Burner systems
Abstract
A burner system particularly useful for downhole deployment includes a tubular combustion chamber unit housed within a tubular coolant jacket assembly. The combustion chamber unit includes a monolithic tube of refractory material whose inner surface defines the combustion zone. A metal reinforcing sleeve surrounds and extends the length of the refractory tube. The inner surface of the coolant jacket assembly and outer surface of the combustion chamber unit are dimensioned so that those surfaces are close to one another in standby condition so that the combustion chamber unit has limited freedom to expand with that expansion being stabilized by the coolant jacket assembly so that compression forces in the refractory tube do not exceed about one-half the safe compressive stress of the material; and the materials of the combustion chamber unit are selected to establish thermal gradient parameters across the combustion chamber unit to maintain the refractory tube in compression during combustion system start up and cool down sequences.
- Inventors:
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- Marblehead, MA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865080
- Patent Number(s):
- 4459101
- Application Number:
- 06/296,322
- Assignee:
- Foster-Miller Associates, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
- DOE Contract Number:
- 13-0246A
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- burner; systems; particularly; useful; downhole; deployment; tubular; combustion; chamber; unit; housed; coolant; jacket; assembly; monolithic; tube; refractory; material; inner; surface; defines; zone; metal; reinforcing; sleeve; surrounds; extends; length; outer; dimensioned; surfaces; close; standby; condition; limited; freedom; expand; expansion; stabilized; compression; forces; exceed; one-half; safe; compressive; stress; materials; selected; establish; thermal; gradient; parameters; maintain; start; cool; sequences; chamber unit; thermal gradient; refractory material; combustion zone; combustion chamber; particularly useful; inner surface; outer surface; compressive stress; compression forces; compression force; sleeve surround; downhole deployment; /431/166/
Citation Formats
Doherty, Brian J. Burner systems. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Doherty, Brian J. Burner systems. United States.
Doherty, Brian J. Tue .
"Burner systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865080.
@article{osti_865080,
title = {Burner systems},
author = {Doherty, Brian J},
abstractNote = {A burner system particularly useful for downhole deployment includes a tubular combustion chamber unit housed within a tubular coolant jacket assembly. The combustion chamber unit includes a monolithic tube of refractory material whose inner surface defines the combustion zone. A metal reinforcing sleeve surrounds and extends the length of the refractory tube. The inner surface of the coolant jacket assembly and outer surface of the combustion chamber unit are dimensioned so that those surfaces are close to one another in standby condition so that the combustion chamber unit has limited freedom to expand with that expansion being stabilized by the coolant jacket assembly so that compression forces in the refractory tube do not exceed about one-half the safe compressive stress of the material; and the materials of the combustion chamber unit are selected to establish thermal gradient parameters across the combustion chamber unit to maintain the refractory tube in compression during combustion system start up and cool down sequences.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
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