Heating – Work chamber having heating means – Combustion products heat work by contact
Patent
1991-03-11
1992-03-03
Yuen, Henry C.
Heating
Work chamber having heating means
Combustion products heat work by contact
136253, 432209, 432179, 432 25, F27D 1700, H01L 3100
Patent
active
050927671
ABSTRACT:
A linear combustion emitter regenerator process capable of operating at high temperatures for sustained periods of time, that includes flowing reactants including fuel and air to a combustion zone; adding regenerated heat to at least one of the reactants flowing to the zone; combusting the reactants at the zone to produce combustion products at high temperature, to heat radiant emitter; operating the emitter to radiate energy from the zone passing selective wavelengths of said radiated energy spectrum through an optical filter and converting the radiation from the emitter into photovoltaic-produced electricity; mounting optical filter on water-cooled window to act as a heat shield to protect photovoltaic cells from overheating; reflecting back to the emitter portions of the spectral emission not able to activate the photovoltaic cells; extracting heat absorbed by liquid-cooled window by means of a heat exchanger to transfer heat to incoming combustion air; extracting heat from the combustion products for return to the at least one of the reactants as the recuperated heat; removing the products of combustion at reduced temperature, and; providing a porous bed at and to which the extracted heat is transferred; and periodically reversing the direction of flow of at least one of the reactants, and in heat transfer contact with the bed.
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Haefliger William W.
Yuen Henry C.
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