Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor

Powell, Michael R; Whyatt, Greg A; Howe, Daniel T; Fountain, Matthew S

Title: Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor

Patent · Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI ID:1126885

Powell, Michael R; Whyatt, Greg A; Howe, Daniel T; Fountain, Matthew S

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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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)

Patent Number(s):: 8,666,235

Application Number:: 12/945,305

OSTI ID:: 1126885

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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