US1325062A - Gas generating and heating apparatus - Google Patents

Description

J. W. WALKER. 1n.-

GAS GENERATING AND HEATING APPARATUS.

v APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 19m. RENEWED Nov. 6. m9.

1,325,062. A Patented Dec. 16,1919.

INVENTOR l/WWE I kET JR.

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,- nnirED f- JAMES WILL-1AM WALKER, an, OFWINSTONT-ISALEM, nonfrnciinomna. V

eescnnnnnrme Ann mama Arrhenius Specification of Iietters Patent. Patenfe'd bec; 16,1919;

Applicationfiled March s, 1918, seriai'no. 220,839. Renewed November fe,"j191ef ea- No. 336,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WILLIAM WALKER, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at 509 Slade street, instoneSalem, North Carolina, U. S. A., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Gas Generating and Heating Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is. a full, clear, and exact description of the same. r The present invention relates to animproved gas generating apparatus, especially designed to generate a gas, preferably from petroleum, which may be utilized for heating and illuminating purposes, and which may also be usedfor other purposes,

The invention. has for its primaryo'bject to produce a gas from petroleum or the like which will have greater heatingproperties than that now obtained. 7

A further object is to produce the maximum amount of heat from petroleum by adding or combining with the petroleum vapors oxygen-containing vapors or gases, such for instance as the gas derived ,by heating chlorate of potassium, etc... Another object-is to provide a gas mi ture that will not clog or obstruct a burner,

if used for heating, by the accumulation of carbon, by causing the carbon and its bye-products to pass through the burner openings in the form of a carbon-dioxid gas by reason of its splitting the steam andcom: bining the oxygen of such steain'with-the heated carbon. I I

The invention consists in mixing? the petroleum vapor with oxygen or other gases ous substance that will increase the'heating properties of the petroleum gas, preferably by first beating themindependently .to the point where they have about an. equal vol,a-. tility, when they will readilycombine; These gases may also be produced ,ina common chamber and heatedsufliciently to unite. But this is facilitated by' breaking up the superheated gases by a means of strands of metal inthe shape of netting, or by means of a plurality of mineral strands that willnot melt underthe. intense heat.

Thus the gas derived from the petroleum 'ingsl metallic ne a heating apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention will be described; V Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a retort and burner, disclosing two gas heating chambers. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspec i've view of a reservoir 6 for holding petroleum and water to be used in connection with the apparatus shownin I I Fig .f8 is a perspective view of a retort and burner of similar construction to that disclosed in- Fig. -1 but modified in as much as a supplementaryjgas heatingjchamber is provideriLg Fig. 4 isa cross section online A -A .'o f' Like numerals of reference indicate'correspondingparts in [each figure. In the drawin s, ilfandQ are horizontal tubes preferably parallel in relation to one another, and forming independentgasheat- Y ing chambers, said "tubes being secujred at one end to a mixingchamber 3Q: vertical pipe4 is secured'atone end to said mixing chamber 3,]a'i1d 5 'i's a horizontal tube, paral lel with said, tubes lan'd2, and connected atone end to said vertical tube lf. one-qr more holes 6 are 'PTOYlClQCl in the uppcrlsurface ofsa-id'tube 5 to provide suitable burner openings. A tray 7 isjprdvided below said tube 5 andis adapted to support the appa ratus by 'meansffof a verticalleg' '8 to which is securedione end of; the tube 5.11Tl1'ei tray 7 {is providedwith a plurality' of perfora-' t 0ns9. f f 1 'f.

At one end of feaclnofthe tubesfl and '2 is provided. a well "1( and ll and l2 are supplypipes'leading to saidftubes l,,and 2 fromthetanks l3 andjlefrespectively, The 7 tubes 1i and 2, the chamber J 3, [the pip 3 nd th etort pip'eare fil ed th a' packing of coarse/sand 15 (preferably a mineral sand)- or with; strands of asbestos, which will serve as'a wick andcause an even feeding. oi the gas to the burner open- 'ttf'ilei-l iiis new 1 vide iin eg d ube ion a ap the an: perheate'd gasesjandcn ,then 't'o' mix, thus facili ating-their u io' ix-bane, l't

l 115 pro ded lab n' a h. burn enemas. to spread" with; defl th flames 335F116. as re ires, Said "h eles being secured to" the tubes 1 and" 2 in any suitable way. I

The tank or reservoir 13 is preferably,

adapted to contain petroleum and is provided with a receiving tube 18 and funnel 19. This tube 18 is disposed in line with and connected to the adjacent portion of the supply pipe 11, and communicates in some suitable manner (not shown) at its lower end with the interior of the tank, so that the petroleum in thelatter enters said' tube 18 by way of such communication and then passes into the pipe 11; and in this respect it is similar to the construction shown and described in my prior application, Serial No. 217,696, filed February 16, 1918, to .which reference may be had.

The tank or reservoir 14 is preferably provided with a strainer, and adapted to receive water.

Controlling valves 20 are provided on the pipes 11 and 12, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The operation of the invention will be clearly understood from the following: The valves 20 are turned on and the asbestos waste in the tray 7 having been ignited, will heat the retort 5 and tubes 1 and 2. The petroleum enters the heated tube or chamber simultaneously with the water in the tube or chamber 2, and both are heated so that they will be turned into gas. The gases formed then pass into the mixingchamber 3 where they unite or combine and then pass through the burner openings 6. It may be preferable at first, to start with the petroleum in order to properly heat up the tubes 1 and 2 and then to gradually turn on the valve controlling the water supply.

By combining a proper proportion of oxygen with the carbon, an intense heat will be obtained with a minimum of petroleum.

In the modification disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings -a supplementary-gas heating chamber 21 is provided consisting of a tube secured at one end to the mixing chamber 8 in which chamber may be provided a substance such as chlorate of potassium which will be simultaneously heated with the petroleum and water, thereby increasing the amount of oxygen supplied.

It will be readily understood that without departing from the spirit of the invention one gas heating chamber may beused, which could be filled or supplied with oxygen, or with any other substance having similar properties where it will mix with the petro leum and thereby dispense with the mixing chamber 3.

It may also be stated that the apparatus herein described may be altered without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is here illustrated to better understand the process of increasing the heating properties of petroleum gas or the like.

It will be readily seen that a gas of high heating and illuminating properties will be obtained, as well as agas particularly cheap and manufactured at a minimum cost. This gas may also be employed, as already men tioned, for various other purposes in which gas is used. An important vfeature of the gas is that the carbon being so treated will not clog or obstruct as it usually happens especially in ordinary petroleum gas.

lVhat I claim is:

1. An apparatus for producing and burning gas, comprising a pair of horizontal tubular heating chambers arranged side by side in parallel relation, a hydrocarbon supply tank connected directly to one end of one of said chambers, a water supply tank connected directly to the corresponding end of the other chamber, a mixing chamber into which both chambers directly open at the other end thereof, a single perforated horizontal burner tube located below and substantially midway between said heating chambers, a vertical pipe leading from said mixing chamber to the adjacent end 01 said burner tube, and a tray disposed beneath said burner tube and connected to the same to support said chambers and tube, said tray being adapted to contain an inflammable substance for initially heating said burner tube and heating chambers when ignited, so as to vaporize the hydrocarbon and water. I

2. An apparatus for producing and burning gas, comprising a pair of horizontal tubular heating chambers arranged adjacent each other in spaced, parallel relation, a hydrocarbon supply tank connected with one end of one of said chambers, a water supply tank connected with the corresponding end of the other chamber, an intermediate tubular heating chamber between and parallel with the first-named heating chainbers to contain a vaporizable substance adapted to give off oxygen when heated, a mixing chamber into which all three heating chambers directly open, a perforated horizontal burner tube located below said heatingchambers, a vertical pipe connection between said mixing chamber and the adjacent end of said burner tube, and a tray disposed beneath said burner tube and connected to the same to support said chambers and tube, said tray being adapted to contain an inflammable substance for initially heating said burner tube and heating chambers when ignited, so as to heat the hydrocarbon and water' and the said vaporizable substance.

Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this second day oi March, 1918.

C. PATENAUDE,

A. P. DEAL.

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