Buzz suppression in burners of high capacity direct fired fluid heaters

Patent · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6369458

Ferramola, G D; Zwick, E B; Prawdzik, J M; Brigham, W D

A direct fired burner suitable for use with either high volatility fuels including natural gas and gasoline or low volatility fuels including No.2 Diesel fuel and featuring burner buzz control is described, comprising: a combustion chamber defined by an inner barrel having a closed end and an opposite open end, an outer barrel containing said inner barrel and defining an annular space there between, blower means at one end of said outer barrel for driving a stream of air into said combustion chamber through inlet means in said closed end, fuel injection means, fuel ignition means and swirl inducing means at said closed end for sustaining a combustion flame in said combustion chamber, an exhaust stack for exhausting combustion gases from said inner barrel to the atmosphere, a heat exchanger interposed between said open end of the inner barrel and said exhaust stack downstream of said combustion flame, and means fitted to a discharge opening of said stack away from contact with said combustion flame for partially restricting the aperture of said discharge opening of said exhaust stack whereby buzzing is suppressed within said combustion chamber upstream of said heat exchanger.

• Assignee: Zwick Energy Research Organization, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5215454; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-749748
• OSTI ID: 6369458
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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BLOWERS
BURNERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMBUSTORS
DESIGN
DIESEL FUELS
DISTILLATES
ENERGY SOURCES
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
GAS FLOW
GAS FUELS
GAS OILS
GASES
GASOLINE
HEAT EXCHANGERS
IGNITION
LIQUID FUELS
NATURAL GAS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VORTEX FLOW