Abstract:
A gas switch capable of adjusting fire intensity finely includes a gas switch capable of adjusting fire intensity finely, comprising a switch body inside which a guide is installed, a fastener set that revolves inside the switch body and includes a hollow fastener and a fastener rod moving elastically through the faster, a drive component installed inside the switch body, which contains a rotating rod that can move along and rotate round the same shaft of the fastener set, a guide rod placed on the rotating rod and leaning on the guide, a regulating block installed movably at one end of the rotating rod and leaning against the fastener rod, and a connecting component for linking the drive component with the fastener set flexibly.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for controlling the combustion in a gas turbine. The method includes measuring, with one or two calorimeters, the temperature, calorific value and relative density of a gaseous fuel in order to determine the Wobbe index, comparing the Wobbe index value measured with a predefined Wobbe index value for the gaseous fuel and regulating the temperature of the gaseous fuel with at least one heat exchanger in order to reach the predefined Wobbe index value. The method may also include using a second gaseous fuel, having a different Wobbe index from the gaseous fuel, or a fuel obtained by mixing the gaseous fuel and the second gaseous fuel, according to arbitrary proportions and variable with time.
Abstract:
Provided is a boiler (100) including: a burner (5); a fuel supply unit (10) for supplying fuel to the burner (5); a blowing unit (20) for supplying air to the burner (5); and a control unit (30) for adjusting an amount of fuel to be supplied to the burner (5) and a quantity of air to be supplied to the burner (5), in which the control unit (30) has a reference amount computing portion for calculating a reference fuel amount and a reference air quantity to be supplied to the burner (5) with respect to a required load, an air quantity computing portion that corrects the reference air quantity based on a temperature of the air to be supplied to the burner (5) and a temperature of the fuel to be supplied to the burner (5) and calculates the corrected air quantity as a supply air quantity, and a control portion that controls combustion at the burner based on the reference fuel amount and the supply air quantity.
Abstract:
A gas flowrate control device for turning the flame adjustment wheel of a gas burner is disclosed to include a control wheel, which has an internal gear meshed with the flame adjustment wheel of the gas burner, a big gear surrounding the internal gear, and two small gears respectively formed integral with two sides of the big gear and surrounding the internal gear, and a handle, which has a grip and two arched clamping arms symmetrically extending from the grip and clamped on the control wheel, each arched clamping arm having two toothed arm positions respectively meshed with the two small gears of the control wheel and a crevice defined between the two arm portions for accommodating the big gear.
Abstract:
A self-regenerative combustion system comprising a single burner, capable of operating both during the combustion step and the waste gas aspiration step, and a valve with four ways and three positions, capable of switching the regeneration and the on/off control (oxydizing agent end and waste gas end). The system is provided for obtaining the maximum efficiency, flexibility, minimum fuel consumption and minimum environmental impact with reduced NOx emissions.
Abstract:
A system includes a metering module that receives fluid through a fluid inlet. The metering module includes a rotating component driven by the fluid, an electric machine, and a controller. The fluid is received from the fluid inlet at an inlet flow rate, and the rotating component provides the fluid to an outlet of the rotating component at an outlet pressure. The electric machine is configured to generate electrical power in response to rotation of the rotating component. The controller is powered by the electrical power generated by the electric machine, and controls a rotational speed of the rotating component to control the outlet pressure.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to detect gas usage by two or more gas appliances. The apparatus can include a processing module configured to run on a computational unit. The apparatus also can include a sensing unit configured to be coupled to a gas regulator. The sensing unit can include at least one acoustic sensor configured to detect two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator and convert the two or more acoustic signals into one or more first digital acoustic data signals. The sensing unit also can include a transmitter electrically coupled to the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to transmit the one or more first digital acoustic data signals to the computational unit. The processing module can be configured to use the one or more first digital acoustic data signals to determine an individual gas usage by each of the two or more gas appliances coupled to the gas regulator based upon the two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract:
In some embodiments, an apparatus can be configured to detect gas usage. The apparatus can include: (a) a processing module configured to run on a computational unit; and (b) a sensing unit configured to be coupled to a gas regulator, the sensing unit having: (1) at least one acoustic sensor configured to detect two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator and convert the two or more acoustic signals into one or more first data signals; and (2) a transmitter electrically coupled to the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to transmit the one or more first data signals to the computational unit. The processing module is configured to use the one or more first data signals to determine the gas usage. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract:
A gas processing system and method for blending wet well head natural gas with compressed natural gas is provided. The system has two inlets in communication with a blending chamber. The blending chamber is preferably defined by a heat exchanger. One inlet receives an amount of raw wet well head natural gas therethrough. The second inlet receives an amount of processed and compressed natural gas therethrough. The two gases are mixed and sent to a downstream destination.
Abstract:
A vent for use in a gaseous fuel supply circuit of a gas turbine is provided. The vent includes an inlet in flow communication with the gaseous fuel supply circuit, a first outlet in flow communication with the gaseous fuel supply circuit and configured to release gaseous fuel at atmospheric pressure, a first valve coupled between the inlet and the first outlet, wherein the first valve includes a second outlet configured to channel the gaseous fuel towards a combustion device. The system also includes a second valve coupled between the inlet and the second outlet, and a control device configured to selectively open and close the first and second valves based on a pressure of the gaseous fuel.