The present invention relates to method and apparatus whereby combustion processes may be efficiently conducted. In recent years one of the greatest problems facing the public is the elimination of air pollution, a great deal of which is due to the exhaust from various combustion processes. The most troublesome of these seem to be those wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is combined with oxygen and burned such as the combustion processes taking place within gasoline engines, diesel engines, gas turbines, boiler burners and the like. It has been recognized that the pollution arising from these combustion processes is due largely to incomplete or inefficient combustion but as yet a practical and economical method of increasing combustion efficiency has not come forth. In addition to contributing to pollution, incomplete combustion is also undesirable in that it increases fuel consumption and generally reduces mechanical life of the apparatus in which the combustion takes place due to the formation of undesirable carbon deposits.

It is thus an object of the present invention to provide an economical and relatively simple method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of combustion processes. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a means whereby pollution of the atmosphere from the exhaust of combustion processes may be reduced. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a means whereby an stove internal combustion burner may be modified in order to render it more efficient and release less pollutants than before. Additional objects will become apparent from the following description of the present invention.