Patent ID: 6708481
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: F23D,F23K,F23N

Abstract:
A liquid fuel burner for combusting a fuel from a fuel supply and air from an air supply, the fuel and air combined to form a fuel-air mixture, the liquid fuel burner comprising:a. a fuel injector for injecting the fuel from the fuel supply into the air in a throat of the burner so that the fuel and air mix forming a fuel-air mixture, the fuel injector including: i) a fast acting valve to provide a pulsed flow of fuel; and ii) a nozzle coupled to the valve for receiving and atomizing the pulsed flow of fuel; b. a combustion chamber coupled to the throat of the burner for receiving the fuel-air mixture, the combustion chamber having an igniter to ignite the fuel-air mixture; and c. a fuel controller coupled to the fuel supply and the fuel injector, for governing a rate of fuel delivery by controlling the duration of an opening period of the valve.