Loading patent…
AssigneeNew Power Concepts LLC
InventorsMichael Norris, Dean L. Kamen, Christopher C. Langenfeld
Estimating the term…
A method of combusting fuel and air in a burner of an external combustion engine having a heater head. The fuel and air are combined to form a fuel-air mixture which is characterized by a fuel-air ratio. An exhaust gas product is produced when the fuel-air mixture is combusted in the burner of the external combustion engine. A flame is formed by igniting the fuel-air mixture at a first fuel-air ratio produced by a first air flow rate and a fuel flow rate. The air flow rate is then increased to produce a second fuel-air ratio. The fuel flow rate is also controlled based upon a temperature of the heater head of the external combustion engine. The flame is maintained at the second fuel-air ratio by adjusting the air flow rate based on the fuel flow rate. The external combustion engine may be, for example, a Stirling cycle engine.
A method of combusting a fuel and air in a burner of an external combustion engine having a heater head, the fuel and air combined to form a fuel-air mixture characterized by a fuel-air ratio, the fuel-air mixture when combusted producing an exhaust gas product, the method comprising:
A system for operating a combustion chamber of a thermal cycle engine having a heater head, the combustion chamber characterized by a combustion axis and for delivering heat to the heater head of the engine by combusting a fuel in air to produce heat and an exhaust gas product, the system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.