IP Library Granted Patent US 12,253,260
Granted Patent B2
US 12,253,260 · App. 17/762,416 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

High-temperature oxygen generation device and high-temperature oxygen generation method

Inventors: Masashi Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Hagihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
F23D14/22F23D14/66F23D14/78
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Patent No.
US 12,253,260
App. No.
17/762,416
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a high-temperature oxygen generation device and a high-temperature oxygen generation method which can efficiently supply preheated high-temperature oxygen gas regardless of pressure conditions from normal pressure to high pressure, without requiring upsizing or expansion of the equipment, and the present invention provides a high-temperature oxygen generation device ( 10 ) in which a high-temperature gas (G 4 ) and an oxygen gas (G 3 ) to be heated are mixed to generate a high-temperature oxygen gas (G 5 ), wherein the high-temperature oxygen generation device ( 10 ) includes a burner ( 1 ) which generates the high-temperature gas (G 4 ), and a preheating chamber ( 7 ) which is provided on the downstream side of the burner ( 1 ) and mixes the high-temperature gas (G 4 ) and the oxygen gas (G 3 ) to be heated, and the burner ( 1 ) includes a combustion chamber ( 5 ) which forms a flame by a fuel gas (G 1 ) and an oxygen gas (G 2 ) for combustion, a fuel flow path ( 2 ) which supplies the fuel gas (G 1 ) into the combustion chamber ( 5 ), a first oxygen flow path ( 3 ) and a second oxygen flow path ( 4 ) which supply the oxygen gas (G 2 ) for combustion into the combustion chamber ( 5 ), and a flow path ( 6 ) for oxygen to be heated which communicates with the preheating chamber ( 7 ), and supplies the oxygen gas (G 3 ) to be heated toward the preheating chamber ( 7 ).

Claims (21)

1. A high-temperature oxygen generation device in which a high-temperature gas and an oxygen gas to be heated are mixed to generate a high-temperature oxygen gas,

wherein the high-temperature oxygen generation device includes a burner which generates the high-temperature gas, and a preheating chamber which is provided on the downstream side of the burner and mixes the high-temperature gas and the oxygen gas to be heated, and

the burner includes:

a combustion chamber which forms a flame by a fuel gas and an oxygen gas for combustion;

a fuel flow path which supplies the fuel gas into the combustion chamber;

at least one flow path for oxygen for combustion which supplies the oxygen gas for combustion into the combustion chamber; and

a flow path for oxygen to be heated which communicates with the preheating chamber, and supplies the oxygen gas to be heated toward the preheating chamber,

wherein the burner includes:

a first oxygen flow path of the at least one flow path for oxygen for combustion which is provided on the center axis of the burner and ejects the oxygen gas for combustion on the center axis of the burner as the flow path for oxygen for combustion;

the fuel flow path which is arranged around the first oxygen flow path, and ejects the fuel gas along the axis direction of the burner; and

a second oxygen flow path of the at least one flow path for oxygen for combustion which is arranged around the fuel flow path, and ejects the oxygen gas for combustion so as to be directed toward the center axis of the burner while inclining with respect to the center axis of the burner as the flow path for oxygen for combustion;

the flame is formed by the fuel gas ejected from the fuel flow path and the oxygen gas for combustion ejected from the first oxygen flow path and the second oxygen flow path in the combustion chamber, and

the flow path for oxygen to be heated communicates with the preheating chamber, arranged around the second oxygen flow path, ejects the oxygen gas to be heated around the flame, and supplies the oxygen gas to be heated toward the preheating chamber.

2. The high-temperature oxygen generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the high-temperature oxygen generation device further includes a cooling jacket which cools the burner or both the burner and the preheating chamber.

3. A high-temperature oxygen generation method using the high-temperature oxygen generation device according to claim 1 ,

in a case when the high-temperature oxygen is supplied at a maximum pressure, an average velocity of the fuel gas in the fuel flow path of the burner is U 1 , an average velocity of the oxygen gas for combustion in the first oxygen flow path is U 2 , and an average velocity of the oxygen gas for combustion in the second oxygen flow path is U 3 , these average velocities U 1 , U 2 , and U 3 satisfy the following equations (1) to (3), and

in a case at the rated flow rate under atmospheric pressure conditions, an average velocity U 4 of a mixed gas of the fuel gas and the oxygen gas for combustion on an outlet side of the combustion chamber satisfies the following equation (4)

10 (m/s)≤ U 1≤60 (m/s)  (1)

20 (m/s)≤ U 2≤120 (m/s)  (2)

20 (m/s)≤ U 3≤120 (m/s)  (3)

U 4≤60 (m/s)  (4).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2026
From: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
To: NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075586/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: YAMAGUCHI, MASASHI; YAMAMOTO, YASUYUKI; HAGIHARA, YOSHIYUKI
To: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059334/0716 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-177860 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220341589A1 · Oct 27, 2022
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