A multi-stage flame acceleration device and method for a gas-fuel engine are provided. The device includes a pressing piece, an upper chamber, a spark plug, a fuel ejector, a cooling device, and a flame acceleration nozzle. The spark plug and the fuel ejector are mounted in the upper chamber. The pressing piece is sleeved on an upper part of the upper chamber, and the device is wholly and fixedly connected to a cylinder head through a step groove of the upper chamber. A nozzle sealing ring, the flame acceleration nozzle, and a cylinder head sealing ring are mounted at a bottom of the upper chamber from top to bottom in sequence. Annular obstacles formed by annular plates are arranged in a chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle. In the method, a fuel is ejected in the chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle to obtain a homogeneous gas mixture.

A burner and associated methods are disclosed. The burner comprises a housing and a heat shield. The housing comprises an inlet for receiving gas, one or more outlets for expelling gas, and walls forming a gas cavity for directing the gas from the inlet to the outlet. The heat shield comprises a shield layer configured to cover at least a portion of at least one of the walls to thermally insulate the at least one of the walls from heat outside the gas cavity.

A hydrogen powered cooker burner is provided, having an inlet duct for the hydrogen through a burner body connected to the inlet duct up to a flame spreader. A sealed fluidic hydrogen connection is made by a nozzle coupled to a nozzle holder. In an embodiment, the nozzle has a second thread opposite a first thread. The cooker burner has a tubular sealing tie rod provided with a thread and sealing surfaces. The tubular sealing tie rod is configured so that, while screwing, the sealing surfaces of the tubular sealing tie rod are forced against an element of the burner.

Disclosed is a low NOx premixed hydrogen burner including: a plenum chamber including an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe and for mixing hydrogen and combustion air introduced through said inlet pipe to generate premixed gas for flame formation, in which a diameter of said plenum chamber is larger than diameters of said inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, and a length of said plenum chamber is greater than the diameter of said plenum chamber.

A catalytic burner for a hydrogen fueled boiler is provided. The catalytic burner comprises one or more of an inlet port, an outlet port, a fan, and a catalytic section. The catalytic section comprises at least one self-priming catalyst. The fan is successively disposed downstream of inlet port(s) and is configured to simultaneously draw, mix, and feed air and hydrogen to the catalytic section.

Systems for providing reliable, controllable power without releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) to the environment. Any CO.sub.2 generated is captured and converted to hydrocarbons, which may be used as hydrocarbon feedstock or as additional fuel. Some of these systems can even reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. The systems may utilize a carbon-neutral energy source.

An intelligent heating system device is provided with processing, communications, and other information technology components, for remote monitoring and control and various value added features and services, embodiments of which use a renewable energy-powered electrolyzer to produce hydrogen as an on-demand fuel stream for a heating element of the heating system.

In one aspect, an appliance for heating food, in particular a grill, and/or for emitting heat to the surroundings, in particular a heating appliance, includes at least one provision unit for providing hydrogen and at least one reaction unit for generating heat from the hydrogen. In one implementation, the reaction unit is designed as a catalytic unit for the flameless combustion of the hydrogen having at least one catalyst for catalyzing the hydrogen.

A method for monitoring an operation of a gas burner system in which a fuel/air mixture is ignited and a flame is generated by a burner during operation, includes: measuring the temperature of the flame by a flame temperature measurement installation that is actively cooled by impingement with cooling air; evaluating the temperature of the flame by an evaluation installation; interrupting a fuel supply to the burner in response to the temperature of the flame dropping below a critical value or having a specific negative gradient; determining an air-fuel ratio from the temperature of the flame; and interrupting the fuel supply to the burner in the event of an anomaly in the air-fuel ratio.

Combustion process, comprising: a) a production step of a binary fuel gas consisting of hydrogen and at least of between 5 and 50 vol % of nitrogen, preferably between 15 and 35 vol % nitrogen, and b) a combustion step using as only fuel gas the binary fuel gas at a combustion chamber able to receive as fuel gas the binary fuel gas, wherein the combustion chamber is selected from the group of furnaces and fired process heaters.