Combustion – Process of combustion or burner operation – Feeding flame modifying additive
Patent
1996-10-23
2000-04-25
Price, Carl D.
Combustion
Process of combustion or burner operation
Feeding flame modifying additive
431 2, 431 11, 431208, 431332, F23D 700, F23D 900
Patent
active
060537256
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a method of producing heat energy in a continuous process and to a device for carrying out the method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to use oil as a transfer medium in heat exchangers for steam production. Thus, U.S. Pat. No. 2,222,575 discloses cooling of hot oil by direct contact of the oil with cooling water which immediately evaporates, thereby generating steam for use. The hot oil is pumped into a chamber having a temperature of approximately 343.degree. C., and water is sprayed over its surface from a plurality of nozzles. As the water evaporates, the oil is cooled and replaced by new, hot oil. U.S. Pat. No. 4,164,202 also discloses cooling of hot oil. In this reference, hot oil (about 350.degree. C.) and water are both sprayed into the interior of a vessel in the form of little droplets. When the droplets meet, the water evaporates and the oil, cooled to some extent, falls down and collects at the bottom. U.S. Pat. No. 4,207,840 discloses a steam generator comprising a bath of oil in a spherical vessel which is continuously heated from below by wood combustion. In order to generate steam, water is injected into the bath underneath the heated oil. As the water comes into intimate contact with the heated oil, it evaporates and rises to the surface of the oil where it is discharged from the spherical vessel as steam. Thus, in the prior art, the oil does not take part in producing, but only in transporting heat. Claim 1 refers generally to this process in its preamble.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The inventors have detected a new method of producing heat energy using oil and water, through which a much higher level of energy and a much higher temperature is obtained than when only oil is burned. In the method of the invention, water and air are brought into contact with oil which has been previously heated to a temperature governed by the nature of the respective oil. As a result, an eruption of heat is caused which is comparable to an enormous and very hot flame-like exhaust. This means that an extremely strong combustion accompanied by a release of heat occurs. Thus, the production of energy results from both a transformation of energy and a production of heat. This type of reaction between the hot oil and the water can be duplicated very simply by using cooking oil, a saucepan and a high temperature thermometer. After pouring a quantity of oil into the saucepan and heating the oil to about 310.degree. C., one slowly pours water onto the heated oil. Immediately, an impressive blaze occurs until the water disappears permitting more water to be added. This reaction is not primarily a matter of steam production, but is more like a type of combustion in which both oil and water are consumed in related quantities. The same reaction can be obtained at a temperature between 310 and 320.degree. C. using car brake oil or car motor oil.
It is important to point out that the temperature to which the oil is heated normally should be lower than that of self combustion. The oil may not burn before being brought into contact with the water since it is the contact with water that causes the beginning of a new sort of combustion. This fact demonstrates the existence of an unusual reaction in which oil and water participate. It is possible that some oils have to be heated under a higher pressure than normal atmospheric pressure with the aim of obtaining the necessary temperature without combustion before the water contacts the oil.
The three references cited above maintain that no combustion occurs when water is brought into contact with oil at 343.degree. C. It is important to observe that at 343.degree. C. all the final products of petroleum distillation seem like oil, but in fact, there are a lot of composites that are not really oil but are more like bitumens. Although we cannot confirm or deny the possibility of a reaction between water and this particular "oil" since it has not yet been tested, we can confirm the peculiarity of this "oil".
The method has prov
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Parisi Guido
Pompei Ladislao
Price Carl D.
Rosden Peter E.
Selany Corporation N.V.
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