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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Matthew James Watson, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Douglas Jay Strange, Kutztown, PA (US);
Joseph Keith Juretus, Quakertown, PA (US);
Kevin Alan Lievre, Allentown, PA (US);
Matthew James Watson, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Douglas Jay Strange, Kutztown, PA (US);
Joseph Keith Juretus, Quakertown, PA (US);
Kevin Alan Lievre, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for continuation of combustion with a combustion apparatus when the supply of the normal operating oxidant or normal operating fuel is disrupted, or temporally reduced. Air or oxygen enriched air or oxygen and a gaseous fuel or a liquid fuel or both a gaseous and liquid fuel are introduced into the combustion apparatus in place of the normal oxidant-fuel mixture to effect combustion and maintain the heating level in the furnace. A burner capable of firing in any one of the following nine firing modes: Air-Gas; Air-Oxy-Gas; Oxy-Gas; Air-Oil; Air-Oxy-Oil; Oxy-Oil; Air-Oil-Gas; Air-Oxy-Oil-Gas; Oxy-Oil-Gas.