Apparatus for atomizing liquid fuels for the combustion process

Claim 1

In combination with a steam, air or other conventional atomizing medium/liquid fuel burner nozzle capable of passing large volumes of liquid fuel, having a liquid supply conduit to an inner body at its forward end, having means to supply and introduce atomizing medium into the inner body for the purpose of decreasing the fuel density and producing a rotary action to the fuel and having means to impinge atomizing medium tangentially onto and into the exiting stream to externally atomize the liquid with a resultant pattern in the shape of a solid cone, the improvements comprising: a. a singular fuel passage through said inner body with a flow area that is larger than that of the fuel supply conduit and having an exit portion that is between about one half and about one times that of the supply conduit. b. a plurality of ports extending inwardly from said atomizing supply means and in communication tangentially with the internal volume of said inner body in advance of the exit portion, c. a plurality of ports extending inwardly from said atomizing supply means and in communication tangentially with the exit of said singular fuel passage.