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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120079972 | SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL YARD WASTE CONTAINER/INCINERATOR A yard waste incinerator device is provided. The device includes an at least partially spherical outer member which is comprised of a truncated sphere. The outer member is usually comprised of a multiplicity of frame members that are spaced apart, but intersect with one... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079971 | WASTEWATER EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND METHOD An apparatus and method for evaporating a liquid and incinerating pollutants present in the resulting vapor. The system comprises a chamber for containing a liquid, a floatable pan in the chamber comprising at least one opening to allow a portion of the liquid to enter ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120017811 | ENCLOSED GRANULAR FUEL BURNING BOILER There is illustrated a fuel fired brazier for an enclosed granular fuel burning boiler. The brazier has an apertured grate-like brazier base. The brazier base is moved by an actuator from an operative position, retaining fuel in the brazier to a discharge position where... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120012040 | WASTE COMBUSTION CHAMBER A waste incinerator system is disclosed for incinerating waste in a holding tank. The system comprises a pump in fluid communication with the waste, and which is adapted to pump waste out of the holding tank and into a substantially hollow burning chamber. The burning c... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120012039 | CHAR-HANDLING PROCESSES IN A PYROLYSIS SYSTEM Char-handling processes for controlling overall heat balance, ash accumulation, and afterburn in a reheater are provided. Carbonaceous biomass feedstock is pyrolyzed using a heat transfer medium forming pyrolysis products and a spent heat transfer medium. The spent heat... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110303134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SOLID WASTES Waste burning means, gas treating means in communication with said waste burning means and gas separating means in communication with said gas treating means and waste burning means, said waste burning means includes a burning chamber and pressurized pyrolysis chamber, ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297058 | Methods and Apparatus for Enhanced Incineration The teachings of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for enhanced incineration. A method for improving the performance of an incinerator may comprise separating one or more substances from a process fluid using a classifying centrifuge, ejecting a first... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110271883 | WASTE TREATMENT A process and related apparatus for the treatment of hazardous waste and an initially separate waste stream, the process comprising gasifying the waste stream in a gasification unit to produce an offgas and a char material; and plasma treating the offgas, and optionally... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269081 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED COMBUSTION CONTROL Combustion systems and processes are disclosed. A cross-limiting override control system is configured to transmit remote set points to flow controllers configured to control the flow rates of a primary firing fuel and air to a combustion apparatus. A temperature contro... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265489 | Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use including primary combustion of non-uniform solid fuels such as biomass and solid wastes within a refractory lined gasifier, secondary combustion of primary combustion gas within a staged, cyclonic, refractory lined oxidi... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110232284 | INTEGRATED PROCESS AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING ENERGY FROM WASTE WITH LOW INVESTMENTS AND HIGH THERMOELECTRIC YIELDS A process is described for obtaining energy from waste, comprising the following phases: a) bio-drying of municipal solid waste (MSW) to transform it into refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a dry, homogeneous material with piece size of around 20-30 cm, known by the name of RDF... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110219993 | Method For Operating A System For Producing Bioethanol The invention relates to a method for operating a system for producing bioethanol, wherein organic waste products of the production process, particularly DGS and DDGS, are combusted and the useful heat is fed back into the system itself. The combustion process takes pla... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214593 | ECO-FRIENDLY SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR GENERATING THERMAL ENERGY FROM WASTE BIOMASS An eco-friendly system for generating thermal energy from waste biomass comprises a furnace, a set of boiler tubes placed on the top of the furnace, a rectangular or tubular structure housing the boiler tube and the furnace, an outlet for the flue gases leading to a cyc... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209646 | ENERGY AND STEEL RECOVERY SYSTEM An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension supports operably disposed therein wherein the supports are spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires and ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110189718 | Systems And Methods For Segregating Mixed Material Streams The invention relates to methods and systems of detecting useful material in a mixed solid, liquid and/or gaseous material stream. The methods include defining a value range requirement for at least one parameter of interest of useful material to be selected from the ma... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110174203 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR THE LOOPING-TYPE COMBUSTION OF SOLID CARBON-CONTAINING FUELS The invention relates to a plant and a process for the looping-type combustion of solid carbon-containing fuels with a carbon dioxide (CO2) flow output. Said process carries out the conversion of carbon without the help of solid carriers of the MyO... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110155029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING A BURNABLE FUEL Methods and systems are disclosed for direct conversion of a used or waste material into a burnable fuel and to burnable fuels derived therefrom.... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110146546 | METHOD FOR BURNING REFINING RESIDUES The method of the invention for combustion of residues from refining petroleum in a boiler comprising a hearth and injectors is characterized in that cooled gas containing oxygen is injected into the hearth in the hottest region of said hearth. Injection into the very h... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110120355 | BURNING METHOD OF WOODY PELLET AND BURNING APPARATUS THEREOF To suppress the generation of clinker so as to prevent the generation of a burning trouble, ceramic particles 30 are covered over a porous plate 4 to form a fire bed 3. Woody pellets 31 are scattered on the fire bed and combustion air is ejec... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110083593 | FLUIDIZED COMBUSTOR A system and method to permit fluidized combustion without requiring a separate fluidizing medium, such as sand. The system may include a combustion chamber, a fuel feed system coupled to the combustion chamber, an ignition system coupled to the combustion chamber, a fl... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110067611 | COMBUSTION MATERIAL PROCESS AND RELATED APPARATUS The present invention relates to a process (1) for the combustion of materials (X), comprising the steps of: (a) inserting the preferably compacted materials (X) in a reaction chamber (3) and closing the chamber (3); (b) injecting a flow of combusti... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110061577 | Combustible energy recycling system and method thereof In a combustible energy recycling system and its method, the system includes an airtight incinerator body, a gas intake module and a blower. The incinerator body is filled with a combustible waste material, and the gas intake module installed in the incinerator body inc... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110036280 | WASTE PROCESSING SYSTEM A small scale integrated waste processing system for the thermal destructions of waste. The system comprises a compactor (12) for densifying waste and expressing air, a pyrolyzer (13) to receive waste delivered from the compactor, a gasifier (14) wi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039216 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE ADDITION OF AN AUXILIARY FUEL The invention relates to a process for controlling the addition of an auxiliary fuel to combustion of at least one combustible material in a combustion chamber. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the process, in which the concentration is measured in the f... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110030591 | Incineration plant with heat insulating layer on the wet slag An incinerator including a wet slag remover for discharging combustion residues that includes a tank configured to provide a water bath having a water surface adapted to receive the combustion residues. A heat insulation layer is configured to float on the water surface... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030594 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AND CONTROLLING COMBUSTOR FOR GROUND OR PARTICULATE BIOMASS An apparatus, method, and system for combusting bridging fuel which includes biomass material. The apparatus includes an enclosure having a relatively thin wall defining a firebox. A combustion air manifold, and exhaust manifold, and heat exchanger are positioned along ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100313797 | Three Step Ultra-Compact Plasma System for the High Temperature Treatment of Waste Onboard Ships An apparatus for thermal processing of waste having organic and inorganic components comprises at least a treatment station, a cooling station and a treated material-removal station, and at least three crucibles. The treatment station is adapted to thermally treat the o... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307390 | Method and Apparatus for Incineration of Combustible Waste A method and apparatus for incinerating different types of combustible waste in a cement manufacturing process. Two combustion chambers for incinerating waste are arranged in series, with first combustion chamber being a down draft chamber in which there is a downward f... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307392 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR THE GENERATION OF EFFECTIVE ENERGY BY GASIFYING WASTE Disclosed are a method and an installation for generating effective energy by gasifying waste. In the method and installation, waste such as garbage is introduced into a shaft-type melting gasifier, is dried in a reverse flow, is degassed, and is gasified while the soli... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100294179 | GASIFICATION COMBUSTION SYSTEM A two stage refuse gasification combustion system for processing refuse is disclosed. The system may contain features such as an advancer, a first and second gasifier, a drier, a gas regulator, and a post combustor. Additionally, methods for regulating gas and advancing... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100288173 | GASIFICATION COMBUSTION SYSTEM A two stage refuse gasification combustion system for processing refuse is disclosed. The system may contain features such as an advancer, a first and second gasifier, a drier, a gas regulator, and a post combustor. Additionally, methods for regulating gas and advancing... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275824 | BIOMASS CENTER AIR JET BURNER A combustion apparatus capable of firing biomass fuel including a burner assembly which includes a biomass nozzle concentrically surrounded by a core air zone and extending axially along the length of the core air zone, the burner assembly residing within a windbox, the... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100224109 | BOTTLE FURNACE A method and apparatus to batch de-coat the organics in metal scrap, and/or gasify the organics from certain types of waste material (including biomass, municipal solid waste, industrial waste, and sludge). The apparatus is suited for use on a batch tilting single entry... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100199897 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR INCINERATING WASTE WITH PREHEATING OF THE LATTER The invention relates to a process for incinerating domestic or industrial waste, in a reactor. The combustion is carried out under pressure and with a supply of pure oxygen in the reactor. In the absence of nitrogen, the vapors resulting from the steam expansion turbin... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100192815 | Process and Related Equipment for Burning Industrial Plant Waste The present invention is directed to a process for burning industrial plant waste, equipment for burning such waste, and a steam-generating boiler that uses the calorific power of the waste for generating energy without polluting the atmosphere. The present process is c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180807 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR DRY EXTRACTING/COOLING HEAVY ASHES AND FOR CONTROLLING THE COMBUSTION OF HIGH UNBURNT CONTENT RESIDUES The present invention relates to a system for dry extracting/cooling heavy ashes and for controlling the combustion of high unburnt content residues, allowing to: extract heavy ash from the boiler bottom (12), foster and adjust post-combustion on the extractor be... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100139537 | THERMAL OXIDISER Thermal oxidiser (1) for the oxidation of a feed liquid (W) comprising an elongated retort (3) provided with a combustion gas input lance (5), a feed liquid input lance (7), one or more flow straighteners (11) and an exhaust gas outlet... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100139536 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR CO2 CAPTURING A method and a plant for capturing CO2 from an exhaust gas from combustion of carbonaceous material are described. At least a part of the combustion gas is introduced into a biol fuel boiler as an oxygen containing gas, to increase the concentration of CO 06/10/2010 | |
| 20100112505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OIL DRILLING WASTE The invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing oil drilling waste. According to the invention, oil drilling waste of one or more types is selected, and is introduced from the feeding tanks into a rotating kiln; and in the kiln, the oil drilling waste is ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100089295 | Continuously-Fed Non-Densified Biomass Combustion System A combustion system for extracting thermal energy from biomass or other formable fuels that does not require densification or other processing of the biomass prior to combustion. This system continuously feeds the biomass fuel from an auger or other conveyance system wh... | 04/15/2010 |