Apparatus for the burning of gaseous hydrocarbons and gas-oils

Claim 1

A BURNER FOR HYDROCARBONS, SAID BURNER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN OUTER, VERTICALLY EXTENDING, HEAT-CONDUCTING, CYLINDRICAL SHEEL; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID SHELL IN SEALED RELATION TO A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID SHELL OPENING INTO SAID CHAMBER; A HEAT-CONDUCTING BOTTOM FOR SAID SHELL SLOPING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY TOWARD THE SHELL AXIS; A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY INTO SAID SHELL THROUGH SAID BOTTOM, SAID SHELL AND SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING COAXIAL, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING OPEN AT ITS UPPER AND LOWER ENDS AND HAVING IMPERFORATE SIDE WALLS; A DAMPER ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVELY THERETO FOR REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF INDUCED SECONDARY AIR TO THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER; AN AIR DEFLECTOR ABOVE THE UPPER END OF THE SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FOR CAUSING INDUCED SECONDARY AIR FLOWING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER TO BE DISCHARGED IN THE FORM OF A DIVERGING, ANNULAR STREAM; A HOLLOW, FRUSTOCONICAL FUEL DISTRIBUTOR WITHIN SAID SHELL, SAID DISTRIBUTOR SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND FITTING THE SAME AT ITS UPPER END, THEREBY PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE TRIANGULAR IN CROSS-SECTION BETWEEN THE WALL OF THE DISTRIBUTOR AND THE IMPERFORATE WALL OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER; AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING GAS-OIL TO THE BURNER AT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID INCLINED SHELL BOTTOM, THE WALL OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR AND THE WALL OF SAID SHELL BEING PERFORATED, SO THAT THE GAS-OIL VAPORS RISING FROM THE GAS-OIL WILL FLOW OUTWARDLY FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR IN A DIVERGING, ANNULAR STREAM THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS IN THE DISTRIBUTOR WALL AND MIX WITH A CONVERGING, ANNULAR STREAM OF INDUCED PRIMARY AIR FLOWING INTO THE SHELL THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS IN THE SHELL WALL, THE MIXTURE OF FUEL AND PRIMARY AIR, AS IT RISES UPWARDLY IN THE SHELL, FLOWING INTO THE DIVERGING STREAM OF SECONDARY AIR DISCHARGING FROM THE UPPER END OF THE SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER.