Chemically heated hot emitter generator system
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1. A machine comprising:
- memory storing executable instructions;
means for;
accessing the memory, andexecuting the instructions, andreceiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions controlling exhaust soot content by;
transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger; and
thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber; and
processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions;
whereinsaid means is configured such that said processing includes using the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions; and
an output device for outputting the output.
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Abstract
Method, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, article, and improvements thereto, with particular regard to chemically heated hot emitter electric generators, and support thereof. Illustratively, there can be a machine including: a first computer system including a digital computer operably associated with an input device, a memory, and an output device, the computer programmed to carry out operations including: receiving, as information input at said input device, input representing chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions; computing, from said input, output that can be used for, or to facilitate, operation of chemically heated hot emitter generators.
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1. A machine comprising:
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memory storing executable instructions; means for; accessing the memory, and executing the instructions, and receiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions controlling exhaust soot content by; transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger; and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber; and processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions;
whereinsaid means is configured such that said processing includes using the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions; and an output device for outputting the output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A process comprising:
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at a time subsequent to operation of a computer of a programmed computer system comprising an output device and networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, the operation comprising receiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions controlling exhaust soot content by transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger, and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber, and processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions is related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, to produce output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the chemically heated hot emitter generator is one of said at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, operating said at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator subject to said intermediate indicator; and producing, by an analog detector, intensity measurements of electromagnetic emissions of said at least one other chemically heated hot emitter which are less than or equal to full intensity of said emissions; receiving, by an analog-to-digital converter, and then converting the detected intensity measurements from an analog form to a digital form; and producing therefrom a billing record corresponding to an amount of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions; and outputting, at an output device, the billing record. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A machine comprising:
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a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions arranged to control exhaust soot content by; transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger; and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber; an analog detector arranged to produce intensity measurements of chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions; and an analog-to-digital converter arranged to receive and then convert the detected intensity measurements from an analog form to a digital form; a computing system including a digital computer comprising memory storing executable instructions which when executed, enable the machine to perform the operations of; receiving the digital, detected intensity measurements and transforming the digital, detected intensity measurements to produce therefrom an intermediate indicator of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both; and an output device arranged to output said intermediate indicator. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A machine comprising:
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a first computer system, comprising a first computer, an output device, and networking hardware to connect the first computer system to a network, the first computer system configured to perform the operations of; receiving digital data representing a first chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the first chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions controlling exhaust soot content by, transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger, and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber, and processing the digital data representing the first chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the data representing the first chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions is related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, and which is used in operation of said at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator; a second computing system comprising a second digital computer, arranged to receive chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions output from a third digital computer, the emissions output being a transformation of digitalized, by an analog-to-digital converter, intensity measurements detected from electromagnetic emissions of a chemically heated hot emitter that is one of said at least one hot emitter generator, are produced subject to the intermediate indicator, and are less than or equal to full intensity of said emissions, and then process by the second computer, the output from the third digital computer so as to produce, at an output device, a billing record corresponding to an amount of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. A machine configured to process chemically heated hot emitter generator data so as to produce output, the machine comprising:
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a receiving computer, operably associated with an input device and an output device, which receives an intermediate indicator of chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, from a sending computer, the sending computer operably associated with a second input device and a second output device, wherein; the sending computer is configured to carry out operations including; receiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions controlling exhaust soot content by, transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger, and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber, and processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions is related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions; receiving, at the second input device, digital, detected intensity measurements from an analog-to-digital converter which converted intensity measurements from an analog detector of chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions which are less than or equal to full intensity of said emissions; and
thentransforming the detected intensity measurements in producing therefrom an intermediate indicator of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions; and
thenoutputting, at the second output device, the intermediate indicator of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions; and
whereinthe receiving digital computer is configured to carry out other operations including processing, using the intermediate indicator of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, so as to output a billing record corresponding to an amount of the chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A process of making a machine, the process including:
programming a computer of a computer system, the computer system comprising an output device and networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, with program instructions, which when executed by the computer, enable the computer system to perform the operations of; receiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions arranged to control exhaust soot content by, transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger, and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber, and processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions is related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, and outputting the output at an output device.
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55. Computer-readable, non-transitory media, tangibly embodying program instructions, which when executed, operate on an apparatus including a computer operably associated with an output device and with networking hardware to connect the computer to a network, will cause the apparatus to carry out the operations of:
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receiving digital data representing a chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, the chemically heated hot emitter generator arranged to control exhaust soot content by; transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger; and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber; and processing the digital data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions, wherein the data representing the chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions is related to an intermediate indicator of detected chemically heated hot emitter electromagnetic emissions, the intermediate indicator comprising a hot emitter generator efficiency indicator, a hot emitter generator generating capacity indicator, or both, in producing output which is associated with at least one other chemically heated hot emitter generator of electromagnetic emissions arranged to control exhaust soot content by; transporting air through a heat exchanger, and combining fuel with other air to produce a fuel/air combination before transporting the fuel/air combination through the heat exchanger; and thereafter, mixing said air and said fuel/air combination at a location after the heat exchanger and before or within a combustion chamber; and outputting the output at an output device.
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