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US 9,494,317 B2Granted
Electrodynamic combustion control with current limiting electrical element
AssigneeClearsign Combustion Corporation
InventorsIgor A. Krichtafovitch, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Abstract
An charge element disposed proximate to a combustion reaction is caused to carry a voltage while also being prevented from arc-discharging or arc-charging to or from the combustion reaction, by a current limiting element in electrical continuity with the charge element.
Claims32
A combustion system, comprising:
- a charge element configured to be disposed proximate to a combustion reaction;
- an electrical node configured for electrical continuity with the charge element;
- and
- a current limiting element disposed to convey the electrical continuity from the electrical node to the charge element and to limit current flow between the electrical node and the charge element;
- wherein the charge element is configured as a combustion reaction support surface;
- wherein the combustion reaction is driven to a first voltage;
- wherein the electrical node is held at a second voltage that is different from the first voltage;
- and
- wherein the combustion reaction support surface is configured to anchor the combustion reaction responsive to a current flow from the combustion reaction to the charge element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.