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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ajay M Madgavkar, Irvine, CA (US);
Roger F Vogel, Butler, PA (US);
Harold E Swift, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3906 ; 60 3 / ; 60723 ; 423245 ; 423247 ; 423248 ;
Abstract
The combustible component of a stream of low heating value gas comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane is combusted using less than a stoichiometric amount of air in the presence of an oxygenation catalyst and the heat energy in the combusted gas is utilized, for example, by expansion in a gas turbine.