Liquid fuel vaporizer device for baking furnace
AssigneeAluminum Company of America
InventorsBernard J. Racunas, Raymond Kastelic, William L. Proctor, Jr., George E. Moretz
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Abstract
A device for vaporizing liquid fuel supplied to a furnace chamber. The device comprises a tubular structure having one end adapted to extend into the chamber, and, a plate located over said end, the tube and plate being made of heat resistant materials. Openings are provided in the wall of the tube at locations adjacent and in communication with the plate, the tube being adapted to receive liquid fuel for direction to the plate; the plate, in turn, is adapted to vaporize drops of liquid fuel striking the plate.
Claims6
A device for vaporizing liquid fuel supplied to a furnace chamber under force of gravity, said device comprising an elongated tube adapted to extend vertically into a furnace chamber so that a lower end of the tube is located within the chamber, a plate covering said lower end, said tube and plate being made of a heat resistant material, openings provided in the wall of said tube at locations closely adjacent said plate, means on the other, upper end of said tube for receiving liquid fuel for vertical direction to and against said plate.
In combination, a furnace having an upper, horizontal wall portion provided with a relatively small opening, a tube extending vertically into the interior of said furnace through said opening such that a lower end of the tube is located within the furnace, conduit means associated with the other end of said tube for directing liquid fuel vertically into the tube, a plate covering the lower end of the tube, said tube and plate being made of a heat resistant material, openings provided in the wall of said tube closely adjacent the plate, the plate being adapted to receive thereagainst liquid fuel directed vertically thereto through said tube and under force of gravity, said plate being effective to cause rapid vaporization of the fuel directed thereagainst and thus controlled combustion of the fuel within the furnace.
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