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- the present invention relates to an improved combustion apparatus and methods for making and using same.
- the present invention relates to an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combustion gas outlet and a combustion zone having at least one in-line or static mixing zone and methods for making and using same.
- Combustion of combustible materials has always been a challenging and difficult undertaking, especially when the goal is complete oxidation or combustion. Such complete combustion is particularly critical in analytical detectors for determining concentrations of nitrogen and/or sulfur in a sample.
- combustion chambers Although many combustion chambers have been designed over the years, most still lack the ability to foster complete combustion in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Certain combustion chambers have use static mixers to add combustion, but the mixers are either used upstream or down stream of the combustion zone to ensure that the material entering the flame, combustion tube or furnace are homogeneous or to ensure that the effluent gases are homogeneous.
- Such combustion systems including static mixers are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos.: 6,575,617; 6,497,098; 6,418,724; 6,302,683; 5,890,886; 5,829,967; 5,558,515; 5,513,982; 5,425,632; 5,000,757; 4,755,136; and 4,213,403.
- the present invention provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- the present invention also provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including a plurality of in-line or static mixers or mixing zones, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- the present invention also provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including a plurality of spaced apart in-line or static mixers or mixing zones, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- the present invention also provides an improved furnace apparatus including a combustion apparatus of this invention and a heater adapted to maintain the combustion zone(s) of the combustion apparatus at a temperatures sufficient to convert all or substantially all of the oxidizable components into their corresponding oxides.
- the present invention provides an analytical instrument including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a sample supply unit adapted to supply a sample to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, a detector/analyzer unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive the oxidized sample and detect detectible oxidized species.
- the present invention provides an analytical instrument including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a sample supply unit adapted to supply a sample to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an-oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, a detector/analyzer unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive the oxidized sample and detect detectible sulfur and/or nitrogen species.
- the present invention provides a combustion system including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a fuel supply unit adapted to supply a fuel to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, an exhaust unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive and process the oxidized fuel.
- the present invention provides a combustion system including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a fuel supply unit adapted to supply a fuel to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, and an energy extraction unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive and extract energy from the oxidized fuel.
- the present invention provides a method for improving the combustion efficiency including the steps of feeding a combustible material and an oxidizing agent to a combustion apparatus of this invention and combusting or oxidizing the combustible material in the combustion zone(s) of the combustion apparatus where the mixer(s) or mixing zone(s) of the combustion apparatus improve(s) combustion efficiency and increase(s) a throughput of the material being combusted.
- FIG. 1A depicts a block diagram of a prior art combustion apparatus
- FIG. 1B depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus
- FIG. 1C depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus
- FIG. 1D depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus
- FIG. 2A depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention
- FIG. 2B depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention.
- FIG. 2C depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention.
- FIG. 2D depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention.
- FIG. 2E depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention.
- FIG. 3A depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention
- FIG. 3B depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention.
- FIG. 3C depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention.
- FIG. 3D depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention.
- FIGS. 4A-G depict a preferred embodiments of a static mixer
- FIG. 5 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an energy extraction unit of this invention
- FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an analytical instrument of this invention
- FIG. 7 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an internal combustion engine with a catalytic converter of this invention.
- FIGS. 8A&B depict a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a catalytic converter monolith of this invention.
- an improved combustion chamber can be constructed that allows for greater throughput, larger sample sizes and superior combustion profiles and efficiencies without increasing either the combustion volume or the residence time.
- the process of oxidation of this invention can be viewed like that of a chromatography process in which the separation process tends to broaden peak shape.
- the inventor believes that one should broaden peak shape or profile of the combusting material.
- the inventor has found that by inserting at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone within a conventional combustion or oxidation zone or apparatus such as an oxidation tube, one can vastly improve oxidation efficiency. When such a combustion apparatus in used in analytical chemistry, one can improve detector sensitivity, decrease detector limits and provide greater instrument throughput without increasing either combustion volume or residence time.
- the combustion apparatus of this invention are ideally suited in applications such as analytical instrumentation, catalytic converters, pyrolysis tubes, conventional combustion tubes, energy extraction plant, power plants, or any other application where improvements in combustion efficiency can yield improved economics, throughput, sensitivity or the like without increasing combustion chamber size or increasing combustion residence time.
- the present invention broadly relates to an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material (fuel or sample) inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet (of course, the two inlets can be combined into a single inlet), a combustion chamber including a combustion zone maintained at an elevated temperature where zone includes at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone therein, and an oxidized material outlet, where the apparatus improves combustion efficiency relative to the same apparatus absence the mixing zone.
- the combustion apparatuses of this invention not only improve combustion efficiency, the combustion apparatuses of this invention increase instrument throughput, decrease instrument detection limits and increase instrument sensitivity.
- the elevated temperature is generally above about 300° C.
- the elevate temperature is between about 300° C. and about 2000° C.
- the elevated temperature is between about 600° C. and about 1500° C. More particularly, the elevated temperature is between about 800° C. and about 1300° C.
- the combustion apparatuses of this invention can be operated at ambient pressure, at reduced pressure down to ten of millimeters of mercury, or at higher than ambient pressures up to a 1000 or more psia.
- the present invention broadly relates to a method for improved combustion including the step of feeding a combustible material and an oxidizing agent to an apparatus of this invention to form an oxidized material comprising oxides of all oxidizable components in the material, where the method improves oxidation efficiency relative to the same apparatus in the absence the mixing zone.
- Suitable materials out of which the combustion chambers, tubes or furnaces of this invention can be made includes, without limitation, any durable material which can tolerate combustion temperatures.
- Preferred materials include, without limitation, metals, glasses, crystalline materials such as quartz, ceramics such as formable silicates, aluminates, zirconate, titanates, or mixed metal oxides, composites, high temperature polymers, or mixtures or combinations of any of the materials provide thermal expansion coefficient differences can be managed.
- Particularly preferred materials include steels, quartz, alumina, silica, zirconia, or mixtures or combinations thereof.
- Particularly preferred metal include stainless steels and other non-staining iron, cobalt or nickel alloys.
- FIGS. 1A-D four prior art combustion apparatuses, generally 100 , are shown to include an inlet zone 102 where a combustible material and an oxidizing agent are introduced, a combustion zone 104 and an oxidized material outlet zone 106 .
- the prior art combustion apparatus 100 has no other parts, except for a heating means or heater for heating the combustion zone to an elevated temperature. All of the other apparatuses 100 include in-line or static mixers 108 .
- the prior art combustion apparatus 100 includes an upstream in-line mixer 108 .
- the prior art combustion apparatus 100 of FIG. 1C includes a downstream in-line mixer 108 .
- the prior art combustion apparatus 100 of FIG. 1D includes both an upstream and a downstream in-line mixer 108 .
- a preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention is shown to include an inlet zone 202 , a combustion zone 204 and an oxidized material outlet zone 206 , where the combustion zone 204 includes an in-line or static mixing zone 208 in a center 210 of the combustion zone 204 with normal combustion subzones 210 before and after the mixing zone 208 .
- the inlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 204 .
- the mixing zone 208 is adapted to in-line mixed and broaden an oxidizing mixture profile in the combustion zone 204 improving combustion efficiency, where the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent, at temperature.
- the nature of the mixing zone 208 can be any standard in-line or static mixer regardless of exact configuration, provided that the mixer augments a flow path of the oxidizing mixture and prevents or eliminates any part of the oxidizing mixture from traveling through the combustion zone 204 in an unaltered straight flow path.
- FIG. 2B another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200 , is shown to include an inlet zone 202 , a combustion zone 204 and an oxidized material outlet 206 , where the combustion zone 204 includes two spaced apart mixing zones 208 in a center portion 210 of the combustion zone 204 with normal combustion subzones 212 before, after and therebetween.
- the inlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 204 .
- An oxidizing mixture comprising un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent are mixed in-line, at temperature improving combustion efficiency in the combustion zone 204 due to the mixing of the oxidizing mixture in the mixing zones 208 .
- FIG. 2C another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200 , is shown to include an inlet zone 202 , a combustion zone 204 and an oxidized material outlet 206 , where the combustion zone 204 includes three spaced apart mixing zones 208 , one of the mixing zone 208 is located in a center 210 of the combustion zone 204 , two of the mixing zones 208 are located at a first end 214 and a second end 216 of the combustion zone 204 with normal combustion subzones 212 therebetween.
- the inlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 204 .
- the in-line mixing zones 208 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 204 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 204 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the effluent includes a completely oxidized mixture or a substantially completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially completely oxidized means that at least 95% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- FIG. 2D another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200 , is shown to include an inlet zone 202 , a combustion zone 204 and an oxidized material outlet 206 , where the combustion zone 204 includes three spaced apart mixing zones 208 located in a center 210 of the combustion zone 204 with normal combustion subzones 212 before, after and therebetween.
- the inlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 204 .
- the in-line mixing zones 208 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 204 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 204 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the outlet zone 206 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- FIG. 3A another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300 , is shown to include a sample inlet 302 , an oxidizing agent inlet 304 , a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308 , where the combustion zone 306 includes a mixing zone 310 in a center 312 of the combustion zone 306 with normal combustion subzones 314 on either side of the mixing zone 310 .
- the sample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306
- the oxidizing agent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306 .
- the in-line mixing zone 310 is designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- FIG. 3B another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300 , is shown to include a sample inlet 302 , an oxidizing agent inlet 304 , a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308 , where the combustion zone 306 includes two mixing zones 310 within the combustion zone 306 with normal combustion subzones 314 before, after and therebetween.
- the sample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306
- the oxidizing agent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306 .
- the in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- FIG. 3C another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300 , is shown to include a sample inlet 302 , an oxidizing agent inlet 304 , a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308 , where the combustion zone 306 includes three mixing zones 310 within the combustion zone 306 with normal combustion subzones 314 therebetween.
- the sample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306
- the oxidizing agent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306 .
- the in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- FIG. 3D another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300 , is shown to include a sample inlet 302 , an oxidizing agent inlet 304 , a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308 , where the combustion zone 306 includes four mixing zones 310 within the combustion zone 306 with normal combustion subzones 314 before, after and therebetween.
- the sample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306
- the oxidizing agent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306 .
- the in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306 .
- the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent.
- the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides.
- the mixer 400 includes a housing 402 and a plurality of twisted plates 404 fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with an interior surface 406 of the housing 402 , where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube.
- FIG. 4A shows a single plate 404
- FIG. 4B shows four plates 404 oriented into a right handed configuration.
- the plates can be arranged in either a right handed configuration, a left handed configuration or a combination of the two configurations.
- the mixer 400 includes a housing 402 and a plurality of curved protrusions 408 fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with (pushed in) an interior surface 406 of the housing 402 , where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube.
- the protrusions 408 can be oriented in a right handed configuration 408 a, a left handed configuration 408 b or a combination of the two configurations as shown in FIG. 4E .
- the mixer 400 includes a housing 402 and two helical protrusions 410 a & b fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with an interior surface 406 of the housing 402 , where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube.
- the helical protrusion 410 a is in a right handed configuration
- the helical protrusion 410 b is in a left handed configuration and the two protrusions are located in series as shown in FIG. 4F&G .
- the right handed mixer 410 a and the left handed mixer 410 b can be reversed in their order of occurrence.
- the protrusions or mixing elements all extend more than half way into a cross-section of the combustion zone to ensure that no direct path exist for the oxidizing mixture to travel from the inlet to the outlet, i.e., the mixing elements ensure that the oxidizing mixture undergoes a mixing during the combustion process to increase oxidation efficiency without increasing a volume of the combustion zone or the residence time in the combustion zone.
- a preferred embodiment of an energy extraction system of this invention is shown to include a fuel and an oxidizing agent supply unit 502 , a furnace or combustion chamber 504 and an energy generation unit 506 , where the combustion chamber 504 includes a combustion zone 508 having at least one static mixing zone 510 .
- the supply unit 502 can include separate supplies units 502 a & b for fuel and oxidizer and can also include a mixing or atomization unit 512 upstream of the furnace 504 .
- the supply unit 502 supplies fuel and oxidizing agent to the furnace 504 , which burns the fuel generating heat which is used as the heat source to the energy generation unit 506 , which can be any type of energy generator such as a Kalina type cycle. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.
- a preferred embodiment of an instrument of this invention is shown to include a sample supply system 602 , an oxidizing agent supply system 604 , a combustion chamber 606 and a detection/analyzer system 608 , where the combustion chamber 606 includes a combustion zone 610 having at least one static mixing zone 612 .
- the instrument 600 can also include a mixing or nebulizing unit 614 upstream of the combustion chamber 606 adapted to supply a thoroughly mixed sample and oxidizing agent mixture to the combustion chamber 606 or an atomized sample and oxidizing agent mixture to the combustion chamber 606 .
- the sample supply system 602 can be any sample supply system including an auto-sampler, a septum for direct injection, a sampling loop for continuous sampling, an analytical separation system such as a GC, LC, MPLC, HPLC, LPLC, or any other sample supply system used now or in the future to supply samples to analytical instrument combustion chambers or mixture or combinations thereof.
- an analytical separation system such as a GC, LC, MPLC, HPLC, LPLC, or any other sample supply system used now or in the future to supply samples to analytical instrument combustion chambers or mixture or combinations thereof.
- the detector/analyzer system 608 can be any now know or yet to be developed oxide detection and analyzing system including, without limitation, IR spectrometers, FTIR spectrometers, MS spectrometers, UW spectrometers, UV fluorescence spectrometers, chemiluminescence spectrometers, ICR spectrometers, any other spectrographic detection and analyzing system or mixtures or combinations thereof.
- Preferred instruments include UV fluorescence spectrometers, chemiluminescence spectrometers, or mixtures or combinations thereof.
- the improved mixing combustion chambers of this invention also increase sample throughput, decrease instrument cycle times, increase detection sensitivity, and decrease detection limits for different detectible oxides.
- FIG. 7 a preferred embodiment of an internal combustion engine equipped with a catalytic converter of this invention, generally 700 , is shown to include an internal combustion engine 702 and a catalytic converter apparatus 704 , where the catalytic converter apparatus 704 includes a combustion zone 706 having at least one static mixing zone 708 therein.
- the converter 704 is connected to the engine 702 via a header 710 and exhaust gases exit via an exhaust pipe 712 .
- FIGS. 8A&B a preferred embodiment of an catalytic converter monolith, generally 800 , is shown to include a plurality of channels 802 , each channel 802 including at least one static mixer 804 .
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A combustion apparatus is disclosed that improves oxidation efficiency without increasing either combustion apparatus size or residence time, where the apparatus includes a combustion zone having a static mixing zone along a length of the combustion zone.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an improved combustion apparatus and methods for making and using same.
- More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combustion gas outlet and a combustion zone having at least one in-line or static mixing zone and methods for making and using same.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Combustion of combustible materials has always been a challenging and difficult undertaking, especially when the goal is complete oxidation or combustion. Such complete combustion is particularly critical in analytical detectors for determining concentrations of nitrogen and/or sulfur in a sample.
- Although many combustion chambers have been designed over the years, most still lack the ability to foster complete combustion in a timely and cost effective manner. Certain combustion chambers have use static mixers to add combustion, but the mixers are either used upstream or down stream of the combustion zone to ensure that the material entering the flame, combustion tube or furnace are homogeneous or to ensure that the effluent gases are homogeneous. Such combustion systems including static mixers are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos.: 6,575,617; 6,497,098; 6,418,724; 6,302,683; 5,890,886; 5,829,967; 5,558,515; 5,513,982; 5,425,632; 5,000,757; 4,755,136; and 4,213,403.
- Thus, there is a need in the art for an improved combustion chamber, which improves combustion efficiency by providing enhanced in-line mixing within the combustion zone or zones.
- The present invention provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- The present invention also provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including a plurality of in-line or static mixers or mixing zones, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- The present invention also provides an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet, a combusted gas outlet, and a combustion chamber having a combustion zone including a plurality of spaced apart in-line or static mixers or mixing zones, where the mixers or mixing zones improve combustion efficiency without increasing residence time so that larger amounts of the combustible material can be combusted in a same period of time for a same volume of the combustion zone.
- The present invention also provides an improved furnace apparatus including a combustion apparatus of this invention and a heater adapted to maintain the combustion zone(s) of the combustion apparatus at a temperatures sufficient to convert all or substantially all of the oxidizable components into their corresponding oxides.
- The present invention provides an analytical instrument including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a sample supply unit adapted to supply a sample to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, a detector/analyzer unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive the oxidized sample and detect detectible oxidized species.
- The present invention provides an analytical instrument including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a sample supply unit adapted to supply a sample to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an-oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, a detector/analyzer unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive the oxidized sample and detect detectible sulfur and/or nitrogen species.
- The present invention provides a combustion system including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a fuel supply unit adapted to supply a fuel to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, an exhaust unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive and process the oxidized fuel.
- The present invention provides a combustion system including an improved combustion apparatus of this invention, a fuel supply unit adapted to supply a fuel to the combustion apparatus, an oxidizing agent supply unit adapted to supply an oxidizing agent to the combustion apparatus, and an energy extraction unit downstream of the combustion apparatus adapted to receive and extract energy from the oxidized fuel.
- The present invention provides a method for improving the combustion efficiency including the steps of feeding a combustible material and an oxidizing agent to a combustion apparatus of this invention and combusting or oxidizing the combustible material in the combustion zone(s) of the combustion apparatus where the mixer(s) or mixing zone(s) of the combustion apparatus improve(s) combustion efficiency and increase(s) a throughput of the material being combusted.
- The invention can be better understood with reference to the following detailed description together with the appended illustrative drawings in which like elements are numbered the same:
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FIG. 1A depicts a block diagram of a prior art combustion apparatus; -
FIG. 1B depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus; -
FIG. 1C depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus; -
FIG. 1D depicts a block diagram of another prior art combustion apparatus; -
FIG. 2A depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention; -
FIG. 2B depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention; -
FIG. 2C depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention; -
FIG. 2D depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention; -
FIG. 2E depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention; -
FIG. 3A depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention; -
FIG. 3B depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention; -
FIG. 3C depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention; -
FIG. 3D depicts a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube of this invention; -
FIGS. 4A-G depict a preferred embodiments of a static mixer; -
FIG. 5 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an energy extraction unit of this invention; -
FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an analytical instrument of this invention; -
FIG. 7 depicts a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of an internal combustion engine with a catalytic converter of this invention; and -
FIGS. 8A&B depict a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a catalytic converter monolith of this invention. - The inventor has found that an improved combustion chamber can be constructed that allows for greater throughput, larger sample sizes and superior combustion profiles and efficiencies without increasing either the combustion volume or the residence time. The process of oxidation of this invention can be viewed like that of a chromatography process in which the separation process tends to broaden peak shape. Similarly, to enhance combustion efficiency, the inventor believes that one should broaden peak shape or profile of the combusting material. The inventor has found that by inserting at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone within a conventional combustion or oxidation zone or apparatus such as an oxidation tube, one can vastly improve oxidation efficiency. When such a combustion apparatus in used in analytical chemistry, one can improve detector sensitivity, decrease detector limits and provide greater instrument throughput without increasing either combustion volume or residence time. The combustion apparatus of this invention are ideally suited in applications such as analytical instrumentation, catalytic converters, pyrolysis tubes, conventional combustion tubes, energy extraction plant, power plants, or any other application where improvements in combustion efficiency can yield improved economics, throughput, sensitivity or the like without increasing combustion chamber size or increasing combustion residence time.
- The present invention broadly relates to an improved combustion apparatus including a combustible material (fuel or sample) inlet, an oxidizing agent inlet (of course, the two inlets can be combined into a single inlet), a combustion chamber including a combustion zone maintained at an elevated temperature where zone includes at least one in-line or static mixer or mixing zone therein, and an oxidized material outlet, where the apparatus improves combustion efficiency relative to the same apparatus absence the mixing zone. In the case of analytical instrumentation, the combustion apparatuses of this invention not only improve combustion efficiency, the combustion apparatuses of this invention increase instrument throughput, decrease instrument detection limits and increase instrument sensitivity. The elevated temperature is generally above about 300° C. Preferably, the elevate temperature is between about 300° C. and about 2000° C. Particularly, the elevated temperature is between about 600° C. and about 1500° C. More particularly, the elevated temperature is between about 800° C. and about 1300° C. The combustion apparatuses of this invention can be operated at ambient pressure, at reduced pressure down to ten of millimeters of mercury, or at higher than ambient pressures up to a 1000 or more psia.
- The present invention broadly relates to a method for improved combustion including the step of feeding a combustible material and an oxidizing agent to an apparatus of this invention to form an oxidized material comprising oxides of all oxidizable components in the material, where the method improves oxidation efficiency relative to the same apparatus in the absence the mixing zone.
- Suitable materials out of which the combustion chambers, tubes or furnaces of this invention can be made includes, without limitation, any durable material which can tolerate combustion temperatures. Preferred materials include, without limitation, metals, glasses, crystalline materials such as quartz, ceramics such as formable silicates, aluminates, zirconate, titanates, or mixed metal oxides, composites, high temperature polymers, or mixtures or combinations of any of the materials provide thermal expansion coefficient differences can be managed. Particularly preferred materials include steels, quartz, alumina, silica, zirconia, or mixtures or combinations thereof. Particularly preferred metal include stainless steels and other non-staining iron, cobalt or nickel alloys.
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FIGS. 1A-D , four prior art combustion apparatuses, generally 100, are shown to include aninlet zone 102 where a combustible material and an oxidizing agent are introduced, acombustion zone 104 and an oxidizedmaterial outlet zone 106. Looking atFIG. 1A , the priorart combustion apparatus 100 has no other parts, except for a heating means or heater for heating the combustion zone to an elevated temperature. All of theother apparatuses 100 include in-line orstatic mixers 108. Looking atFIG. 1B , the priorart combustion apparatus 100 includes an upstream in-line mixer 108. The priorart combustion apparatus 100 ofFIG. 1C includes a downstream in-line mixer 108. And, the priorart combustion apparatus 100 ofFIG. 1D includes both an upstream and a downstream in-line mixer 108. - Referring now to
FIG. 2A , a preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200, is shown to include aninlet zone 202, acombustion zone 204 and an oxidizedmaterial outlet zone 206, where thecombustion zone 204 includes an in-line orstatic mixing zone 208 in acenter 210 of thecombustion zone 204 withnormal combustion subzones 210 before and after themixing zone 208. Theinlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into thecombustion zone 204. The mixingzone 208 is adapted to in-line mixed and broaden an oxidizing mixture profile in thecombustion zone 204 improving combustion efficiency, where the oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent, at temperature. The nature of the mixingzone 208 can be any standard in-line or static mixer regardless of exact configuration, provided that the mixer augments a flow path of the oxidizing mixture and prevents or eliminates any part of the oxidizing mixture from traveling through thecombustion zone 204 in an unaltered straight flow path. - Referring now to
FIG. 2B , another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200, is shown to include aninlet zone 202, acombustion zone 204 and anoxidized material outlet 206, where thecombustion zone 204 includes two spaced apart mixingzones 208 in acenter portion 210 of thecombustion zone 204 withnormal combustion subzones 212 before, after and therebetween. Theinlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into thecombustion zone 204. An oxidizing mixture comprising un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent are mixed in-line, at temperature improving combustion efficiency in thecombustion zone 204 due to the mixing of the oxidizing mixture in themixing zones 208. - Referring now to
FIG. 2C , another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200, is shown to include aninlet zone 202, acombustion zone 204 and anoxidized material outlet 206, where thecombustion zone 204 includes three spaced apart mixingzones 208, one of the mixingzone 208 is located in acenter 210 of thecombustion zone 204, two of the mixingzones 208 are located at afirst end 214 and asecond end 216 of thecombustion zone 204 withnormal combustion subzones 212 therebetween. Theinlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into thecombustion zone 204. The in-line mixing zones 208 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of thecombustion zone 204 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses thecombustion zone 204. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at theoutlet zone 206 the effluent includes a completely oxidized mixture or a substantially completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially completely oxidized means that at least 95% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of all of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIG. 2D , another preferred embodiment of a combustion apparatus of this invention, generally 200, is shown to include aninlet zone 202, acombustion zone 204 and anoxidized material outlet 206, where thecombustion zone 204 includes three spaced apart mixingzones 208 located in acenter 210 of thecombustion zone 204 withnormal combustion subzones 212 before, after and therebetween. Theinlet zone 202 is adapted to introduce a combustible material and an oxidizing agent into thecombustion zone 204. The in-line mixing zones 208 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of thecombustion zone 204 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses thecombustion zone 204. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at theoutlet zone 206 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIG. 3A , another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300, is shown to include asample inlet 302, an oxidizingagent inlet 304, a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308, where the combustion zone 306 includes amixing zone 310 in acenter 312 of the combustion zone 306 withnormal combustion subzones 314 on either side of the mixingzone 310. Thesample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306, while the oxidizingagent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306. The in-line mixing zone 310 is designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIG. 3B , another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300, is shown to include asample inlet 302, an oxidizingagent inlet 304, a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308, where the combustion zone 306 includes two mixingzones 310 within the combustion zone 306 withnormal combustion subzones 314 before, after and therebetween. Thesample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306, while the oxidizingagent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306. The in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIG. 3C , another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300, is shown to include asample inlet 302, an oxidizingagent inlet 304, a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308, where the combustion zone 306 includes three mixingzones 310 within the combustion zone 306 withnormal combustion subzones 314 therebetween. Thesample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306, while the oxidizingagent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306. The in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIG. 3D , another preferred embodiment of a combustion tube apparatus of this invention, generally 300, is shown to include asample inlet 302, an oxidizingagent inlet 304, a combustion zone 306 and an oxidized material outlet 308, where the combustion zone 306 includes four mixingzones 310 within the combustion zone 306 withnormal combustion subzones 314 before, after and therebetween. Thesample inlet 302 is adapted to introduce a combustible material into the combustion zone 306, while the oxidizingagent inlet 304 is adapted to introduce an oxidizing agent into the combustion zone 306. The in-line mixing zone 310 are designed to increase a combustion efficiency of the combustion zone 306 by mixing an oxidizing mixture at temperature to ensure that a path of the oxidizing mixture is not a straight path or to reduce channeling of portions of the oxidizing mixture as it traverses the combustion zone 306. The oxidizing mixture comprises un-oxidized combustible material components, partially oxidized combustible material components, completely oxidized combustible material components and un-consumed oxidizing agent. Of course, at the outlet zone 308 will include a substantially or completely oxidized mixture, where the term substantially means that at least 95% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, preferably, at least 98% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides, particularly, at least 99% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides and especially, at least 99.9% of the oxidizable components in the combustible material have been converted to their corresponding oxides. - Referring now to
FIGS. 4A-G , a number of different in-line or static mixers, generally 400. Looking atFIGS. 4A&B , themixer 400 includes ahousing 402 and a plurality oftwisted plates 404 fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with aninterior surface 406 of thehousing 402, where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube.FIG. 4A shows asingle plate 404, whileFIG. 4B shows fourplates 404 oriented into a right handed configuration. Obviously, the plates can be arranged in either a right handed configuration, a left handed configuration or a combination of the two configurations. - Looking at
FIGS. 4C-E , themixer 400 includes ahousing 402 and a plurality ofcurved protrusions 408 fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with (pushed in) aninterior surface 406 of thehousing 402, where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube. Theprotrusions 408 can be oriented in a righthanded configuration 408a, a lefthanded configuration 408b or a combination of the two configurations as shown inFIG. 4E . - Looking at
FIGS. 4F&G , themixer 400 includes ahousing 402 and two helical protrusions 410 a&b fitted in, attached to, bonded to or integral with aninterior surface 406 of thehousing 402, where the housing can be the combustion apparatus or tube. Thehelical protrusion 410a is in a right handed configuration, while thehelical protrusion 410b is in a left handed configuration and the two protrusions are located in series as shown inFIG. 4F&G . Of course, the righthanded mixer 410a and the lefthanded mixer 410b can be reversed in their order of occurrence. - In all of the mixers shown above, the protrusions or mixing elements all extend more than half way into a cross-section of the combustion zone to ensure that no direct path exist for the oxidizing mixture to travel from the inlet to the outlet, i.e., the mixing elements ensure that the oxidizing mixture undergoes a mixing during the combustion process to increase oxidation efficiency without increasing a volume of the combustion zone or the residence time in the combustion zone.
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FIG. 5 , a preferred embodiment of an energy extraction system of this invention, generally 500, is shown to include a fuel and an oxidizingagent supply unit 502, a furnace orcombustion chamber 504 and anenergy generation unit 506, where thecombustion chamber 504 includes acombustion zone 508 having at least onestatic mixing zone 510. Thesupply unit 502 can includeseparate supplies units 502 a&b for fuel and oxidizer and can also include a mixing oratomization unit 512 upstream of thefurnace 504. Thesupply unit 502 supplies fuel and oxidizing agent to thefurnace 504, which burns the fuel generating heat which is used as the heat source to theenergy generation unit 506, which can be any type of energy generator such as a Kalina type cycle. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,953,918; 5,950,433; 5,822,990; 5,649,426; 5,588,298; 5,572,871; 5,450,821; 5,440,882; 5,095,708; 5,029,444; 4,982,568; 4,899,545; 4,763,480; 4,732,005; 4,604,867; 4,586,340; 4,548,043; 4,489,563; 4,346,561; and 4,289,429, incorporated herein by reference. - Referring now to
FIG. 6 , a preferred embodiment of an instrument of this invention, generally 600, is shown to include asample supply system 602, an oxidizingagent supply system 604, acombustion chamber 606 and a detection/analyzer system 608, where thecombustion chamber 606 includes acombustion zone 610 having at least onestatic mixing zone 612. Theinstrument 600 can also include a mixing ornebulizing unit 614 upstream of thecombustion chamber 606 adapted to supply a thoroughly mixed sample and oxidizing agent mixture to thecombustion chamber 606 or an atomized sample and oxidizing agent mixture to thecombustion chamber 606. Thesample supply system 602 can be any sample supply system including an auto-sampler, a septum for direct injection, a sampling loop for continuous sampling, an analytical separation system such as a GC, LC, MPLC, HPLC, LPLC, or any other sample supply system used now or in the future to supply samples to analytical instrument combustion chambers or mixture or combinations thereof. The detector/analyzer system 608 can be any now know or yet to be developed oxide detection and analyzing system including, without limitation, IR spectrometers, FTIR spectrometers, MS spectrometers, UW spectrometers, UV fluorescence spectrometers, chemiluminescence spectrometers, ICR spectrometers, any other spectrographic detection and analyzing system or mixtures or combinations thereof. Preferred instruments include UV fluorescence spectrometers, chemiluminescence spectrometers, or mixtures or combinations thereof. - The improved mixing combustion chambers of this invention also increase sample throughput, decrease instrument cycle times, increase detection sensitivity, and decrease detection limits for different detectible oxides.
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FIG. 7 , a preferred embodiment of an internal combustion engine equipped with a catalytic converter of this invention, generally 700, is shown to include aninternal combustion engine 702 and acatalytic converter apparatus 704, where thecatalytic converter apparatus 704 includes acombustion zone 706 having at least onestatic mixing zone 708 therein. Theconverter 704 is connected to theengine 702 via aheader 710 and exhaust gases exit via anexhaust pipe 712. - Referring now to
FIGS. 8A&B , a preferred embodiment of an catalytic converter monolith, generally 800, is shown to include a plurality of channels 802, each channel 802 including at least one static mixer 804. - All references cited herein are incorporated by reference. While this invention has been described fully and completely, it should be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described. Although the invention has been disclosed with reference to its preferred embodiments, from reading this description those of skill in the art may appreciate changes and modification that maybe made which do not depart from the scope and spirit of the invention as described above and claimed hereafter.
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1. A combustion apparatus comprising
an inlet
an outlet
a combustion zone including:
a mixing zone comprising a static mixer disposed along a length of the combustion zone downstream of the inlet,
where the combustion apparatus is adapted to substantially completely convert all oxidizable components in a fuel or a sample into their corresponding oxides.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a fuel or sample supply unit connected to the inlet, and
an oxidizing agent supply unit connected to the inlet.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combustion zone further includes a plurality of spaced apart static mixers disposed along a length of the combustion zone downstream of the inlet.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising.
a heater adapted to maintain the combustion zone at an elevated temperature, where the elevated temperature is sufficient to substantially completely convert all oxidizable components in the fuel or the sample into their corresponding oxides.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the elevate temperature is above about 300° C.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the elevate temperature is between about 300° C. and about 200° C.
7. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 600° C. and about 1500° C.
8. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 800° C. and about 1300° C.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inlet comprises a nebulizer.
10. A combustion apparatus comprising
a fuel or sample supply unit,
an oxidizing agent supply unit,
an inlet connected to the fuel or sample supply unit and the oxidizing agent supply unit,
an outlet, and
a combustion zone including:
a mixing zone comprising a static mixer disposed along a length of the combustion zone downstream of the inlet,
where the combustion apparatus is adapted to substantially completely convert all oxidizable components in a fuel or a sample into their corresponding oxides.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the combustion zone further includes a plurality of spaced apart static mixers disposed along a length of the combustion zone downstream of the inlet.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the combustion zone is at ambient pressure, at a lower than ambient pressure or at a higher than ambient pressure.
13. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising;
a heater adapted to maintain the combustion zone at an elevated temperature, where the elevated temperature is sufficient to substantially completely convert oxidizable components in the fuel or sample into their corresponding oxides.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the elevate temperature is above about 300° C.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the elevate temperature is between about 300° C. and about 2000° C.
16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 600° C. and about 1500° C.
17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 800° C. and about 1300° C.
18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the inlet comprises a nebulizer.
19. A combustion apparatus comprising:
a fuel or sample supply unit,
an oxidizing agent supply unit,
an inlet,
an outlet,
a combustion zone including:
a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and
a heater,
where the heater adapted to maintain the combustion zone at an elevated temperature, where the elevated temperature is sufficient to substantially completely convert oxidizable components in the fuel or sample into their corresponding oxides.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the elevate temperature is above about 300° C.
21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the elevate temperature is between about 300° C. and about 2000° C.
22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 600° C. and about 1500° C.
23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the elevated temperature is between about 800° C. and about 1300° C.
24. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the inlet comprises a nebulizer.
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49. An energy extraction apparatus comprising a fuel and oxidizer supply unit, a combustion or furnace apparatus comprising an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater and an energy conversion unit for converting a portion of the thermal energy of the oxidized fuel to a more useful form of energy.
50. An internal combustion apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine and a catalytic converting including a combustion or furnace apparatus an inlet, an outlet, a combustion zone including a mixing zone disposed along a length of the combustion zone, and a heater.
51. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combustion zone is at ambient pressure, at a lower than ambient pressure or at a higher than ambient pressure.
52. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the combustion zone is at ambient pressure, at a lower than ambient pressure or at a higher than ambient pressure.
53. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the combustion zone further includes a plurality of spaced apart static mixers disposed along a length of the combustion zone downstream of the inlet.
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