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公开(公告)号:US10760394B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
申请号:US16206059
申请日:2018-11-30
Applicant: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. , GENERAL ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
Inventor: Benjamin Baird , Sandeep Alavandi , J. Kevin Burns , Bruce Crowder , Brian Kay , Richard Mastanduno , Curtis Morgan , Chester Ledlie Sandberg
IPC: E21B43/243 , E21B36/02 , E21B43/24
Abstract: A system and method of producing oil is provided. The system includes a support module that provides air, water and fuel to a well. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the support module to receive the air, water and fuel. The steam generator includes an injector having a plurality of tubes. The tubes have an outer surface with an oxidation catalyst thereon. The steam generator is configured to divide the supplied air and direct a first portion through the tubes. A second portion of the supplied air is mixed with supplied fuel and directed over the outside of the tubes. The air and fuel is burned in a combustor and water is sprayed on the combustion gases to produce steam. The steam and combustion gases are directed in the direction of the oil reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20150198025A1
公开(公告)日:2015-07-16
申请号:US14594467
申请日:2015-01-12
Applicant: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
Inventor: Benjamin Baird , Sandeep Alavandi , J. Kevin Burns , Bruce Crowder , Brian Kay , Richard Mastanduno , Curtis Morgan , Chester Ledlie Sandberg
IPC: E21B43/243 , E21B36/00
CPC classification number: E21B43/243 , E21B36/02 , E21B43/2408
Abstract: A system and method of producing oil is provided. The system includes a support module that provides air, water and fuel to a well. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the support module to receive the air, water and fuel. The steam generator includes an injector having a plurality of tubes. The tubes have an outer surface with an oxidation catalyst thereon. The steam generator is configured to divide the supplied air and direct a first portion through the tubes. A second portion of the supplied air is mixed with supplied fuel and directed over the outside of the tubes. The air and fuel is burned in a combustor and water is sprayed on the combustion gases to produce steam. The steam and combustion gases are directed in the direction of the oil reservoir.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种生产油的系统和方法。 该系统包括向井提供空气,水和燃料的支撑模块。 蒸汽发生器流体地联接到支撑模块以接收空气,水和燃料。 蒸汽发生器包括具有多个管的喷射器。 管具有其上具有氧化催化剂的外表面。 蒸汽发生器构造成分配供应的空气并且引导通过管的第一部分。 供应的空气的第二部分与供应的燃料混合并且被引导到管的外部。 空气和燃料在燃烧器中燃烧,并且水被喷洒在燃烧气体上以产生蒸汽。 蒸汽和燃烧气体沿储油器的方向被引导。
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公开(公告)号:US11325090B1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-10
申请号:US17097048
申请日:2020-11-13
Applicant: Precision Combustion, Inc.
Inventor: Jeffrey G Weissman , Bruce Crowder , Julian Prada
Abstract: A catalytic solar reactor useful in chemical processes, more particularly, useful in endothermic chemical processes. The reactor comprises a reaction pathway defined by an exterior wall and an interior wall, the exterior wall comprising a solar radiation receiver capable of converting solar radiation into heat and transmitting the heat to the reaction pathway. Further, the reaction pathway has disposed therein, in alternating fashion, a plurality of catalytic elements and a plurality of heat transfer elements. Optionally, a supplementary heater, such as a conventional fossil fuel burner, is disposed in a plenum located within the interior of the reactor. The heater is employed as a supplemental source of heat, for example, when solar radiation is unavailable.
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公开(公告)号:US10001278B1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-19
申请号:US14998388
申请日:2015-12-28
Applicant: Precision Combustion, Inc.
Inventor: Subir Roychoudhury , Richard Mastanduno , Bruce Crowder , David Lang Spence , Francesco Macri , Julian David Prada Bernal
CPC classification number: F23K5/08 , F23D5/126 , F23D17/002 , F23K2900/05081
Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a gas-fired burner on a liquid fuel. The apparatus integrates a catalytic liquid fuel reformer with a flame burner designed for operation on a gaseous fuel of high Wobbe Index, e.g., natural gas. The method involves reacting a mixture of a liquid fuel and oxidant in a catalytic reformer to obtain a gaseous reformate having a low Wobbe Index; and thereafter combusting the gaseous reformate, optionally augmented with liquid co-fuel and oxidant, in the gas-fired burner under diffusion flame conditions. The invention allows commercial gas-fired appliances, such as stoves, ovens, ranges, grills, griddles, stock pot burners, clothes dryers, hot water heaters, and boilers to be operated on a liquid fuel, which offers advantages in logistics and camp operations.
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公开(公告)号:US11722092B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US18080923
申请日:2022-12-14
Applicant: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
Inventor: Subir Roychoudhury , Richard Mastanduno , Francesco Macri , Bruce Crowder
Abstract: A thermophotovoltaic generator incorporating a two-stage combustor for providing heat to a thermophotovoltaic cell. Combustor parts include a partial oxidation reactor, which functions catalytically to convert a hydrocarbon fuel and a first supply of an oxidant into a gaseous partial oxidation product; and further include downstream thereof, a deep oxidation reactor including a premixer plenum fluidly connected to a heat spreader comprising a porous matrix, such as a ceramic foam. Functionally, the deep oxidation reactor converts the gaseous partial oxidation product and a second supply of oxidant into complete combustion products. Heat produced by the two-stage combustor generates radiative energy from a photon emitter, which is directly converted to electricity in a photovoltaic diode cell.
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公开(公告)号:US11666852B1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US17015796
申请日:2020-09-09
Applicant: Precision Combustion Inc.
Inventor: Jeffrey G. Weissman , Bruce Crowder , Richard Mastanduno
IPC: B01D53/04
CPC classification number: B01D53/0438 , B01D53/0431 , B01D53/0446 , B01D2253/102 , B01D2257/406 , B01D2257/504 , B01D2259/40096
Abstract: A regenerable adsorbent system having as constituent parts: a cylindrical perforated plate defining an interior plenum, around which is wrapped at least one layer of sorbent structure supporting a sorbent; and in thermal communication with the sorbent structure is disposed an electrical resistance heater, such as, a heating cable wrapped around the sorbent structure. In one embodiment, the perforated plate includes one or more flow constrictors disposed at a downstream end of the plate. Variations include alternating sections of sorbent structure and heating cable; as well as inserting a porous insulating material to retard heat losses. The system is useful for removing a target compound, such as a contaminant VOC, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, from a fluid flowstream, such as air. When the sorbent is saturated, the system is regenerated by heating the sorbent structure via the electrical resistance heater.
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公开(公告)号:US10738996B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US15988000
申请日:2018-05-24
Applicant: Precision Combustion, Inc.
Inventor: Subir Roychoudhury , Richard Mastanduno , Bruce Crowder , David Lang Spence , Francesco Macri , Julian David Prada Bernal
Abstract: A gas-fired burner adapted for use on a liquid fuel. A method for essentially smokeless start-up and steady state operation of a gas-fired burner on a liquid fuel. The apparatus integrates a catalytic liquid fuel reformer with a flame burner designed for operation on a gaseous fuel of high Wobbe Index, e.g., natural gas. The method involves reacting a mixture of a liquid fuel and oxidant in a catalytic reformer to obtain a gaseous reformate having a low Wobbe Index; and thereafter combusting the gaseous reformate, optionally augmented with liquid co-fuel and oxidant, in the gas-fired burner under diffusion flame conditions. The invention allows commercial gas-fired appliances to be operated on a liquid fuel, thereby offering advantages in logistics and camp operations.
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公开(公告)号:US10273790B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-30
申请号:US14594467
申请日:2015-01-12
Applicant: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. , GENERAL ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
Inventor: Benjamin Baird , Sandeep Alavandi , J. Kevin Burns , Bruce Crowder , Brian Kay , Richard Mastanduno , Curtis Morgan , Chester Ledlie Sandberg
IPC: E21B43/243 , E21B43/24 , E21B36/02
Abstract: A system and method of producing oil is provided. The system includes a support module that provides air, water and fuel to a well. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the support module to receive the air, water and fuel. The steam generator includes an injector having a plurality of tubes. The tubes have an outer surface with an oxidation catalyst thereon. The steam generator is configured to divide the supplied air and direct a first portion through the tubes. A second portion of the supplied air is mixed with supplied fuel and directed over the outside of the tubes. The air and fuel is burned in a combustor and water is sprayed on the combustion gases to produce steam. The steam and combustion gases are directed in the direction of the oil reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US20190100984A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-04
申请号:US16206059
申请日:2018-11-30
Applicant: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. , GENERAL ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
Inventor: Benjamin Baird , Sandeep Alavandi , J. Kevin Burns , Bruce Crowder , Brian Kay , Richard Mastanduno , Curtis Morgan , Chester Ledlie Sandberg
IPC: E21B43/243 , E21B36/02 , E21B43/24
Abstract: A system and method of producing oil is provided. The system includes a support module that provides air, water and fuel to a well. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the support module to receive the air, water and fuel. The steam generator includes an injector having a plurality of tubes. The tubes have an outer surface with an oxidation catalyst thereon. The steam generator is configured to divide the supplied air and direct a first portion through the tubes. A second portion of the supplied air is mixed with supplied fuel and directed over the outside of the tubes. The air and fuel is burned in a combustor and water is sprayed on the combustion gases to produce steam. The steam and combustion gases are directed in the direction of the oil reservoir.
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公开(公告)号:US09903585B1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-27
申请号:US14683527
申请日:2015-04-10
Applicant: Precision Combustion, Inc.
Inventor: Bruce Crowder , Subir Roychoudhury , Richard Mastanduno
CPC classification number: F23C13/02 , F02G1/055 , F02G2254/10 , F23C13/08 , F23R3/40
Abstract: A catalytic burner comprising a burner chamber and a utilization chamber, the burner chamber functionally divided into a fuel-oxidant mixing zone and a catalytic combustion zone. The burner chamber occupies a space disposed between outer and inner tubular walls of the burner. The utilization chamber, which is a space bounded by the inner tubular wall, remains hollow for secondary useful purposes, for example, connection to a heat sink of a Stirling engine and/or incorporation of a second heat source (e.g., solar or geothermal heat source). Auxiliary system components can also be packaged into the utilization chamber. The burner can function in hybrid flame and/or flameless modes, and can further include a recuperator to capture heat by-passing the heat sink.
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