Apparatus and method for enhancing the efficiency of liquid-fuel-burning systems
OwnerThomas F. O'Donnellinventor
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Abstract
A cold-steam atomizer designed to use ultrasonics to produce mist to be mixed with a combustible fluid. The device is designed to transfer that mist/combustible fluid mixture into a combustion system in order to enhance internal and external combustion. The mist generator utilizes an immersed vibrating element to atomize a liquid such as water to create the mist. The atomizer is housed in a chamber having a baffle that is designed to prevent large droplets of the liquid from entering the combustion chamber. The system alternatively includes a tank for storing the liquid prior to atomization.
Claims14
An apparatus for producing a mist to be combined with a combustible fluid to enhance combustion of the combustible fluid within a combustion chamber, the apparatus comprising:
- a. an ultrasonic transducer for producing a mist from a liquid by agitating said liquid without spraying said liquid;
- b. a container for housing said ultrasonic transducer within said liquid, wherein said ultrasonic transducer is designed to remain completely immersed within said liquid;
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- c. a baffle means coupled at a first end thereof to said container and couplable at a second end thereof to an air inlet means of said combustion chamber, wherein said baffle means allows said mist to enter said air inlet means with said combustible fluid while preventing droplets of said liquid from entering said air inlet means.
A method of producing a mist to be combined with a combustible fluid for combustion of said combustible fluid, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. agitating a liquid with an ultrasonic transducer to produce a mist without spraying said liquid;
- b. housing said mist in a container;
- c. isolating said mist from large droplets of said liquid prior to introducing said mist to an air intake of a combustion chamber;
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- d. combining said mist and said combustible fluid together for combustion in said combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.