TRIFLUID REACTOR

• Main Authors: RANKIN JANET, HAGEN DAVID L, MCGUIRE ALLAN, GINTER GARY, GOHEEN BILL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2009
• Subjects: AIR; AIR SUPPLY; ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING,OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODSSPACES OF VEHICLES; BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; DRAUGHT-INDUCING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES; FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS; GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METHODSOR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUELOR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ENGINES; SUPPLYING NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID OR GAS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A thermally diluted exothermic reactor system is comprised of numerous orifices distributed within a combustor by distributed perforated contactor tubes or ducts. The perforated contactors deliver and mix diluent fluid and one or more reactant fluids with an oxidant fluid. Numerous micro-jets about the perforated tubes deliver, mix and control the composition of reactant fluid, oxidant fluid and diluent fluid. The reactor controls one or more of composition profiles, composition ratio profiles and temperature profiles in one or more of the axial direction and one or two transverse directions, reduces temperature gradients and improves power, efficiency and emissions.