US Patent Issued to Praxair Technology on July 21 for "Burner with alternate modes for flexible operation" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,293, issued on July 21, was assigned to Praxair Technology Inc. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Burner with alternate modes for flexible operation" was invented by Robert L. Bell (Amherst, N.Y.) and Gaurav Kulkarni (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner comprises a central conduit, a first annular conduit, and a nozzle plate across the outlet of the first annular conduit, wherein the nozzle plate comprises a plurality of orifices that extend through the nozzle plate, and a second annular conduit which opens into a downstream space, wherein the central conduit and the first annular conduit are controllably connected to a first ...