Crossed pulse burner atomizer

Claim 2

A steady liquid fuel burner comprising: a combustion chamber; at least one means for creating more than one liquid pulse and for directing each said liquid pulse to travel along a trajectory; said liquid pulser means comprising; means for controlling the quantity of liquid in each liquid pulse, and means for controlling the number of liquid pulses per unit of time; at least one means for creating more than one gas pulse and for directing each said gas pulse to travel along a trajectory whose centerline intersects the centerline of at least one of said liquid pulse trajectories at an angle of approximately ninety degrees, said gas pulser means comprising means for controlling the number of gas pulses per unit of time; means for fastening at least one liquid pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all liquid pulses created by all said liquid pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for fastening at least one gas pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all gas pulses created by all said gas pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for driving and timing said liquid pulser means and said gas pulser means so that each of said liquid pulses is impacted while traveling along said liquid pulse trajectory by at least one of said gas pulses while traveling along said gas pulse trajectories.

Claim 3

A steady liquid fuel burner as described in claim 1, and further comprising: a cavity means for reflecting said gas pulses comprising solid gas pulse reflector surfaces which partially enclose the cavity of said cavity means so that, each of said gas pulses impacts liquid pulses at least twice and each of said liquid pulses is impacted by gas pulses at least twice and so that liquid pulses do not strike said reflector surfaces.

Claim 4

A pulsed liquid fuel burner comprising: a combustion chamber comprising means for delivering combustion air in pulses; at least one means for creating more than one liquid pulse and for directing each said liquid pulse to travel along a trajectory, said liquid pulser means comprising, means for controlling the quantity of liquid in each liquid pulse, and means for controlling the number of liquid pulses per combustion air pulse; at least one means for creating more than one gas pulse and for directing each said gas pulse to travel along a trajectory whose centerline intersects the centerline of at least one of said liquid pulse trajectories at an angle of approximately ninety degrees, said gas pulser means comprising means for controlling the number of gas pulses per combustion air pulse; means for fastening at least one liquid pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all liquid pulses created by all said liquid pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for fastening at least one gas pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all gas pulses created by all said gas pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for driving and timing said liquid pulser means and said gas pulser means so that, each of said liquid pulses is impacted while traveling along said liquid pulse trajectory by at least one of said gas pulses while traveling along said gas pulse trajectories, more than one liquid pulse is created for each combustion air pulse in said combustion chamber, all liquid pulses for any one combustion air pulse are timed to be delivered into said combustion air pulse.

Claim 5

A pulsed liquid fuel burner comprising: a combustion chamber comprising means for delivering combustion air in pulses; at least one means for creating more than one liquid pulse and for directing each said liquid pulse to travel along a trajectory, said liquid pulser means comprising, means for controlling the quantity of liquid in each liquid pulse, and means for controlling the number of liquid pulses per combustion air pulse; at least one means for creating more than one gas pulse and for directing each said gas pulse to travel along a trajectory whose centerline intersects the centerline of at least one of said liquid pulse trajectories at an angle of approximately ninety degrees, said gas pulser means comprising means for controlling the number of gas pulses per combustion air pulse; means for fastening at least one liquid pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all liquid pulses created by all said liquid pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for fastening at least one gas pulser means to said combustion chamber so that all gas pulses created by all said gas pulser means travel along trajectories within said combustion chamber; means for driving and timing said liquid pulser means and said gas pulser means so that, each of said liquid pulses is impacted while traveling along said liquid pulse trajectory by at least one of said gas pulses while traveling along said gas pulse trajectories, more than one liquid pulse is created for each combustion air pulse in said combustion chamber, all liquid pulses for any one combustion air pulse are timed to be delivered into said combustion air pulse.

Claim 6

A pulsed liquid fuel burner as described in claim 3, and further comprising: a cavity means for reflecting said gas pulses comprising solid gas pulse reflector surfaces which partially enclose the cavity of said cavity means so that, each of said gas pulses impacts liquid pulses at least twice and each of said liquid pulses is impacted by gas pulses at least twice and so that liquid pulses do not strike said reflector surfaces.

Claim 7

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 2; wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means are concave, when viewed from the centerline of any said liquid pulse trajectory, within a plane which contains the centerline of said liquid pulse trajectory.

Claim 8

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 2; wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means are concave, when viewed from the centerline of any said liquid pulse trajectory, within a plane which is normal to the centerline of said liquid pulse trajectory.

Claim 9

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 2; wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means comprise a group of stepped segments comprising at least one stepped segment; and further comprising; means for positioning said stepped segments of said reflector around the liquid pulse trajectories centerlines at a distance from said centerlines, so that said distance along any line normal to any said centerline is finite and greater than zero to all said reflector surfaces intersected by said normal line, and so that for each single said segment said distances along a series of lines normal to any one centerline and lying within a plane containing said centerline decrease in the direction of principal motion of said liquid pulses along said centerline to all said segment reflector surfaces intersected by said normal lines.

Claim 10

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 4; wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means are concave, when viewed from the centerline of any said liquid pulse trajectory, within a plane which contains the centerline of said liquid pulse trajectory.

Claim 11

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 4; wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means are concave, when viewed from the centerline of any said liquid pulse trajectory, within a plane which is normal to the centerline of said liquid pulse trajectory.

Claim 12

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 4: wherein said reflector surfaces of said cavity means comprise a group of stepped segments comprising at least one stepped segment; and further comprising; means for positioning said stepped segments of said reflector around the liquid pulse trajectories centerlines at a distance from said centerlines, so that said distance along any line normal to any said centerline is finite and greater than zero to all said reflector surfaces intersected by said normal line, and so that for each single said segment said distances along a series of lines normal to any one centerline and lying within a plane containing said centerline decrease in the direction of principal motion of said liquid pulses along said centerline to all said segment reflector surfaces intersected by said normal lines.

Claim 13

A liquid fuel burner as described in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 wherein: said liquid pulse means increases the number of liquid pulses per unit of time when burner fuel flow rate is to be increased; said gas pulser means increases the number of gas pulses per unit of time when the number of liquid pulses per unit of time is increased.