Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor
Abstract
The efficiency and effectiveness of apparatuses for vaporizing and combusting liquid fuel can be improved using thermal conductors. For example, an apparatus having a liquid fuel vaporizer and a combustion chamber can be characterized by a thermal conductor that conducts heat from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The thermal conductor can be a movable member positioned at an insertion depth within the combustion chamber that corresponds to a rate of heat conduction from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The rate of heat conduction can, therefore, be adjusted by positioning the movable member at a different insertion depth.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1126885
- Patent Number(s):
- 8666235
- Application Number:
- 12/945,305
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23D - BURNERS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Powell, Michael R, Whyatt, Greg A, Howe, Daniel T, and Fountain, Matthew S. Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor. United States: N. p., 2014.
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"Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1126885.
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title = {Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor},
author = {Powell, Michael R and Whyatt, Greg A and Howe, Daniel T and Fountain, Matthew S},
abstractNote = {The efficiency and effectiveness of apparatuses for vaporizing and combusting liquid fuel can be improved using thermal conductors. For example, an apparatus having a liquid fuel vaporizer and a combustion chamber can be characterized by a thermal conductor that conducts heat from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The thermal conductor can be a movable member positioned at an insertion depth within the combustion chamber that corresponds to a rate of heat conduction from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The rate of heat conduction can, therefore, be adjusted by positioning the movable member at a different insertion depth.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {3}
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