Burner assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBai Han, Paul Bryan Cadima, Pranshu Saxena
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Abstract
A burner assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The burner assembly includes a gas burner and a flame spreader. The flame spreader defines a slot or a series of apertures that is substantially parallel to the gas burner. The slot or series of apertures can decrease a thickness of a boundary layer positioned adjacent the flame spreader or increase a velocity or a temperature or both of the boundary layer.
Claims18
A burner assembly defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the burner assembly comprising:
- a gas burner that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion along the transverse direction;
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- a flame spreader having a heating surface positioned adjacent said gas burner, said flame spreader defining a first slot and a second slot that each extend along the transverse direction substantially parallel to said gas burner, the first and second slots of said flame spreader each defining a width along the lateral direction and a length along the transverse direction, a ratio of the length of the fit slot to the width of the first slot being no less than eight to one, a ratio of the length of the second slot to the width of the second slot being no less than eight to one, said gas burner positioned between the first slot and the second slot along the lateral direction.
A burner assembly defining a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the lateral and transverse directions being perpendicular to each other, the burner assembly comprising:
- a gas burner that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion along the transverse direction;
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- a flame spreader having a heating surface positioned adjacent said gas burner, said flame spreader defining a first series of apertures and a second series of apertures, the first and second series of apertures distributed such that the first and second series of apertures are both substantially parallel to said gas burner along the transverse direction, the first and second series of apertures of said flame spreader distributed between the first and second end portions of said gas burner along the transverse direction, said gas burner positioned between the first and second series of apertures of said flame spreader along the lateral direction.
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