Method and apparatus for conditioning liquid hydrocarbon fuels
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F23D-011/44
F23K-005/22
출원번호
US-0213356
(2014-03-14)
등록번호
US-9803854
(2017-10-31)
발명자
/ 주소
Ramotowski, Michael J.
Joklik, Richard
Fuller, Casey
Gokulakrishnan, Ponnuthurai
Eskin, Leo
Gaines, Glenn
Roby, Richard J.
Klassen, Michael S.
출원인 / 주소
LPP COMBUSTION, LLC.
대리인 / 주소
DLA Piper LLP (US)
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In one embodiment of a method for vaporizing liquids such as fuels, the liquid is sprayed into a chamber such that the spray does not impinge on any surface. The energy for vaporization is supplied through the injection of a hot diluent such as nitrogen or oxygen depleted air. Additional heat is add
In one embodiment of a method for vaporizing liquids such as fuels, the liquid is sprayed into a chamber such that the spray does not impinge on any surface. The energy for vaporization is supplied through the injection of a hot diluent such as nitrogen or oxygen depleted air. Additional heat is added through the surface. In another embodiment, the liquid is sprayed onto a hot surface using a geometry such that the entire spray is intercepted by the surface. Heat is added through the surface to maintain an internal surface temperature above the boiling point of the least volatile component of the liquid. The liquid droplets impinging on the surface are thus flash vaporized. A carrier gas may also be flowed through the vaporizer to control the dew point of the resultant vapor phase mixture.
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1. A fuel conditioning unit and combustion device comprising: a cylindrical vaporization chamber, the cylindrical vaporization chamber comprising a sidewall and an end wall;a plurality of nozzles mounted along the sidewall and in fluid communication with a liquid fuel supply, the nozzles being confi
1. A fuel conditioning unit and combustion device comprising: a cylindrical vaporization chamber, the cylindrical vaporization chamber comprising a sidewall and an end wall;a plurality of nozzles mounted along the sidewall and in fluid communication with a liquid fuel supply, the nozzles being configured to spray liquid fuel radially inward into the chamber;at least one diluent gas port in fluid communication with the chamber, the diluent gas port being in fluid communication with a supply of heated diluent gas, the diluent gas port being configured to introduce the diluent gas into the chamber;at least one exit port in fluid communication with the chamber, the exit port providing a path for vaporized liquid fuel to exit the chamber; anda combustor in fluid communication with the exit port;wherein the fuel conditioning unit is configured such that the mixture remains at a temperature above the dew point for the mixture until it is combusted in the combustor; andwherein the heated diluent gas supplies a least a portion of the heat required for vaporization of the liquid fuel, and wherein a mixture of the diluent gas and vaporized liquid fuel has an oxygen content below the limiting oxygen index and has a lower dew point than that of the liquid fuel in the absence of the diluent gas. 2. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the at least one diluent gas port comprises a plurality of diluent gas ports formed in a perforated plate located within the chamber, the perforated plate, the end wall and a portion of the sidewall forming a plenum in fluid communication with the plurality of diluent gas ports and the supply of heated diluent gas. 3. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the chamber sidewall or the chamber end wall is heated. 4. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the diluent gas is inert. 5. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of nozzles is oriented toward a central axis of the vaporization chamber. 6. A method for conditioning a liquid fuel comprising the steps of: spraying the liquid fuel into a cylindrical vaporization chamber through a plurality of nozzles mounted on a sidewall of the chamber and in fluid communication with the chamber such that the liquid fuel does not impinge on any wall of the chamber;supplying a heated diluent gas to the vaporization chamber through at least one diluent gas port in fluid communication with the chamber;receiving a conditioned vaporized fuel gas from at least one exit port in fluid communication with the chamber, the conditioned vaporized fuel gas comprising a mixture of the diluent gas and a vaporized form of the liquid fuel, the conditioned vaporized fuel gas having an oxygen content below the limiting oxygen index and a lower dew point than that of the vaporized form of the liquid fuel in the absence of the diluent gas; andmaintaining the conditioned vaporized fuel above the dew point until the conditioned vaporized fuel is combusted in a combustor in fluid communication with the exit port. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of heating at least a portion of a wall of the chamber. 8. The method of claim 6, wherein the diluent gas is inert. 9. A fuel conditioning unit comprising: a cylindrical vaporization chamber, the cylindrical vaporization chamber comprising a sidewall and an end wall;a plurality of nozzles mounted along the sidewall and in fluid communication with a liquid fuel supply, the nozzles being oriented toward a central axis of the vaporization chamber and configured to spray liquid fuel radially inward into the chamber;at least one diluent gas port in fluid communication with the chamber, the diluent gas port being in fluid communication with a supply of heated diluent gas, the diluent gas port being configured to introduce the diluent gas into the chamber;at least one exit port in fluid communication with the chamber, the exit port providing a path for vaporized liquid fuel to exit the chamber; anda combustor in fluid communication with the exit port;wherein the fuel conditioning unit is configured such that the mixture remains at a temperature above the dew point for the mixture until it is combusted in the combustor; andwherein the heated diluent gas supplies a least a portion of the heat required for vaporization of the liquid fuel, and wherein a mixture of the diluent gas and vaporized liquid fuel has an oxygen content below the limiting oxygen index and has a lower dew point than that of the liquid fuel in the absence of the diluent gas. 10. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 9, wherein the at least one diluent gas port comprises a plurality of diluent gas ports formed in a perforated plate located within the chamber, the perforated plate, the end wall and a portion of the sidewall forming a plenum in fluid communication with the plurality of diluent gas ports and the supply of heated diluent gas. 11. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the chamber sidewall or the chamber end wall is heated. 12. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 9, wherein the diluent gas is inert. 13. The fuel conditioning unit of claim 9, further comprising a combustor in fluid communication with the exit port, wherein the fuel conditioning unit is configured such that the mixture remains at a temperature above the dew point for the mixture until it is combusted in the combustor. 14. A method for conditioning a liquid fuel comprising the steps of: spraying the liquid fuel into a cylindrical vaporization chamber through a plurality of nozzles mounted on a sidewall of the chamber and in fluid communication with the chamber such that the liquid fuel does not impinge on any wall of the chamber, each of the plurality of nozzles bring oriented toward a central axis of the vaporization chamber;supplying a heated diluent gas to the vaporization chamber through at least one diluent gas port in fluid communication with the chamber; andreceiving a conditioned vaporized fuel gas from at least one exit port in fluid communication with the chamber, the conditioned vaporized fuel gas comprising a mixture of the diluent gas and a vaporized form of the liquid fuel, the conditioned vaporized fuel gas having an oxygen content below the limiting oxygen index and a lower dew point than that of the vaporized form of the liquid fuel in the absence of the diluent gas. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of heating at least a portion of a wall of the chamber. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the diluent gas is inert. 17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of maintaining the conditioned vaporized fuel above the dew point until the conditioned vaporized fuel is combusted in a combustor in fluid communication with the exit port.
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