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Variable residence time vortex combustor

  • US 4,702,073 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1986
  • Issued: 10/27/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A variable residence time vortex combustor comprising:

  • a primary combustion chamber for containing a combustion vortex;

    a plurality of louvres peripherally disposed about said primary combustion chamber and longitudinally distributed along its primary axis, said louvres inclined to impel air about said primary combustion chamber to cool its interior surfaces and to impel air inwardly to assist in driving the combustion vortex in a first rotational direction and to feed combustion in said primary combustion chamber;

    a second combustion chamber including a secondary zone; and

    said primary combustion chamber further including a narrowed waist region, interconnecting the output of said primary combustion chamber with said secondary zone for passing only lower density particles and trapping higher density particles in the combustion vortex in said primary combustion chamber for substantial combustion.

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