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Emission technology

US5137583A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 1991
Grant dateAug 11, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An emission system includes emitter support structure with a plurality of flow passages therethrough and an array of emitter members that are in adjacent relation to the flow passages and that project outwardly from a surface of the support structure with the free ends of the emitter members spaced from one another and from the support structure (in the nature of cut pile or tufted rug structure in particular embodiments), and thermal excitation structure for flowing fuel through the passages and establishing a combustion condition at the surface to heat the emitter members to thermally emissive temperature.

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