Patent ID: 6224369
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: F23D,F23G,F23K,F23M

Abstract:
A device configured to burn vented fuel from a storage tank of a fuel/oil production site, comprising:a housing defining and substantially enclosing a combustion chamber, the housing having an air inlet configured for allowing air into the combustion chamber, a vented fuel inlet configured for allowing vented fuel into the combustion chamber, and an exhaust gas outlet configured for allowing exhaust gas out of the combustion chamber;a manifold burner, disposed in the housing, configured to convey the vented fuel into the combustion chamber, the manifold burner and exhaust gas outlet defining a direct exhaust gas path extending linearly from the manifold burner to the exhaust gas outlet; anda deflection shield, disposed in the direct exhaust gas path, having a size at least as large as the approximate size of the exhaust gas outlet, configured to substantially deflect exhaust gas and heat produced by the combustion of vented fuel away from the exhaust gas outlet, the deflection shield being displaced from the exhaust gas outlet to create a gap configured to allow exhaust gas to escape the combustion chamber along a nonlinear path, such that exhaust gas and heat produced by the combustion of vented gas are prevented from flowing directly out of the combustion chamber along the direct exhaust path.