Patent ID: 9046263
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: F23C

Abstract:
1. A burner comprising: a casing comprising a lower wall, an upper wall and a cylindrical side wall formed between the lower and upper walls and enclosing a combustion chamber; the combustion chamber; a plate separating the combustion chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, with an annular gap between the plate and the cylindrical wall providing communication between the lower and upper chambers; the plate including one or more apertures, each aperture being in fluid communication with a gas supply and wherein gas is provided to the combustion chamber through the one or more apertures; a tangential gas inlet formed in the cylindrical wall of the combustion chamber; a fuel delivery system configured to deliver fuel into the tangential air inlet; and an exhaust port formed in the upper wall of the combustion chamber; wherein gas is delivered into the combustion chamber at a velocity and flow rate and mixes with fuel delivered from the fuel delivery system such that a clean flame burns in the combustion chamber, where a clean flame is substantially free of unburned particulate matter.