SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLAME STABILIZATION AND CONTROL

• Main Authors: HAMER, Andrew, KLASSEN, Michael, VASHISHAT, Diwakar, BATTAGLIOLI, John, JOKLIK, Richard, ROBY, Richard
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Hungarian
• Published: 28.03.2022
• Subjects: AIR SUPPLY; BLASTING; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; DRAUGHT-INDUCING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS; FLUES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION; REMOVAL OR TREATMENT OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OR COMBUSTIONRESIDUES; STEAM ENGINES; SUPPLYING NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID OR GAS; WEAPONS

A system and method for providing continuous measurement and control of a combustion device by altering the fuel composition delivered thereto. The system includes devices for sensing combustion characteristics or other device characteristics, and controlling the performance of the combustion device based on the sensed information. Performance control occurs via addition of one or more additives to the fuel to adjust combustion characteristics. Via such sensing and performance control, consistent combustion device performance may be maintained, despite varying fuel characteristics. In one variation,-characteristics of the combustion device in operation, such as flame characteristics, are sensed and used to adjust fuel characteristics via iterative addition of one or more additives.