US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on Dec. 23 for "Fuel flexible combustion module with integral flashback arrestor" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,166, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Fuel flexible combustion module with integral flashback arrestor" was invented by Praveen Kumar Cheekatamarla (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burner includes a primary input port configured to receive hydrogen-containing fuel and primary oxygen-containing gas. A fuel-distribution element comprises a plurality of distribution openings. A flashback arrestor element comprises a plurality of flashback arrestor element channels with a mean width that is smaller than a critical flame quench diameter of the hydrogen-containing fuel. A burner hous...