Patent ID: 8926917
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B01D,F02C,F02G,F05D,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An oxidizer for oxidizing fuel, comprising: a reaction chamber having (i) one or more inlets that are configured to direct at least one gas of fuel, oxidants, or diluents, into the reaction chamber and (ii) one or more outlets that are configured to direct reaction products from the reaction chamber; a regulator that is configured to maintain a temperature of one or more of the at least one gas, at or before the one or more inlets, to be below an autoignition temperature of a resulting mixture, within the reaction chamber, that comprises the at least one gas of fuel, oxidants, or diluents; a heat exchanger, positioned within the reaction chamber, configured to heat the incoming resulting mixture at or near the one or more inlets, such that a temperature of the resulting mixture inside the reaction chamber is increased above the autoignition temperature; a heat extractor that removes heat from the reaction chamber after the mixture inside the reaction chamber is increased above the autoignition temperature; and a controller, comprising: a correction module that outputs instructions, based on the detection module, to change a removal of heat from the reaction chamber by the heat extractor to maintain an adiabatic temperature within the reaction chamber above the flameout temperature of the mixture and a maximum reaction temperature within the reaction chamber below the flameout temperature of the mixture.