Patent ID: 8225611
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: F02C,F23C,F23D,F23K,F23L,F23R,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a combustion device, the method comprising the steps of: producing a fuel gas using a liquid fuel comprising hydrocarbon molecules and a diluent gas; premixing the fuel gas with a second gas containing oxygen to produce a gas mixture in a premixing zone located upstream of a combustion zone of a combustion device, the premixing zone being configured such that autoignition of the gas mixture would occur in the absence of the diluent gas; and combusting the gas mixture in the combustion zone of the combustion device; wherein the diluent gas is inert and present in an amount such that reaction of the fuel gas upstream of the combustion zone is substantially suppressed and wherein the liquid fuel is of a composition that would be liquid at room temperature under atmospheric pressure.