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Gradual oxidation with heat transfer

  • US 9,567,903 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2012
  • Issued: 02/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for oxidizing fuel, comprising:

  • an oxidizer having a reaction chamber with an inlet and an outlet, the reaction chamber configured to receive a gas comprising an oxidizable fuel through the inlet, the oxidizer configured to maintain oxidation of the fuel within the reaction chamber;

    means for drawing heat from the reaction chamber; and

    a controller that outputs instructions to the means for drawing heat from the reaction chamber to draw heat out of the reaction chamber while a calculated adiabatic reaction temperature within the reaction chamber exceeds a flameout temperature, such that an actual temperature within the reaction chamber is reduced to a temperature that does not exceed the flameout temperature.

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