Method and apparatus for conditioning liquid hydrocarbon fuels
CA 2831944 C · Owner: Lpp Combustion, Llc · Inventors: Joklik, Richard G.; Eskin, Leo D.; Gokulakrishnan, Ponnuthurai
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The described fuel conditioning unit includes a vaporization chamber a heating element attached to a sidewall of the vaporization chamber and at least one fuel nozzle, mounted on an end wall of the vaporization chamber in fluid communication with a liquid fuel supply to produce a spray with a spray angle such that all of the spray impinges on an interior surface of the sidewall. At least one diluent gas port is in fluid communication with the vaporization chamber and a supply of diluent gas. The heating element is configured to heat a portion of the sidewall upon which the spray impinges to a temperature sufficient to flash vaporize the liquid fuel spray as it contacts the sidewall and the …
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- Filed December 8, 2005 and granted May 31, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 8, 2025.
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