Combustion inventions 10/06

20060240368 - Gas induction bustle for use with a flare or exhaust stack: A bustle for use on a flare or an exhaust stack of, for example, a landfill gas treatment system, efficiently transfers gas from the stack to a waste heat recovery system associated with the landfill gas treatment system without substantially affecting the operation of the landfill gas treatment process. The...

20060240369 - Waste heat recovery system: A waste heat recovery system is coupled to a flare or exhaust stack of, for example, a landfill gas treatment system, to recover at least a portion of the energy within the exhaust produced by the gas treatment system and provides the recovered energy either indirectly or directly to a...

20060240370 - Combustion method and apparatus: A burner has a port facing into a combustion chamber along an axis. A secondary fuel injector structure has secondary fuel injection ports that face into the combustion chamber at locations spaced radially outward from the burner port. A tertiary fuel injector structure has tertiary fuel injection ports that face...

20060240371 - Cover for a candle warmer: An apparatus for a candle warming device is disclosed for providing a decorative covering over the candle warming device and for supporting a wax-filled glass candle placed upon a candle warmer. The cover includes a perimeter wall having a base portion defining a first interior surface contour that is generally...

20060234171 - Fuel gas calorie control method and device: Calories of a first mixed gas are predicted by calculations based on the mixed flow rate of a blast furnace gas and the mixed flow rate of a converter gas measured by flow meters, and preset blast furnace gas calories and converter gas calories; the flow rate ratio of the...

20060234173 - Carrier air heating system for scr: A heat exchanger is provided in an air duct between an air heater and a windbox of a combustion means such as a boiler. Dilution air is carried to the heat exchanger from a dilution air fan in a separate duct. The heat in the air from the air heater...

20060234172 - Method for combusing fuel in a fired heater: A method for combusting fuel in a fired heater having one or more burners, the method. comprising: (a) combusting at least a portion of the fuel in the. presence of an oxidizer in the burners, generating heat and producing a flue gas; and. (b) recycling at least a portion. of...

20060234174 - Use of recirculated exhaust gas in a burner-based exhaust generation system for reduced fuel consumption and for cooling: A burner-based exhaust gas generation system, for producing exhaust gas, typically for use in testing exhaust system devices. Post-burner exhaust gas is recirculated back to a main exhaust line, and used for purposes such as cooling or enhancing the burner output....

20060234175 - Air quality sensor/interruptor: An air quality sensor and interrupter system includes an air quality sensor to measure the air quality around a gas appliance and an appliance shut-off device to turn off the gas appliance in response to a signal from the sensor indicating unsafe air. Unsafe air can be indicated by a...

20060234176 - Burner shut off: A burner shutoff for a burner, the burner shutoff including a solenoid moveable between an open position permitting fuel supply to the burner and a closed position cutting off fuel supply to the burner. The burner shutoff including a thermocouple in communication with the solenoid, wherein the thermocouple producing a...

20060234177 - Time knob for gas and electric heater: A timer knob arrangement for a heater includes an ignition button and a timer control. The ignition button is rotatably switched between a switched off position and an operation position with respect to an operation pin of the heater. The timer control includes a power unit, a runner wheel driven...

20060228658 - Apparatus and method for testing combustion: A sensor 11 detects the acoustic pressure at a first location in a combustion chamber 7 of a test rig 1 and produces an input signal which is a function of the acoustic pressure. A controller 13 receives the input signal and produces an output signal which is a function...

20060228659 - Lighter: A lighter having at least one retention section for reversibly retaining a consumable is disclosed. Consumables include cigarettes and other tobacco-delivery systems. The consumable may be retained frictionally, or a cap may be used to maintain the consumable within the retention section. A method of manufacturing such a lighter is...

20060228660 - Hot wire igniter: A hot wire igniter for igniting a gaseous or atomized fuel is disclosed. The coil of the hot wire igniter is formed from a thin high temperature, iron, chromium, aluminum alloy having a center section that is tightly wound. The coil turns initially do not touch one another and each...

20060223014 - System for controlling air/fuel ratio in a gas flow containing gaseous fuel: A system for controlling air/fuel ratio in an air/fuel mixture supplied to a premix burner for gaseous fuels includes a blower (310) for inducting and pressurising combustion air, a Venturi-pipe (330) for governing a rate of gas to be mixed into the combustion air, and a pressure regulator (230) interconnecting...

20060223015 - Heat treatment method and heat treatment apparatus: In a heat treatment method for supplying transforming gas and enriched gas inside a furnace and heat treating a workpiece inside the furnace, feedback control of carbon potential is performed by operating a supply flow rate of the enriched gas based on carbon potential inside the furnace, the feedback control...

20060223016 - Candle finial: The candle finial is a decorative, ornamental body having a base end, a top end, a central section, and a cavity extending from the base end into the central section. The cavity is an inverted opening defined within the body and is dimensioned and configured to receive a candlewick. The...

20060223017 - Safety control switch for an ignition device: A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and the housing,...

20060223018 - Safety lighter: A safety lighter comprises a main body having a sealed pressurized storage chamber for storing fuel for supplying the fuel; a fuel spraying head protrudes from the pressurized storage chamber for opening and closing the pressurized storage chamber; wherein in a first position of the fuel spraying head, the pressurized...