Perforated flame holder and burner including a perforated flame holder
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F23D-014/14
F23C-099/00
F23D-014/20
F23D-014/74
F23D-014/70
F23D-014/84
F23D-023/00
F23C-005/08
F23M-005/02
출원번호
US-0763271
(2014-02-14)
등록번호
US-9857076
(2018-01-02)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2014/016628
(2014-02-14)
국제공개번호
WO2014/127307
(2014-08-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Karkow, Douglas W.
Colannino, Joseph
Krichtafovitch, Igor A.
Breidenthal, Robert E.
Wiklof, Christopher A.
출원인 / 주소
CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
대리인 / 주소
Wiklof, Christopher A.
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초록▼
A perforated flame holder and burner including a perforated flame holder provides reduced oxides of nitrogen (NOx) during operation. The perforated flame holder includes a pattern of elongated apertures extending between a proximal and a distal surface of the flame holder relative to a fuel nozzle.
A perforated flame holder and burner including a perforated flame holder provides reduced oxides of nitrogen (NOx) during operation. The perforated flame holder includes a pattern of elongated apertures extending between a proximal and a distal surface of the flame holder relative to a fuel nozzle. The perforated flame holder can provide a significantly reduced flame height while maintaining heat output from the burner.
대표청구항▼
1. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures ext
1. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda burner tile positioned adjacent to the fuel nozzle and occupying a portion of a distance between the fuel nozzle and the flame holder;wherein the burner tile defines an intermediate flame support surface disposed along the diverging fuel stream and configured to support a flame during at least one of a start-up, a low fuel flow, or an ignition by a primary flame. 2. The burner of claim 1, wherein the fuel nozzle is one of a plurality of fuel nozzles, including a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle; and wherein the proximal side of the flame holder is positioned between 3 inches and 24 inches away from an intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile. 3. The burner of claim 2, wherein the proximal side of the flame holder is positioned between 4 inches and 16 inches away from the intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile. 4. The burner of claim 1, wherein a distance between the fuel nozzle and the proximal side of the flame holder is selected to be sufficient for premixing of a fuel stream outputted by the fuel nozzle and an oxidizer entrained by the fuel stream. 5. The burner of claim 1, wherein the fuel nozzle is one of a plurality of fuel nozzles, including a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle; wherein the primary fuel nozzle is configured to selectably support a primary flame;wherein the secondary fuel nozzle is configured to output a secondary fuel stream;wherein the burner tile is positioned between the primary fuel nozzle and the secondary fuel nozzle; andwherein the primary fuel nozzle is configured to support the primary flame at a trajectory selected to ignite the secondary fuel stream at or near the intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile. 6. The burner of claim 5, wherein the burner tile is configured such that ignition of the secondary fuel stream by the primary flame substantially prevents premixing of the secondary fuel stream with an oxidizer in the premixing region. 7. The burner of claim 5, wherein the selectable support of the primary flame includes selectable attenuation and/or selectable stopping of the primary flame; and wherein the burner tile is configured such that, in the absence of sufficient heat from the primary flame, ignition of the secondary fuel stream at or near the intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile cannot be maintained. 8. The burner of claim 7, wherein the flame holder is configured such that, once initiated, a flame supported by the flame holder maintains ignition while a sufficient mixture of fuel and oxidizer are provided. 9. The burner of claim 5, wherein the primary fuel nozzle is configured to support the primary flame at a trajectory that is selectable between the trajectory selected to ignite the secondary fuel stream at or near the intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile and a trajectory selected to not ignite the secondary fuel stream at or near the intermediate flame support surface of the burner tile. 10. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda burner tile positioned adjacent to the fuel nozzle and occupying a portion of a distance between the fuel nozzle and the flame holder;wherein the fuel nozzle is one of a plurality of fuel nozzles, including a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle; andfurther comprising a primary fuel control valve configured to control fuel flow from a fuel source to the primary fuel nozzle, and a secondary fuel control valve configured to control fuel flow from the fuel source to the secondary fuel nozzle. 11. The burner of claim 10, wherein the primary fuel control valve is configured to control fuel flow from the fuel source to the primary fuel nozzle independently from a flow rate of fuel controlled by the secondary fuel control valve. 12. The burner of claim 10, further comprising a primary fuel pressure control element configured to control pressure of fuel flowing to the primary fuel nozzle. 13. The burner of claim 12, wherein the primary pressure control element is configured to control fuel pressure delivered to the primary fuel nozzle independently from fuel pressure delivered to the secondary fuel nozzle. 14. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda burner tile positioned adjacent to the fuel nozzle and occupying a portion of a distance between the fuel nozzle and the flame holder;wherein the fuel nozzle is one of a plurality of fuel nozzles, including a primary fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel nozzle;and further comprising:a primary deflector configured to control a trajectory of a primary flame supported by the primary fuel nozzle. 15. The burner of claim 14, wherein the primary deflector is configured to control exposure of the secondary fuel stream to heat from the primary flame. 16. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda burner tile positioned adjacent to the fuel nozzle and occupying a portion of a distance between the fuel nozzle and the flame holder;wherein the burner tile is disposed adjacent to a combustion air passage configured to provide a fluid including an oxidizer. 17. The burner of claim 16, wherein the flame holder includes an additional aperture disposed axially to the combustion air passage. 18. The burner of claim 17, wherein the additional aperture in the flame holder has a diameter of between 0.10 and 1.0 times a diameter of the combustion air passage. 19. The burner of claim 18, wherein the additional aperture in the flame holder has a diameter of between 0.4 and 0.8 times the diameter of the combustion air passage. 20. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda burner tile positioned adjacent to the fuel nozzle and occupying a portion of a distance between the fuel nozzle and the flame holder;wherein the flame holder is between 1 inch and 6 inches in thickness between the proximal and distal sides. 21. The burner of claim 20, wherein the flame holder is about 4 inches in thickness between the proximal and distal sides. 22. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; andwherein the plurality of elongated apertures are between 0.25 inch and 0.75 inch in transverse dimension orthogonal to axes of the elongated apertures. 23. The burner of claim 22, wherein the plurality of elongated apertures are between 0.375 inch and 0.50 inch in transverse dimension orthogonal to axes of the elongated apertures. 24. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream; anda flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder;wherein the plurality of elongated apertures are less than about 1.0 inch in transverse dimension orthogonal to axes of the elongated apertureswherein the flame holder is about 4 inches in thickness between the proximal and distal sides. 25. A burner, comprising: a fuel nozzle configured to output a fuel stream;a flame holder disposed away from the fuel nozzle and having a proximal side and a distal side disposed toward and away from the fuel nozzle, respectively, the flame holder further having a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the flame holder from the proximal side of the flame holder to the distal side of the flame holder, the flame holder being configured to support a flame in the plurality of elongated apertures between the proximal side and the distal side of the flame holder; anda flame holder support structure configured to support the flame holder in a combustion volume, positioned to receive the fuel stream;wherein the flame holder support structure is formed at least partially integrally with the flame holder. 26. The burner of claim 25, wherein the flame holder is formed by casting a high temperature material over a portion of the flame holder support structure. 27. The burner of claim 1, wherein the proximal side of the flame holder includes a hard component configured to resist erosion from the fuel stream. 28. A perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction, comprising: a disk-shaped element formed from a high-temperature-compatible material having a distal surface and a proximal surface, and including a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the disk-shaped element from the proximal surface to the distal surface, the disk-shaped element having an X:Y aspect ratio of at least 4:1;wherein the distal surface includes a substantially planar distal surface;wherein the proximal surface includes a substantially planar proximal surface; andwherein the substantially planar distal surface and substantially planar proximal surface are parallel to one another. 29. The perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction of claim 28, wherein the distal surface and the proximal surface define a flame holder thickness. 30. The perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction of claim 29, wherein the flame holder thickness is about 4 inches. 31. A perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction, comprising: a disk-shaped element formed from a high-temperature-compatible material having a distal surface and a proximal surface, and including a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the disk-shaped element from the proximal surface to the distal surface, the disk-shaped element having an X:Y aspect ratio of at least 4:1;wherein the disk-shaped element has an overall toric shape having a central opening and a substantially circular outer rim that is coaxial with the central opening; andwherein each of the plurality of elongated apertures is positioned in one of a plurality of aperture patterns. 32. The perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction of claim 31, wherein the ones of the plurality of elongated apertures positioned in each respective one of the plurality of aperture patterns includes elongated apertures having a plurality of diameters. 33. The perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction of claim 31, wherein each of the plurality of aperture patterns includes a respective number of the plurality of elongated apertures arranged in concentric circles. 34. A perforated flame holder for a combustion reaction, comprising: a disk-shaped element formed from a high-temperature-compatible material having a distal surface and a proximal surface, and including a plurality of elongated apertures extending through the disk-shaped element from the proximal surface to the distal surface, the disk-shaped element having an X:Y aspect ratio of at least 4:1;wherein each of the plurality of elongated apertures is positioned in one of a plurality of coaxial circles with the apertures in each of the plurality of coaxial circles having a respective single diameter; andwherein each of the plurality of elongated apertures has a diameter of no more than 1 inch.
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