Combustion inventions 09/06

20060210936 - Multi-tube heat transfer system for the combustion of a fuel and heating of a process fluid and the use thereof: A four-tube heating system for combusting a fuel and transferring the heat released therefrom to a process fluid. The heating system includes, a fuel introduction zone, a combustion zone, an oxidant introduction zone, and a process fluid zone, wherein the fuel introduction zone is defined by fuel introduction means for...

20060210937 - Vapor resistant fuel burning appliance: A method and apparatus for controlling a fuel-fired appliance is provided. The appliance enters a wait state in which burner operation ceases if a sensor indicates the presence of flammable vapors that are above an acceptable and/or safe vapor level. The appliance returns to a run state if the vapor...

20060210938 - Hot stuff aka chic lite: Would you like a fun new lighter to use? Many people would like a way to keep track of their lighters, since they are easy to misplace. With “Chic Lite” aka “Hot Stuff”, you can keep tabs on your light! It is personalized lighter with bright LED's that light up...

20060210939 - Flame inductor and fire tier arrangement for gas burner-based apparatus: An inductor and fire tier arrangement used in a gas burner-based apparatus having an ignition flame generating unit with a flame inductor and gas burner with multiple fire tiers is disclosed. The flame inductor has the tip thereof set suspending above a plate member in one flame hole of one...

20060210940 - Candle system: A container for a candle, the container being configured as a candle cover or a candle base, wherein the container comprises at least one hollow cavity for storing items, e.g., matchsticks or fragrance oils....

20060204909 - Method and apparatus for utilising fugitive gases as a supplementary fuel source: Apparatus and method for collecting fugitive combustible gases and adding the gases as a supplementary fuel source to an engine. The fugitive combustible gases are added to the air inletted to the air supply and a control is provided to allow adjustment of the normal fuel supplied to the engine...

20060204910 - High efficiency fuel injection system for gas appliances: A unique control system is provided for fuel injection gas appliances to achieve efficient combustion by controlling the proportion of fuel and air variables. The combustion control system provides active feedback control of the combustion event and includes at least one detection sensor e.g. CO2 CO sensor and O2, to...

20060204911 - High efficiency fuel injection system for gas appliances: A unique control system is provided for optimizing and effecting efficient combustion of gas appliances by controlling the proportion of fuel and air variables. The control system provides continuous active feedback of the combustion event by detecting the level of exhaust gases such as CO2 to trigger the modulation of...

20060204912 - Combustion apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a combustion apparatus equipped with a pilot burner and a main burner capable of establishing a stable combustion state without involving generation of CO and unburned substances at the main burner even when the supply of a gas fuel to the...

20060204914 - Candle art: The invention teaches a decorative candle attachment that includes a needle of preferably no more than 0.05 inches in diameter and of no less than a centimeter in length, and having a first pointed end and a second end, a loop affixed to the needle, a decorative attachment coupled to...

20060204913 - Fire starter candle: A fire starter candle for starting or kindling fires, especially wood fires such as those in fireplaces or the like is featured. The fire starter candle includes wax and wick for burning as a kindling device....

20060204915 - Candle accessory: The candle accessory is a frame dimensioned and configured to overhang an upper edge of a candle. The frame has a first end and a second end and may have any shape, including frusto-conical, rectangular, square or oval. The first end is smaller than the second end and the second...

20060204916 - Gas burner for grilling food items: A gas-fired burner includes a ceramic element within which a gas flow is burned to create heat energy. A portion of the ceramic element surface is covered with a mask to limit the combustion area of the ceramic element and thereby facilitate the maintenance of infrared operation while simultaneously reducing...

20060199118 - Method for producing ceramic structure: There is provided a method for producing a ceramic structure, in which a concentration of at least one kind of inflammable gas (gas to be measured) in the combustion furnace is measured upon degreasing, and a condition such as temperature rise speed is adjusted according to a total concentration of...

20060199119 - Multi-ported, internally recuperated burners for direct flame impingement heating applications: A direct flame impingement method and apparatus employing at least one multi-ported, internally recuperated burner. The burner includes an innermost coaxial conduit having a first fluid inlet end and a first fluid outlet end, an outermost coaxial conduit disposed around the innermost coaxial conduit and having a combustion products outlet...

20060199120 - Combustion system with recirculation of flue gas: An improved combustion method and corresponding apparatus is disclosed, where the method includes oxidizing a fuel in a combustion chamber with an oxidizing stream including an air stream and a first recycled flue gas stream and mixing a produced hot flue gas stream with a second recycled flue gas stream...

20060199121 - Limited modulation furnace and method for controlling the same: A limited modulation furnace and a method for controlling the limited modulation furnace using a floating control algorithm are disclosed. The method includes providing a furnace comprising a modulating furnace stage and at least one fixed heat output furnace stage, each fixed heat output furnace stage having an operational status...

20060199123 - Intelligent flame scanner: Techniques for determining a characteristic of a flame are provided by the present invention. Provided are methods as well as devices. A flame is monitored across a contiguous spectral range to detect light emitted by the monitored flame. The contiguous spectral range is segmented into a plurality of discrete ranges,...

20060199124 - Low nox pilot burner and associated method of use: The pilot burner assembly and associated method of use is disclosed. This includes a pilot burner having a top portion, a middle portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion of the pilot burner includes a hood that is positioned adjacent to an igniter and a thermocouple. The middle...

20060199122 - Self diagonostic flame ignitor: Techniques for monitoring operation of a flame ignitor are provided. In one embodiment, multiple inputs are received. The inputs are received from at least one of a first group of inputs and a second group of inputs. The first group includes a flame rod voltage, a stop signal for deactivation...

20060199125 - Furnace, its method of operating and control: The present invention relates to a furnace (10), its method of operation and control. The invention overcomes problems associated with existing furnaces by improving the recovery rate of waste metal. In a preferred embodiment the furnace (10) comprises a cylindrical body of constant internal diameter. The furnace body (12) is...

20060199126 - Gas phase thermal unit: A gas phase thermal unit, which includes an elongated vertically extending tubular housing having an interior cavity, a lower portion and an upper portion. A plurality of radial burner head conduits are positioned within the interior cavity in a lower portion of the housing, each of the conduits having a...

20060199127 - Heating hydrocarbon process flow using flameless oxidation burners: Hydrocarbon streams are heated uniformly and directly using one or more flameless oxidation burners. Flameless oxidation burners may control the temperature within a range of about 50° C. to reduce the tendency to coking due to localized “hot spots”. The hydrocarbon streams, which may be monomer streams, may pass cross-current...

20060199128 - Panel mount electrical connector in a burner enclosure apparatus and method: A panel mount electrical connector in a burner enclosure panel includes an electrical connector receptacle mounted to an enclosure panel of a fuel-burning combustion device, an internal wiring harness, an electrical connector plug that matches the receptacle, and an external wiring harness configured to be coupled to a separate appliance....

20060199129 - Decorative torch for use with pressurized fuel source: A decorative torch produces a luminous flame and can be used on a patio or balcony as an aesthetically pleasing light and/or heat source. A filter received in a passage of a fuel tube minimizes acoustical noise generated by the flow of fuel from a pressurized fuel source. The fuel...

20060199130 - Black smoke generator apparatus and method: An apparatus for generating a black smoke signal is provided. The apparatus includes an acetylene burner assembly that further includes an acetylene delivery structure, a perforated burner head disposed at an end of the acetylene delivery structure, and an electric spark igniter disposed adjacent to the perforated burner head, so...

20060199118 - Method for producing ceramic structure: There is provided a method for producing a ceramic structure, in which a concentration of at least one kind of inflammable gas (gas to be measured) in the combustion furnace is measured upon degreasing, and a condition such as temperature rise speed is adjusted according to a total concentration of...

20060199119 - Multi-ported, internally recuperated burners for direct flame impingement heating applications: A direct flame impingement method and apparatus employing at least one multi-ported, internally recuperated burner. The burner includes an innermost coaxial conduit having a first fluid inlet end and a first fluid outlet end, an outermost coaxial conduit disposed around the innermost coaxial conduit and having a combustion products outlet...

20060199120 - Combustion system with recirculation of flue gas: An improved combustion method and corresponding apparatus is disclosed, where the method includes oxidizing a fuel in a combustion chamber with an oxidizing stream including an air stream and a first recycled flue gas stream and mixing a produced hot flue gas stream with a second recycled flue gas stream...

20060199121 - Limited modulation furnace and method for controlling the same: A limited modulation furnace and a method for controlling the limited modulation furnace using a floating control algorithm are disclosed. The method includes providing a furnace comprising a modulating furnace stage and at least one fixed heat output furnace stage, each fixed heat output furnace stage having an operational status...

20060199123 - Intelligent flame scanner: Techniques for determining a characteristic of a flame are provided by the present invention. Provided are methods as well as devices. A flame is monitored across a contiguous spectral range to detect light emitted by the monitored flame. The contiguous spectral range is segmented into a plurality of discrete ranges,...

20060199124 - Low nox pilot burner and associated method of use: The pilot burner assembly and associated method of use is disclosed. This includes a pilot burner having a top portion, a middle portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion of the pilot burner includes a hood that is positioned adjacent to an igniter and a thermocouple. The middle...

20060199122 - Self diagonostic flame ignitor: Techniques for monitoring operation of a flame ignitor are provided. In one embodiment, multiple inputs are received. The inputs are received from at least one of a first group of inputs and a second group of inputs. The first group includes a flame rod voltage, a stop signal for deactivation...

20060199125 - Furnace, its method of operating and control: The present invention relates to a furnace (10), its method of operation and control. The invention overcomes problems associated with existing furnaces by improving the recovery rate of waste metal. In a preferred embodiment the furnace (10) comprises a cylindrical body of constant internal diameter. The furnace body (12) is...

20060199126 - Gas phase thermal unit: A gas phase thermal unit, which includes an elongated vertically extending tubular housing having an interior cavity, a lower portion and an upper portion. A plurality of radial burner head conduits are positioned within the interior cavity in a lower portion of the housing, each of the conduits having a...

20060199127 - Heating hydrocarbon process flow using flameless oxidation burners: Hydrocarbon streams are heated uniformly and directly using one or more flameless oxidation burners. Flameless oxidation burners may control the temperature within a range of about 50° C. to reduce the tendency to coking due to localized “hot spots”. The hydrocarbon streams, which may be monomer streams, may pass cross-current...

20060199128 - Panel mount electrical connector in a burner enclosure apparatus and method: A panel mount electrical connector in a burner enclosure panel includes an electrical connector receptacle mounted to an enclosure panel of a fuel-burning combustion device, an internal wiring harness, an electrical connector plug that matches the receptacle, and an external wiring harness configured to be coupled to a separate appliance....

20060199129 - Decorative torch for use with pressurized fuel source: A decorative torch produces a luminous flame and can be used on a patio or balcony as an aesthetically pleasing light and/or heat source. A filter received in a passage of a fuel tube minimizes acoustical noise generated by the flow of fuel from a pressurized fuel source. The fuel...

20060199130 - Black smoke generator apparatus and method: An apparatus for generating a black smoke signal is provided. The apparatus includes an acetylene burner assembly that further includes an acetylene delivery structure, a perforated burner head disposed at an end of the acetylene delivery structure, and an electric spark igniter disposed adjacent to the perforated burner head, so...