Piloted rich-catalytic lean-burn hybrid combustor

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:874562

Newburry, Donald Maurice ^[1]

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1. Orlando, FL

A catalytic combustor assembly which includes, an air source, a fuel delivery means, a catalytic reactor assembly, a mixing chamber, and a means for igniting a fuel/air mixture. The catalytic reactor assembly is in fluid communication with the air source and fuel delivery means and has a fuel/air plenum which is coated with a catalytic material. The fuel/air plenum has cooling air conduits passing therethrough which have an upstream end. The upstream end of the cooling conduits is in fluid communication with the air source but not the fuel delivery means.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-95MC32267
• Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
• Patent Number(s): US 6415608
• OSTI ID: 874562
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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