Burner assembly for particulate trap regeneration

Title: Burner assembly for particulate trap regeneration

Related Patent Categories: Power Plants, Internal Combustion Engine With Treatment Or Handling Of Exhaust Gas, By Means Producing A Chemical Reaction Of A Component Of The Exhaust Gas, Having Means For Regenerating, Replacing, Or Feeding Liquid Or Solid Reagent Or Catalyst

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060218902, Burner assembly for particulate trap regeneration.

1. An exhaust treatment system, comprising: a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine; and a burner assembly configured to increase a temperature of the exhaust flow at a location upstream from the particulate trap, the burner assembly including: an exhaust inlet oriented in a direction along a first axis and configured to direct the exhaust flow into the burner assembly; an exhaust outlet oriented in a direction along a second axis at an angle relative to the first axis, the exhaust outlet being configured to direct the exhaust flow out of the burner assembly toward the particulate trap; a fuel injector having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the second axis; a cylindrical combustion chamber member defining a combustion chamber, having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the longitudinal axis of the fuel injector, and configured to house a flame that is fueled by the fuel injector within the combustion chamber; and an exhaust flow distribution member configured to substantially evenly distribute exhaust about the combustion chamber member and in a heat exchange relation to the combustion chamber member.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the exhaust flow distribution member is positioned about the combustion chamber member.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the combustion chamber member includes an upstream end and a downstream end and the exhaust outlet includes a conical portion having holes in it, the conical portion having an upstream end attached to the downstream end of the combustion chamber member and a downstream end, wider than the upstream end of the conical portion and through which all exhaust flow directed through the burner assembly passes.

5. The system of claim 4, further including a baffle located within the conical portion of the exhaust outlet and configured to stabilize the flame that is fueled by the fuel injector.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the baffle includes holes about its periphery.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the fuel injector includes a fuel conduit configured to deliver fuel to the combustion chamber, the burner assembly being configured to introduce fresh air to the fuel injector upstream of the exhaust flow and downstream of a location at which the fuel leaves the fuel conduit.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the fuel injector further includes an outer annular wall about the fuel conduit and defining an annular cavity, the outer annular wall including longitudinal slots through which the fresh air is introduced to the annular cavity, the slots being angled so as to impart a rotational motion of the fresh air within the annular cavity.

9. A work machine having an exhaust treatment system, comprising: an exhaust gas producing engine; an exhaust conduit for directing an exhaust flow to a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from the exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by the engine; and a burner assembly configured to increase a temperature of the exhaust flow at a location upstream from the particulate trap, the burner assembly including: an exhaust inlet configured to direct the exhaust flow into the burner assembly; an exhaust outlet configured to direct the exhaust flow out of the burner assembly toward the particulate trap, the exhaust outlet being oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the exhaust inlet; a fuel injector having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the direction in which the exhaust outlet is oriented; a cylindrical combustion chamber member defining a combustion chamber, having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the longitudinal axis of the fuel injector, and configured to house a flame that is fueled by the fuel injector within the combustion chamber; and an exhaust flow distribution member positioned about the combustion chamber member and configured to substantially evenly distribute the exhaust flow about the combustion chamber member and in a heat exchange relation to the combustion chamber member.

10. The work machine of claim 9, wherein the combustion chamber member includes an upstream end and a downstream end and the exhaust outlet includes a conical portion having holes in it, the conical portion having an upstream end attached to the downstream end of the combustion chamber member and a downstream end, wider than the upstream end of the conical portion, and through which all exhaust flow directed through the burner assembly passes.

11. The work machine of claim 10, further including a baffle located within the conical portion of the exhaust outlet and configured to stabilize the flame that is fueled by the fuel injector.

12. The work machine of claim 11, wherein the baffle includes holes about its periphery.

13. The work machine of claim 9, wherein the fuel injector includes a fuel conduit configured to deliver fuel to the combustion chamber, the burner assembly being configured to introduce fresh air to the fuel injector upstream of the exhaust flow and downstream of a location at which the fuel leaves the fuel conduit.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the fuel injector further includes an outer annular wall, about the fuel conduit, and defining an annular cavity, the annular wall including longitudinal slots through which the fresh air is introduced to the annular cavity, the slots being angled so as to impart a rotational motion on the fresh air within the annular cavity.

15. A method of regenerating an exhaust particulate trap, comprising: directing an exhaust flow, produced by an engine, into a burner assembly, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine, the burner assembly being located upstream from a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from the exhaust flow; directing the exhaust flow through an exhaust flow distribution member and thereby substantially evenly distributing the exhaust flow about a combustion chamber member to remove heat from the combustion chamber member, the heat being created by a flame within the combustion chamber member; heating the exhaust flow in stages as the exhaust flow passes through the burner assembly by exposing a portion of the exhaust flow to the flame at a first stage and exposing additional portions of the exhaust flow to the flame at each subsequent stage to create a heated exhaust flow; directing the heated exhaust flow out of the burner assembly and to the particulate trap to thereby increase a temperature of the particulate trap.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the directing of the exhaust flow into the burner assembly includes directing the exhaust flow in a first direction, which is substantially perpendicular to a second direction in which the heated exhaust flow is directed out of the burner.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the exposing of portions of the exhaust flow to the flame in the first stage includes directing the portions of the exhaust flow through holes in the combustion chamber member and, in the subsequent stages, includes directing the additional portions of the exhaust flow through holes in a conical portion at locations progressively further downstream, the conical portion having an upstream end attached to a downstream end of the combustion chamber member and a downstream end, wider than the upstream end of the conical portion, the totality of exhaust flow directed through the burner assembly passing through the conical portion.

18. The method of claim 17, further including directing at least a portion of the exhaust flow through a baffle located within the conical portion.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the portion of the exhaust flow that is directed through the baffle is directed through holes about the periphery of the baffle.

20. The method of claim 15, further including introducing fresh air to a fuel injector having a fuel conduit and configured to deliver fuel to the combustion chamber, the fresh air being introduced to the fuel injector upstream of the exhaust flow and downstream of a location at which the fuel leaves the fuel conduit.

21. The system of claim 20, further including directing fresh air through longitudinal, angled slots in an outer annular wall of the fuel injector, situated about the fuel conduit thereby imparting a rotational motion on the fresh air.

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