Colored Flame Device Using Magnetic Acceleration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing colored flame emitting devices are limited in size, spectrum, and duration, failing to produce extended, vibrant, and varied colors for enhanced visual effects in displays.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a fuel source, ignition assembly, flame coloring assembly, accelerator, and controller, which ignites a fuel mixture, adds coloring agents, and uses an accelerator to direct and prolong the combustion, emitting colored flames of variable lengths and hues by controlling the ignition, coloring agent addition, and acceleration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If existing colored flame emitting devices are used, then the device structure is simple, but the flame length is limited and duration is short
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional modules: fuel source, ignition assembly, flame coloring assembly, accelerator, and controller. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to produce long-duration colored flames, resolving the contradiction between increased flame length and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The fuel is prepared and positioned in advance in the fuel source, and the coloring agents are pre-positioned in the flame coloring assembly. This preliminary preparation enables the system to generate extended flames without requiring complex real-time adjustment mechanisms, thus increasing flame length while maintaining manageable device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing colored flame emitting devices are used, then the device structure is simple, but the color spectrum is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The flame coloring assembly is designed to accommodate multiple types of coloring agents that can produce different colors and hues. This multi-functional capability allows a single device structure to generate a broad color spectrum, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system can change the type and concentration of coloring agents to produce different colors and hues. By varying these parameters, the device achieves a broad color spectrum without requiring fundamentally different device structures, thus resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
3Duration of action of moving object
If existing colored flame emitting devices are used, then the device structure is simple, but the flame duration is short
Solution Approach 1:
The accelerator continuously propels the fuel-coloring agent mixture through the combustion chamber, ensuring uninterrupted combustion and extended flame duration. The controller maintains continuous operation of the fuel source and accelerator, resolving the contradiction between flame duration and device complexity through sustained operational control.
Solution Approach 2:
The fuel is pre-stored in the fuel source and the coloring agents are pre-positioned in the flame coloring assembly, enabling prolonged operation without frequent refilling or adjustment. This preliminary preparation extends flame duration while keeping the device structure manageable.
4Adaptability or versatility
If coloring agents are added to extend color spectrum, then color variety is improved, but combustion reaction speed increases
Solution Approach 1:
The accelerator acts as an intermediary that controls the introduction and mixing of coloring agents with the fuel. By regulating this interaction, the system achieves broad color variety while maintaining controlled combustion speed, resolving the contradiction between color variety and combustion reaction speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The concentration and type of coloring agents are adjusted as controllable parameters. By optimizing these parameters, the system achieves diverse colors while managing the combustion reaction speed, thus resolving the contradiction between color variety and combustion speed.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device produces longer-lasting, larger, and more vibrant colored flames, capable of emitting a broad spectrum of colors and hues, enhancing visual and other display effects.
Implementation Method 1
fuel is ignited
Implementation Method 2
the ignited fuel/coloring agent mixture is directed to an accelerator which may emit the colored flames from the device
Implementation Method 3
the addition of coloring agents, such as salts, which impart a color to the flame emitted from the device
Implementation Method 4
the addition of an inter gas, such as argon, to slow down the combustion reaction upon ignition so that the emitted colored flame may have a longer duration
Data Source
AI summary
A device that emits colored flames is disclosed. The device may include one or more electromagnetic coils within a housing. A fuel source may provide fuel such as hydrogen to an igniter at the input to the electromagnetic coil. The fuel may be ignited and a current may flow through the coil that may create a magnetic field. The ignited fuel may ionize creating an electric current that may accelerate the combusting particles through the coil. The current may create a magnetic field that may force the ionized particles into cyclotron orbits. Coloring additive such as salts may be added to the combusting fuel to provide color to the resulting flames.