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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7665406 | Apparatus and method for combustion To enable a burnpot for a corn burning stove to be continuously operated, the burnpot has an openable bottom with at least a first and second position, one of said at least fist and second positions being substantially closed to enable a body of combustible fuel to ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7392753 | Process and apparatus for disposal of wastes An apparatus 1 for disposal of wastes comprises a measuring hopper 2 for measuring a charging amount of a waste to be disposed such as domestic wastes, industrial wastes or the like or a charging amount of a solid fuel such as coke, coal or the like, a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7311049 | Air and water conveyor/cooler for hot loose materials The present invention regards a conveyor/cooler for hot loose materials produced by boilers and various industrial processes, mainly comprising a sealed metal container (1) connected to a boiler (2) or to an incinerator from which, thanks to the gravit... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305924 | Apparatus and method for delivery of biomass fuel A method and apparatus for delivering biomass fuel to a structure through an external wall of the structure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hopper disposed within a delivery vehicle. The hopper includes an inlet disposed on its top surface to receive biomass... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7284550 | Burn pot for furnace A method of combusting a fuel in a burn pot includes forming an ash column within the burn pot, and removing a portion of the ash column. The burn pot includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, and a translatable plate interposed between the first... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273015 | Method and apparatus for combustion of residual carbon in fly ash A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263934 | Methods for generating energy using agricultural biofuel A process comprising, providing an agricultural biofuel to a fluidized bed reactor and combusting the agricultural biofuel to produce heat and/or steam is disclosed. In one embodiment, the agricultural biofuel is selected from the group consisting of agricultural cr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228806 | Biomass gasification system A biomass gasification system for efficiently extracting heat energy from biomass material. The biomass gasification system includes a primary combustion chamber, a rotating grate within the primary combustion chamber for supporting the biomass during gasification, ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216593 | Apparatus for treating liquid waste An apparatus for treating waste includes a vessel and DC and/or AC plasma torches with a variable flame mounted with the vessel. The flames generated by the torches can be adjusted depending on the characteristics of the waste being treated. Waste can be introduced ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195084 | Systems and methods for storing and handling drill cuttings Vessels for selectively holding drilling cuttings material and methods employing such vessels; the vessels, in at least certain aspects, having a body with a hollow container with an interior space for receiving drilling cuttings material and from which the material... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7146916 | Starved air inclined hearth combustor An inclined hearth combustor which generally includes a primary combustion chamber having a plurality of stepped hearths, a secondary combustion chamber in communication with the primary combustion chamber and a boiler having an inlet in communication with the secon... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146915 | Extractor/cooler of loose materials through the use of conveyor belt equipped with bored and winged plates The cooling of the material is mainly achieved through the convective thermal exchange between the loose hot material and the cooling air flow blown in from the outside, and through the conductive thermal exchange between the same material (3) and the conveyo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140309 | Method of clean burning and system for same A method and system for clean burning organic or synthetic material, particularly vulcanized rubber, where fuel is ignited and the heat and smoke by-product is maximized by controlling the amount of oxygen available to the fire. The smoke by-product in an afterburne... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111565 | Rotating grate for the combustion of slag producing fuel In a rotating grate having a rotational-symmetrical shape having an axis of rotation which is inclined against a horizontal plane by more than 34°, and which encloses a combustion chamber for the combustion of slag-forming fuel, which is locked on a lower end and i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069866 | System for controlling the flow pattern of a recovery boiler The invention relates to a system for controlling the flow field in a soda recovery boiler, said soda recovery boiler comprising at least a furnace (1), primary air ports (4) in the lower part of the furnace, so-called secondary combustion air ports ( | 07/04/2006 |
| 7047894 | Method and apparatus for combustion of residual carbon in fly ash A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7014778 | Device and method for treating waste product A method and device are provided for treating a waste water waste-product mixture from a toilet by coupling the toilet to a waste product mixture to a waste product holding tank, connecting the tank with a vacuum container having a stirring member for breaking up th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994497 | Method and apparatus for treating high pressure particulate material An apparatus for pneumatically conveying particulate material containing reaction products of a high pressure reactor from a supply vessel at a pressure of at least two bar to a receiving vessel at a considerably lower pressure. The apparatus includes a conveyor lin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994036 | Coal-fired power station A coal-fired power station is provided and has a boiler that is heatable by dry firing, a catalytic converter for reducing an NOx level, a flue gas channel that adjoins the boiler and leads to the catalytic converter, and a coarse ash separator disposed u... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973883 | Reburn system with feedlot biomass The present invention pertains to the use of feedlot biomass as reburn fuel matter to reduce NOx emissions. According to one embodiment of the invention, feedlot biomass is used as the reburn fuel to reduce NOx. The invention also includes burn... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959504 | Emptying unit for recovering bottom residue, particularly in drying filters, drying units, and the like An emptying unit for recovering bottom residue, particularly in drying filters, drying units and the like, comprising, inside a container for treating and containing dried product, fluid introducing elements for moving the bottom residue of the dried product. A disc... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948436 | Method and apparatus for the gasification and combustion of animal waste, human waste, and/or biomass using a moving grate over a stationary perforated plate in a configured chamber An apparatus for the combustion of organic waste such as poultry litter/manure, cow manure and swine manure, and/or human waste, and/or biomass using a moving grate over a stationary perforated plate to convert organic waste into usable energy. The unprocessed fuel ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936092 | Positive pressure drilled cuttings movement systems and methods Methods for moving drilled cuttings, the methods, in certain aspects, including conveying with air under positive pressure, drilled cuttings to flow conduit apparatus; applying air under positive pressure to the flow conduit apparatus to continuously move the drille... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911058 | Method for producing clean energy from coal A method for producing clean energy from coal by feeding the coal in a reactor which is sealed to the atmosphere and moving the coal in the reactor while injecting oxygen to combust a portion of the coal in a substoichiometric mode to devolatilize the coal and yield... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6877445 | Chamber having discharge base A chamber having a discharge base discharges an oversize fraction of a material and a fine fraction of the material separately from the chamber. The discharge base for the chamber for the heat treatment of the material is capable of separating the fine fraction of t... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6848374 | Control of mercury emissions from solid fuel combustion A system 26 for removing elemental mercury or mercury compounds handles carbonaceous sorbent 28 of a starter batch stored in a silo 30 in an agglomerated state. The sorbent 28 is fed by a feeder 32 to a separation device 34,... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6830000 | Automatic firepot cleaning system Embodiments are shown of a floor opening and/or closing system for pellet stoves and other solid-fuel combustion devices with ash-dumping floors. The system uses a cam system wherein a cam member automatically moves to urge the ash-dumping floor open and/or closed, ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6814013 | Process for treating incineration residues from an incineration plant In the process for treating incineration residues from waste incineration plants, the incineration material is incinerated on a furnace grate. The incineration residues produced are quenched in a wet slag remover and conveyed out of the latter. The wet incineration ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6758149 | Refuse incinerator This invention provides a refuse incinerator capable of extinguishing smoke and odor of exhaust gas emitted from, combustion of the refuse just after incineration of the refuse is started. Exhaust gas outlets are provided in a furnace lid of the incineration furnace... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748882 | Process for influencing the properties of incineration residues from an incineration plant In a process for influencing the properties of incineration residues from an incineration plant, in particular a waste incineration plant, the incineration is controlled sot that a sintering and/or fusing of the slag takes place as earl as in the incineration bed of... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6745705 | Furnace The invention relates to a furnace with a body (1) of a furnace, at the lower end of which a discharge device (2) for the ashes produced in the combustion chamber is provided. A continuous conveyor device in the form of a vibrating conveyor (3) ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6655304 | Mass fuel combustion system An improved mass fuel combustion system can be designed in a variety of embodiments and alternatives, including designs which include independent gas feeds, independent gas pulsing, independently controllable vibration systems and an overall control syste... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6655303 | Furnace A furnace consists of at least one wall-mounted burner tilted downward for feeding air-fuel mixture and of a prism-shaped ash hopper. Slopes of the walls of lower combustion chamber region define the slotted mouth of ash hopper. The bottom airflow device ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6601525 | Incinerator with an ash control unit An incinerator includes a furnace with a supporting plate that defines a combustion chamber thereabove and an ash receiving chamber therebelow in the furnace. An ash control unit includes a partitioning member that divides the ash receiving chamber into u... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6571721 | Ash melting apparatus The furnace body uses a crucible as the innermost layer thereof to reduce wearing of furnace materials and achieve downsizing of the furnace body; the crucible is made into the form of a cartridge so as to fully facilitate replacement thereof; a mixture o... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6520098 | Apparatus and method for disposing of dam dirt A method of disposing of combustible materials. The method includes the steps of: providing a heating space; providing a first source to generate heat to a first predetermined level at a first location in the heating space sufficient to reconstitute the c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6481360 | Ultra fine fly ash and a system for collecting the same A system for collecting ultra fine fly ash from a dry fly ash removal system includes providing a bagfilter transport conduit for each bagfilter of the system. A vacuum shutoff valve is positioned in each bagfilter transport conduit The bagfilter transpor... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6431094 | Reactive waste deactivation facility and method The reactive waste deactivation facility includes a plurality of deactivation bays each being adapted to accommodate a different type or reactive waste which is to be deactivated therein. The deactivation bays are all enclosed within a common expansion ch... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422159 | Incinerator for home use An incinerator has a combustion vessel, a base trap and an afterburner. The combustion vessel has a combustion chamber, an exhaust leading from the chamber, an air intake leading to the chamber, and a gas intake leading to the chamber. Fresh air is mixed ... | 07/23/2002 |
