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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Lpp Combustion, Llc, Annapolis, MD (US);
Michael J. Ramotowski, Columbia, MD (US);
Richard Joklik, Annapolis, MD (US);
Casey Fuller, Columbia, MD (US);
Ponnuthurai Gokulakrishnan, Columbia, MD (US);
Leo Eskin, Darnestown, MD (US);
Glenn Gaines, Fallston, MD (US);
Richard J. Roby, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael S. Klassen, Columbia, MD (US);
LPP COMBUSTION, LLC., Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of a method for vaporizing liquids such as fuels, the liquid is sprayed into a chamber such that the spray does not impinge on any surface. The energy for vaporization is supplied through the injection of a hot diluent such as nitrogen or oxygen depleted air. Additional heat is added through the surface. In another embodiment, the liquid is sprayed onto a hot surface using a geometry such that the entire spray is intercepted by the surface. Heat is added through the surface to maintain an internal surface temperature above the boiling point of the least volatile component of the liquid. The liquid droplets impinging on the surface are thus flash vaporized. A carrier gas may also be flowed through the vaporizer to control the dew point of the resultant vapor phase mixture.