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Dual fluid atomizer exit orifice shield gas supply housing

US5271562A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1993
Grant dateDec 21, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23J15/003
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An atomizer used in boilers, furnaces, downstream contaminant removal processes and the like, to atomize the oil/liquid/slurry product being sprayed into such enclosures. This particular atomizer is configured with individual openings around each exit orifice in the atomizer such that a shield gas (normally air) in communication with these openings, is ejected from the atomizer fully surrounding the spray emitted from each exit orifice.

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