agent is provided through the inlet and fuel is admitted into the at least two fuel lines such that the fuel will pass into the at least one fuel injection pipelines and be expelled through the at least one fuel injectors, with the velocity and pressure of the oxidising agent and fuel selected so as to establish the same air-fuel ratio at each of the at least one fuel injectors.
The method of claim 14, wherein the combustion chamber maintains a temperature between 800° C. and 1500° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.