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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Bruce Crowder, North Haven, CT (US);
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Bruce Crowder, North Haven, CT (US);
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and process for vaporizing and, optionally, igniting a liquid fuel, preferably, a distillate fuel. The apparatus includes the following components: a heat-conductive reticulated screen positioned within a chamber; a first inlet path into the chamber for delivering a liquid fuel onto the screen; a second inlet path into the chamber for contacting an oxidant with the screen and fuel; a means for heating the screen to a temperature sufficient to vaporize and, optionally, ignite the liquid fuel; and a recuperator in fluid communication with the chamber for transferring heat from the chamber to the second inlet path. The apparatus is suitably employed in compact and portable oxidation reactors, for example, in external combustion engines, catalytic partial oxidation reformers, and hybrid combustors operating in flame and/or catalytic modes.