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US 5,375,563 AGranted
Gas-fired, porous matrix, surface combustor-fluid heater
AssigneeInstitute of Gas Technology
InventorsMark J. Khinkis, Tian-yu Xiong
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Abstract
A porous matrix, surface combustor-fluid heating apparatus comprising a combustion chamber, a cooled flow distributor proximate an inlet end of said combustion chamber and supporting a stationary porous bed within said combustion chamber, porous bed heat exchanger means embedded in said stationary porous bed and means for introducing a fuel/oxidant mixture into said stationary porous bed said fuel/oxidant mixture burning in said stationary porous bed.
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A porous matrix, surface combustor-fluid heating apparatus comprising:
- at least one combustor wall forming a combustion chamber, said combustion chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- a cooled flow distributor proximate said inlet end of said combustion chamber;
- a stationary porous bed supported on said cooled flow distributor;
- porous bed heat exchanger means embedded in said stationary porous bed;
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- means for introducing a fuel/oxidant mixture into said stationary porous bed.
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A process for combustion of a gaseous fuel comprising:
- introducing a fuel/oxidant mixture into an inlet end of a combustion chamber having a stationary porous bed supported on a cooled flow distributor;
- burning said fuel/oxidant mixture within the pores of said stationary porous bed;
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- removing heat resulting from said combustion from said combustion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.