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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1982
Filed:
May. 09, 1980
Gordon H Tucker, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Robert E Fitch, Kent, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An afterburner for use as a secondary combustion chamber in a starved-air combustor system to further combust any combustible material in the combustion gas and entrained solid particle material discharge from the combustion chamber of the starved-air combustor system. The afterburner is lined with refractory and includes a diverter plate positioned transversely to the incoming flow of combustion gases. The afterburner is divided into a plurality of reaction zones, each of which has an associated reaction air supply. The diverter plate imparts a cyclonic flow to the combustion gas which is enhanced by air injected in the combustion zones. The temperature of the gas discharged from the afterburner is monitored and the flow of reaction air controlled responsive to changes in discharge gas temperature from a predetermined temperature.