US Patent Issued to SMS group on April 14 for "Method for simultaneously injecting a fuel gas and an oxygen-rich gas into a unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,022, issued on April 14, was assigned to SMS group GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Method for simultaneously injecting a fuel gas and an oxygen-rich gas into a unit" was invented by Hans-Jurgen Odenthal (Mettmann, Germany), Andreas Kemminger (Dusseldorf, Germany), Peter Starke (Duisburg, Germany) and Ralf Northemann (Sprockhovel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner comprises a primary nozzle for injecting an oxygen-rich gas. The primary nozzle is designed as a supersonic nozzle. A coaxial nozzle having an annular outlet opening is provided for injecting a fuel gas. The coaxial nozzle is designed as a subsonic nozzle and is ...