公开(公告)号：US11614230B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US16592152

申请日：2019-10-03

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： James Henry Faler ,  Michael Kevin Gilgo ,  Kenneth James Kelmer ,  Amanda N Rand

IPC: F23G5/12 ,  F23G5/44 ,  F23G7/06

Abstract: An oxidizer head assembly includes a head body defining an inlet flange, an outlet flange, and a wall, where the inlet flange, the outlet flange, and the wall define a cavity positioned between the inlet flange and the outlet flange, a plurality of nozzles extending through the cavity, a fuel inlet in communication with the plurality of nozzles, where a fuel passes through the fuel inlet and the plurality of nozzles, a shield gas inlet in communication with the cavity, and a porous diffuser plate extending across the outlet opening, the porous diffuser plate including apertures for the plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pores, where a shield gas passes through the shield gas inlet, through the cavity, and through the plurality of pores of the porous diffuser plate around the plurality of nozzles.