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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William B Maynard, Voorheesville, NY (US);
George Riecke, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Technology Incorporated, Latham, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
431302 ; 60524 ; 431309 ;
Abstract
A hollow ceramic fiber wick is used for combustion of diesel or other liquid fuels in a small combustor. Fuel and air are provided to the hollow ceramic wick by a positive-displacement fuel pump and a positive-displacement air blower driven by a common microprocessor-controlled driveshaft. A first portion of the air is provided directly to the wick while a second portion of the air is communicated by passageways outwardly concentric from the wick holder to a swirler chamber near the tip of the wick within the combustion chamber.