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US 9,209,654 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for enhancing flame radiation
AssigneeClearsign Combustion Corporation
InventorsJoseph Colannino, Tracy A. Prevo, Igor A. Krichtafovitch, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Abstract
An apparatus for enhancing flame radiation includes a flame charging system and an electrically isolated electrode. A time-varying voltage is applied to the flame charging system and the flame charging system imparts a corresponding time-varying charge or time-varying voltage onto the flame. The flame responds to the time-varying charge or voltage by increasing its luminosity.
Claims63
A system for radiating energy from a hydrocarbon flame, comprising:
- a flame charging system configured to impart a time-varying electrical charge or voltage onto a hydrocarbon gas flame;
- and
- an electrically isolated conductor proximate the flame.
A method for radiating energy from a flame, comprising:
- providing a hydrocarbon fuel;
- igniting the hydrocarbon fuel to produce a flame;
- energizing the flame with a time-varying voltage or electrical charge;
- and
- supporting an electrically isolated electrical conductor adjacent to the flame to cause the flame to emit at least one of enhanced visible or infrared light energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.