US20050181317A1

US20050181317A1 - Water burning devices

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Publication number: US20050181317A1
Application number: US10/779,042
Authority: US
Inventors: Kwong-wang Tse
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-02-17
Filing date: 2004-02-17
Publication date: 2005-08-18

Abstract

A device, or devices applicable to different fuel burning apparatuses bring in water as a burning fuel when directly applied to other fuel or fuels. Water can be burnt for its elements of hydrogen and oxygen can be dissociated and burnt after heated over 500 degrees Celsius. Water has special characteristic of burning process of taking in of heat before giving out can bring in effects to separate and lower high burning temperature of other fuels by locating of fuel nozzles and controlling of water quantity, speed and fineness. Water can be the only fuel for an electricity generator with electrical hydrolysis system to produce hydrogen and oxygen as additional fuels. Jet plane with jet engines having an open and close device of a double walled flame tube can fly in and out of atmosphere by using water, hydrogen and oxygen as its fuels.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a device or devices and, more particularly, to some devices which bring in consuming natural water as a burning fuel applicable to different fuel burning apparatuses. More specifically, this invention relates to some devices making use of burning water to work different fuel burning apparatuses to supply energy.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Fossil fuels as coal, gasoline, diesel, liquefied pressured gas, and natural gas are the main source of energy supply for our domestic and industrial activities in cooking, boiling, heating, melting and power generating. Water is also widely used in our domestic and industrial activities for cooking, cleaning, drinking, boiling, and diluting, but never for burning. More specifically, this invention relates to use water as a burning fuel for replacing traditional fossil fuels wholly or partly.
In general, fossil fuels are earth minerals producing most power and energy for us with no chance to be created from machine or plantation production. In addition, emissions from their consumptions bring lots of problems to the environmental condition to the earth. All earth minerals will come to an end eventually. That would be the time that most engines and machines would come to a stop, when such fuels are finally finished by years of digging and drilling. Fossil fuels are widely used for their special characteristics considering their energy and economy in supply. My invention enables devices replacing fossil fuels and other burning fuels entirely or partly by burning water in power and energy supply.
In addition, many fuel burning apparatuses and my invention are made of steel, wrought iron or other ferrous or non-ferrous metal alloys. Many scientists endeavor to find some efficient, economical and clean fuels to avoid market fluctuation, shortage, and environmental problems. In addition, natural water with unlimited supply on earth is not a fuel in its natural state, but water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, both of them are flammable in their own natural states and bringing no harmful emission at all. My invention is a new practicable design in the world to bring water to be a fuel. Hence, It will be highly beneficial if there can be provided an improved fuel for burning apparatus or apparatus topology which can overcome or at least mitigate the short-comings associated with the afore-said disadvantages or bring in advantages to conventional and non-conventional fuel burning apparatus.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Hence, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved device for using water as a burning fuel or fuel burning apparatus topology to overcome or, at least, mitigate disadvantages, or bring in advantages associated with conventional and non-conventional fuel burning apparatus. More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide improved device or devices for using water as a burning fuel or apparatus topology serving to improve apparatus performance to utilize non-flammable water as a fuel in a fuel burning apparatus operation.
In addition, it is a second object related to water burning devices of the present invention to provide an improved device for only using water as a burning fuel with hydrogen and oxygen form hydrolysis of water run an electricity generator to produce electricity, power and energy. In addition, it is a third object related to water burning devices of the present invention to provide an improved device for using water as a part of burning fuel in jet engine operation able to fly a jet plane in and out of atmosphere. As a minimum, it is at least an object of the present invention to provide the public with a choice of a device or topology for a novel, apparatus, power supply or jet engine to be described hereinafter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforesaid objectives and according to the present invention, there is provided a device or devices applicable to different fuel burning apparatuses to consume water as a burning fuel. Water is non-flammable in its natural status, but water can be dissociated into hydrogen and oxygen by heating over 500 degrees Celsius thus gets burning. The present invention is firstly a device to burn vaporized water or steam by any other fuels at over 500 degrees Celsius thus to dissociate and burn its elements of hydrogen and oxygen at higher temperature gaining a difference of temperatures because burning of hydrogen, oxygen or their combinations can bring out heat over 1,000 degrees Celsius or even up to 3,000. Therefore, water can be burnt and give out energy by direct apply to any burning fuel of temperature higher than 500 degrees C.
High temperature is not only come from the burning of its hydrogen and oxygen, but also from the pressure and velocity of the finely vaporized water droplets or steam as characteristics of fuel burning. Higher the pressure, velocity and finer vapor or droplets of the water stream in burning bring higher the temperature. As water must take in lots of heat before get burning, too much excess of water can bring extinguishments to other fuels. An appropriate control on velocity, fineness and quantity of water applying on specific furnace is important for having a satisfactory result of burning of water. If all unexpected cooling from environment is not calculated, a simple equation can be applied generally for evaluation of proportion of water to a specific regular fuel as:

Quantity of a specific regular fuel=1
Quantity of water proportion to that specific regular fuel=(P)
Temperature in degree C. of regular fuel in burning=(F)
Temperature in degree C. of water taken in for burning=(Wi)
Temperature in degree C. of water given out in burning=(Wo)
A combined temperature in degree C. of amalgamated burning=(C)
The equation is: 1+P=(F+(Wo−Wi)P)/C
Example 1: supposing F=1,200, Wo=900, Wi=500, C=600 and finding P?
Therefore: 1+P=(1,200+(900−500)P)/600
600+600P=1,200+400P
- 200P=600
  - P=3
    Answer of this example for proportion of water to the regular fuel is 3 to 1.
    Example 2: supposing F=800, Wo=900, Wi=500, C=600 and finding P?
    Therefore: 1+P=(800+(900−500)P)/600
    600+600P=800+400P
- 200P=200
  - P=1
    Answer of this example for proportion of water to this regular fuel is 1 to 1.

Preferably, the device, taking use of water must take in heat about 500 degrees C. before burning, locates the position of water nozzles to surround the nozzles of fuels of high burning temperatures as hydrogen, oxygen or their combinations to absorb their heat from burning and separate their heat from contact of apparatus. These locations of nozzles for different fuels make the extreme high temperature of burning fuels as hydrogen, oxygen and their combinations to be useful in burning of water and avoid damages to apparatuses by lowering and separating their extreme high burning temperature, so as able to allow them more widely utilized for human activities.
Preferably, as hydrogen and oxygen can be obtained from water, the present invention is a device or devices applicable to different fuel burning apparatuses taking use these two flammable elements from water to burn water at higher temperature over 500 degrees Celsius making water as a burning fuel by itself directly or indirectly. Preferably, the device further makes use of electrical hydrolysis process of water to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water and all fueled with water to run an electricity generator to produce electricity. It is a device of present invention to form a schematic cycle of water working on burning its own with its elements in producing power and energy. For example: a steam power engine fueled by hydrogen, oxygen and water—fuels heating to boiler—producing steam—running the electricity generator—producing electricity to consumers—running the hydrolysis device by part of electricity—producing hydrogen and oxygen—burning of hydrogen, oxygen and water—running the electricity generator continually.
Preferably, the device further makes use of the high temperature from burning of hydrogen and oxygen to burn water to run the jet engine, as hydrogen and oxygen can have power possible three times higher than common fuels. A jet plane fueled with hydrogen, oxygen and water can have big power to fly in the air, and in addition, to fly it out of the atmosphere and come back. In outer space, the jet engine with the invention device can run without any air for out of atmosphere because hydrogen, oxygen and water without any other oxidation can be burnt by themselves in condition they have suitable jet engines and plane right for outer space travel.
Preferably, a device further to assist an jet engine and plane to be able to travel in and out of atmosphere, is invented to make the combustion chamber of the jet engine can be functioned to open the dilution air entrances for air entering as it is available in the atmosphere but closed for internal combustion only when out of air in outer atmosphere.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferred embodiments of the present invention of a water burning device or water burning apparatus topology will be explained in more detail in the specific description below by way of examples and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified example of the invention of a furnace using water as a part of fuel in burning;
FIG. 2 a illustrates a simplified example of the invention of an electricity generator using water as the only fuel;
FIG. 2 b illustrates a simplified example of locating of nozzles for different fuels from water in generating electricity in FIG. 2 a.
FIG. 3 a illustrates a simplified example of the invention of a combustion chamber for a jet engine using water as one part of fuel in burning.
FIG. 3 b illustrates a simplified example of locating of nozzles for different fuels in the combustion chamber of the jet engine in FIG. 2 a.
FIG. 4 a to 4 d illustrates a simplified example of the open/close device of the flame tube of combustion chamber.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring first to FIG. 1, there is shown a simplified example of a furnace or burner using water as one burning fuel of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows three rounds of fuel nozzles in circular shapes forming a top view of a furnace apparatus. These fuel nozzles can be arranged in any number of nozzles and in either circular, square, rectangle, or elliptical shapes. There are many different arrangements for supplying fuels in their different usages.
FIG. 1 shows circular fuel nozzles (01) on outside, fuel nozzles (02) in the middle, fuel nozzles (03) in the inside are making a simplified burning furnace for fuel with control panel (04). First example arrangement is for regular fuel. As the temperature of the regular fuel is not too high, so water able to be burnt is not too much at all. Nozzles of (01) and (03) are supplying of regular fuel. Nozzles of (02) is supplying of highly pressured and vaporized water or steam. Fires from nozzles (01) and (03) are maintaining a furnace temperature from the regular fuel over 500 degrees C. Water vapor or fine droplets from nozzles (02) in the middle can be burnt by the heat of the furnace for over than 500 degrees C. Higher the temperature can brings more water to be burnt. Water in burning can brings in more calorific heat to the furnace even caused a lower combined temperature to the regular fuel because some heat is absorbed. This change of temperature brings in bigger total calorific heat because of more fuel is consumed altogether. Every round of nozzles (01, 02, 03) are built adjustable by control panel (04) separately on their appropriate quantity, velocity and fineness, so making the furnace (04) at a required temperature with maximum water gets burning. This arrangement of regular fuel and water can bring a bigger furnace with higher calorific heat than by regular fuel alone. In the process, burning water consumes some heat from regular fuel but giving out more heat in total than lost.
A second example for fuel supply in different nozzles arrangement is a furnace or burner of hydrogen and water. As burning hydrogen can have temperature up to 3,000 degrees C, it can bum much more water than by burning of regular fuel. The fuel arrangement for this furnace is fuel nozzles (01, 03) are supplying highly pressured water vapor, and nozzles (02) in the middle is supplying burning hydrogen. As hydrogen in burning is surrounded by highly pressured water vapor and the high temperature dissociates water vapor into hydrogen and oxygen with lost of 500 degrees C. thus bums them. More supply of water than hydrogen means the temperature is losing more than 500 degrees C. to hydrogen because more heat is required to bum more water. This arrangement lowers the hot temperature of hydrogen and turns the maximum quantity of water vapor into a burning fuel. Both advantages happen at the same time. Supplies of hydrogen and water are adjustable on panel (04) in order to have a highest and satisfied result of burning water.
FIG. 2 a shows an example of simplified device generating electricity fueled by water only as the second embodiment of the invention. Boiler (05) is containing water (06), receiving heat from underneath (07) and giving steam (08). By the steam (08), it turns an electricity generator (09) and gives electricity. Electricity produced is directed to supply consumers (10). Part of this electricity is directed to run a hydrolysis device (15) converting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen produced is directed to fuel nozzles (12) for the boiler where oxygen or air is directed to fuel nozzles (13). This arrangement of locating hydrogen and oxygen makes them burning together having a possible highest temperature. Fuel nozzles (11, 14) are supplied with highly pressured and finely vaporized water giving a surrounding effect to the burning of hydrogen and oxygen. Such arrangement can bring a high temperature of burning of hydrogen and oxygen but also burn the maximum quantity of water to bring down the temperature to be acceptable. In addition, bottom of boiler (07) is made to have extended wall around for concentration of fire from fuels. Fresh water from source (16) for this device is supplying to the boiler water (06), fuel nozzles (11, 14) and hydrolysis device (15) at divergences (17, 18, 19 and 20) respectively. Water is the only fuel for this device generating electricity. Of course, steam emitted and hot water produced can be turned into vapor using as fuel too. Higher the temperature from burning of hydrogen and oxygen means more of water to be burnt and more of electricity to be produced. As water can be burn at over 500 degrees C. and gives heat in burning, the portion of water gets burning is much more than portion of hydrogen and oxygen if which can be burnt at temperature around 3,000 degrees C. Control of velocity and fineness of them is another factor to make them burn stronger. Therefore, electricity produced for working the hydrolysis device to produce hydrogen and oxygen is only a small portion from the total of electricity production. As a result, electricity produced from this device is generated by fuels of mainly water and some hydrogen and oxygen produced from part of electricity it produced. Of course, there are many alternative arrangements for supply of hydrogen and oxygen, such as:

1/brought from outside,
2/produced by other machines,
3/produced by electricity at off-peak hours only.

FIG. 2 b, this is a simplified example showing the full top view of the fuel nozzles arrangement on device of FIG. 2 a. Nozzles of hydrogen (12) and oxygen (13) are locating alternatively to each other for having a good result of oxidation of hydrogen burning. Nozzles of water (11 or 14) are locating all around nozzles of hydrogen (12) and oxygen (13). This arrangement can have a best burning temperature with a maximum quantity of water burnt by the heat. It also protects the boiler for lowering of temperature, and keeps it away from the high temperature of hydrogen and oxygen in burning.
FIG. 3 a shows an example of a simplified combustion chamber of a jet engine as the third embodiment of the invention for using water as a burning fuel. Compressed air is entering into the combustion chamber (24), from primary air entry (25). Fuel nozzles (22) are supplying hydrogen, nozzles (23) are supplying oxygen, and nozzles (21) are supplying water around them. All fuels are highly pressurized and finely vaporized. Burning of hydrogen and oxygen together is making high temperature combustion thus burns and combusts surrounding water vapor. The combined combustion of hydrogen, oxygen and water mixed with the compressed air passing into the combustion chamber from the side dilution air entrances (26), thus forming an air jet combustion consequence. This device firstly brings water as an economical fuel to jet flight by making use of the high temperature of burning hydrogen and oxygen. By controlling quantity of vaporized water in supply, temperature of combustion chamber is controlled right for a mixed combustion with air. An ignition plug (27) is installed to start the combustion whenever is required. In case of the jet plane is flying too high for the air is too thin to keep the power to move the plane on the air, more hydrogen, oxygen and water are supplied to the combustion bringing an extra power to take over the lost of air as hydrogen, oxygen and water can be combusted without supply of air. Jet plane with these fuels combusting in combustion chamber can fly out of atmosphere in condition the jet engine has been built enough extra capacity from extra combustion of hydrogen, oxygen and water, and the whole plane is right designed for flying out of atmosphere.
FIG. 3 b, this is an example shows an arrangement for the fuel nozzles of hydrogen, oxygen and water for FIG. 3 a. Nozzles of hydrogen (22) and oxygen (23) are locating alternatively for having a good oxidation of burning hydrogen. Big and small nozzles of water (21) are locating all around nozzles of hydrogen and oxygen. This arrangement can have a good temperature of burning hydrogen and oxygen as they are locating close to each other for having a best burning result to burn water as a fuel. It also lowers the temperature of burning hydrogen and oxygen, making them possible as fuels for jet plane overcoming their destructive extreme high burning temperatures.
FIGS. 4 a to 4 d are shown simplified sketches for an enlarged side dilution air entrance of a combustion chamber used in FIG. 3 a working its open and close function from which the jet plane can possible being flying out of atmosphere. FIG. 4 a showing a side view of a dilution air entrance on the flame tube of the combustion chamber has two independent walls (30, 31) and should be touching each other closely for working where their dilution air entrance (32, 33) is built on the same position but in opposite convex or concave half on each wall. The compressed cool air is entering the combustion chamber through these dilution air entrances of the flame tube making the combustion chamber working regularly for a jet plane. FIG. 4 b shows a front view on half way of the dilution air entrance. The dilution air entrance (32, 33) from two walls (30, 31) is facing to each other at the same position where the convex or concave buildings are making them a passage for air entrance. FIG. 4 c and 4 d show either the outer or the inner wall has turned a little. This turning of wall makes the convex or concave building of passages are missed to each other. All air passages are shut off from facing of flat and non-leaking surface of other wall. This change of position of flame tube walls stops air goes into and also stops any leaking of combustion from combustion chamber. From this turning of the flame tube walls of the combustion chamber, a jet plane engine can turn to a rocket engine as its combustion chamber able to turn all around closed except the exhaust nozzle for thrusting. As oxygen and water are the oxidizers for burning hydrogen, air is not required. Therefore, a jet plane with these open and close air dilution entrances device, fueled by hydrogen, oxygen and water as combustion fuels, makes it can work as a jet plane and also like a rocket thus allowing the jet plane can fly in and out of atmosphere.

Claims

1-13. (canceled)

14. A fuel-burning apparatus having a burner including at least one fuel nozzle for providing a fuel that is capable of producing a temperature of at least 500 degrees C when burned within said apparatus, and at least one further nozzle for providing a supply of water in the form of steam, vapor or droplets in the vicinity of said burning fuel, at a rate sufficient to cause said water to dissociate into its elemental components and burn with said fuel.

15. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, further including a controller for regulating the pressure of the water supplied to said further nozzle to thereby achieve said rate.

16. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, further including a controller for regulating the fineness of said droplets emitted from said further nozzle to thereby achieve said rate.

17. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, further including a controller for regulating the quantity of the water supplied to said further nozzle to thereby achieve said rate.

18. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, comprising a plurality of said fuel nozzles and a plurality of said further nozzles, and wherein said further nozzles surround said fuel nozzles.

19. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, wherein said apparatus comprises a jet engine.

20. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 19, wherein said jet engine has a double-walled combustion chamber that forms a flame tube.

21. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 20, wherein the two walls of said double-walled chamber have adjustable openings that face each other to provide a passage for the entrance of dilution air.

22. A device for producing electricity, comprising:

a boiler for heating water to produce steam;

a furnace in juxtaposition to said boiler to generate the heat for producing said steam, said furnace including at least one fuel nozzle for providing a fuel that is capable of producing a temperature of at least 500 degrees C. when burned within said apparatus, and at least one further nozzle for providing a supply of water in the form of steam, vapor or droplets in the vicinity of said burning fuel, at a rate sufficient to cause said water to dissociate into its elemental components and burn with said fuel; and

a generator that generates electricity from said steam.

23. The device of claim 22, further including a hydrolysis device that separates water into hydrogen and oxygen for supply to said fuel nozzle.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein said hydrolysis device is powered by at least some of the electricity generated by said generator.