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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Michael R. Powell, Kennewick, WA (US);
Greg A. Whyatt, West Richland, WA (US);
Daniel T. Howe, Pasco, WA (US);
Matthew S. Fountain, Kennewick, WA (US);
Michael R. Powell, Kennewick, WA (US);
Greg A. Whyatt, West Richland, WA (US);
Daniel T. Howe, Pasco, WA (US);
Matthew S. Fountain, Kennewick, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
The efficiency and effectiveness of apparatuses for vaporizing and combusting liquid fuel can be improved using thermal conductors. For example, an apparatus having a liquid fuel vaporizer and a combustion chamber can be characterized by a thermal conductor that conducts heat from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The thermal conductor can be a movable member positioned at an insertion depth within the combustion chamber that corresponds to a rate of heat conduction from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The rate of heat conduction can, therefore, be adjusted by positioning the movable member at a different insertion depth.