Burner apparatus

US7857616B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TIAX LLC · US

Inventors

• Philip C. Carbone · North Reading, US
• Matthew Brekken · Boston, US
• Peter F. Pescatore · Wakefield, US
• Charles Marble · Brockton, US
• Matthew Rhodes · Waterford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23D2212/101
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A burner apparatus utilizes a reticulated member to promote mixing of a fuel and oxidizer mixture. A plurality of exit ports, disposed on a wall or surface encapsulating the reticulated member, defines exit streams of the mixture that produces flames upon combustion. The burner apparatus have high heating rates and turndown ratios of at least about 18:1.