Patent ID: 9551487
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F01K,F23D,H02K

Claim:
1. A fuel burner system comprising: a housing comprising a flue at an upper end of the housing; a burner positioned within the housing, the burner configured to burn gas to produce burned gas and output radiant heat; a gas valve controlled by the system to regulate the flow of gas to the burner; and a heat exchanger positioned within the housing, the heat exchanger associated with a thermal cycle to receive the radiant heat output by the burned gas and to heat a thermal fluid of the thermal cycle with the radiant heat, the heat exchanger positioned out of a convective heat flow from the burner, wherein the burner is positioned between the flue and the heat exchanger to flow the burned gas upwards to the flue and to direct the radiant heat downwards to the heat exchanger.