Combustor
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NIPPON CHEM PLANT CONSULTANT
- Publication Date
- 2009-09-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a combustor for obtaining a high-temperature gas, e. g., for a fuel reforming apparatus in a compact fuel cell system for family use.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] The combustion gas coming from a combustor of this type should desirably be free from pollutants, namely NOx and unburned fuel and be also the least in the amount of residual oxygen by complete combustion.
[0003] Conventional combustors of this type are known to include (1) a combustor in which air is mixed with a fuel in a concentration within its explosion mixture limits and a resultant mixed gas of air and fuel is ignited by an igniting means such as electric spark to form a flame, followed by continued combustion of the mixed gas; (2) a combustor in which a preheated mixed gas made by mixing a fuel into preheated air is combusted by means of a combustion catalyst; (3) a combustor in which a heating tube in a primary combustor is always externally heated by an auxiliary combusto...