Reverberatory screen for a radiant burner
Abstract
The present invention relates to porous mat gas fired radiant burner panels utilizing improved reverberatory screens. The purpose of these screens is to boost the overall radiant output of the burner relative to a burner using no screen and the same fuel-air flow rates. In one embodiment, the reverberatory screen is fabricated from ceramic composite material, which can withstand higher operating temperatures than its metallic equivalent. In another embodiment the reverberatory screen is corrugated. The corrugations add stiffness which helps to resist creep and thermally induced distortions due to temperature or thermal expansion coefficient differences. As an added benefit, it has been unexpectedly discovered that the corrugations further increase the radiant efficiency of the burner. In a preferred embodiment, the reverberatory screen is both corrugated and made from ceramic composite material.
- Inventors:
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- North East, MD
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Honeywell Advanced Composites, Inc. (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872683
- Patent Number(s):
- 5989013
- Assignee:
- AlliedSignal Composites Inc. (); Lanxide Technology Company, LP ()
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23D - BURNERS
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-92CE40999
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- reverberatory; screen; radiant; burner; relates; porous; mat; gas; fired; panels; utilizing; improved; screens; purpose; boost; overall; output; relative; fuel-air; flow; rates; embodiment; fabricated; ceramic; composite; material; withstand; operating; temperatures; metallic; equivalent; corrugated; corrugations; add; stiffness; helps; resist; creep; thermally; induced; distortions; due; temperature; thermal; expansion; coefficient; differences; added; benefit; unexpectedly; discovered; increase; efficiency; preferred; thermally induced; expansion coefficient; flow rates; ceramic composite; thermal expansion; preferred embodiment; flow rate; air flow; composite material; operating temperature; operating temperatures; radiant burner; reverberatory screen; gas fired; radiant output; composite mat; /431/126/501/
Citation Formats
Gray, Paul E. Reverberatory screen for a radiant burner. United States: N. p., 1999.
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title = {Reverberatory screen for a radiant burner},
author = {Gray, Paul E},
abstractNote = {The present invention relates to porous mat gas fired radiant burner panels utilizing improved reverberatory screens. The purpose of these screens is to boost the overall radiant output of the burner relative to a burner using no screen and the same fuel-air flow rates. In one embodiment, the reverberatory screen is fabricated from ceramic composite material, which can withstand higher operating temperatures than its metallic equivalent. In another embodiment the reverberatory screen is corrugated. The corrugations add stiffness which helps to resist creep and thermally induced distortions due to temperature or thermal expansion coefficient differences. As an added benefit, it has been unexpectedly discovered that the corrugations further increase the radiant efficiency of the burner. In a preferred embodiment, the reverberatory screen is both corrugated and made from ceramic composite material.},
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