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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shahrokh Etemad, Trumbull, CT (US);
Lance L Smith, North Haven, CT (US);
Hasan Ul Karim, Hamden, CT (US);
Gregory Scott Jackson, Greenbelt, MD (US);
William C Pfefferle, Madison, CT (US);
Assignee:
Precision Combustion, Inc., New Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
431228 ; 431-8 ; 431-9 ; 431 11 ; 431115 ; 431247 ; 431268 ; 60723 ; 60736 ; 60738 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for increasing the reactivity of a fuel/air mixture prior to homogenous combustion of the mixture. More specifically, this invention is a pilot for a gas turbine combustor which utilizes the heat of combustion within the pilot to increase the reactivity of a portion of the fuel/air mixture utilized by the pilot.