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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4426360 | Thermal regeneration outlet by-pass system and process In a thermal regeneration anti-pollution system in which there are a plurality of heat-exchange beds communicating with a high temperature incineration zone, excessive temperatures in the zone and danger to equipment in the installation are prevented by d... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4424754 | Burner control The invention is concerned to control the combustion conditions of a burner 1 supplied with a mixture of pulverized fuel and air. By use of a vortex amplifier 10 in the supply pipe 3, the supply of fuel is interrupted so that the flame is consequently fir... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4316420 | Furnace heat absorption control Furnace performance is controlled during start-up or very low load operation at a time when the minimum air flow required to be supplied to the furnace is significantly greater than that required to burn the fuel being supplied to the furnace. Decreased f... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4315468 | Control system for a single auger starved-air combustor A control system for a starved-air combustor wherein a combustion chamber is divided into a plurality of combustion chamber zones with separate overfire and underfire airflows being individually provided for each zone. Fuel is fed to the combustor in sele... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4306507 | Method of controlling the heat balance in a shaft-type metallurgical furnace The heat balance in a shaft furnace, e.g. a blast furnace for the production of iron, is controlled by feeding peat in a comminuted form, i.e. with a mean particle size of 0.05 to 1 mm and a water content of less than 25%, into the blast furnace. The peat... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4302426 | Thermal regeneration outlet by-pass system In a thermal regeneration anti-pollution system in which there are a plurality of heat-exchange beds communicating with a high temperature incineration zone, excessive temperatures in the zone and danger to equipment in the installation are prevented by d... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4300460 | Method for generating heat from waste fuel A combustion method in which heat is generated from particulate laden combustible gas containing mineral matter created from gasifying waste wood, coke or other combustible material in which the waste is fed into a pile, under-fire combustion air dries an... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4201187 | Modular solid fuel furnace system A solid fuel burning system which may be readily combined with a conventional fluid fuel burning furnace in a forced air heating system. The solid fuel burning system comprises, in combination, a draft inducing blower which directs air for combustion into... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4060042 | Incinerator This invention relates to incinerators for the disposal of urban waste. More particularly, it relates to incinerators of the type comprising a rotary furnace of highly heat-resistant steel, having a horizontal axis of rotation and comprising a drying cham... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4050389 | Method and apparatus for incinerating waste material A method and apparatus for incinerating waste material in a multiple hearth furnace having a plurality of vertically spaced hearths wherein waste material is introduced to the furnace at the top thereof and moves downwardly in a generally serpentine fashi... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050900 | Incineration apparatus An apparatus for carrying out various methods of material incineration includes an elongated combustion chamber housing a continuous conveyor belt supported beneath infrared heating units, air flow means to the combustion chamber and to the heating units ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4015546 | Apparatus and method for converting refuse to useful energy The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein includes apparatus for and the steps of separating glass, metal and other generally non-combustible material from refuse to provide a volume of generally combustible refuse, shreddingthe volume of... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4011822 | Burner for decarbonizing organic char A burner for decarbonizing organic char in which the particles of char are introduced through a first inlet to a combustion chamber where they are mixed with hot air introduced through one or more additional inlets, the mixture being ignited and burned in... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4009667 | Incinerator for combustible refuse An incinerator having a variable speed auger to continuously feed refuse into and through a combustion chamber and into a water filled ash receptacle. Preheated combustion air is supplied through tangential openings in and along the combustion chamber wal... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3995567 | Waste fuel incinerator and pollutant removal system A system for the combustion and utilization of waste products for the production of heat energy in a clean pollutant-free medium. The system includes forced air swirling-type incinerator having means for controllably admitting fuel in the form of waste pr... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3995568 | Incinerator and combustion air system therefor A refuse disposal system is disclosed including a combustion chamber, means disposed in the combustion chamber for supporting refuse to be burned, means for charging refuse on the support means, overfire means for supplying an increasing flow of combustio... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3965828 | Waste feeding apparatus for incinerator Apparatus for feeding waste material including pathological or highly infectuous waste into an incinerator combustion chamber through an access opening in the top thereof and being characterized by a construction which substantially prohibits the escape o... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3960504 | Polluted air effluent incinerating apparatus An apparatus and method for direct flame incineration of a polluted air effluent, such as the effluent from a coffee roasting oven. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical housing containing three concentric longitudinally aligned shells, each of which defi... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3958920 | System for controlling the operation of a multiple hearth furnace A system for controlling the operation of a multiple hearth furnace over a diverse range of operating conditions at a minimum level of energy consumption. Relatively low temperature gases are controllably recirculated from the drying zone to the combustio... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3954381 | Method of and apparatus for incinerating an aqueous solution containing nitro compounds A concentrated aqueous solution containing nitro compound is incinerated in a chamber to produce a hot dry vapor that is fed through a heat-exchange chamber through which the unconcentrated aqueous solution containing the nitro compounds is dripped so as ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3945331 | Thermal recovery system A dual function thermal recovery system for reducing pollutant emissions to the ambient and for utilizing normally wasted heat energy for beneficial purposes. A simple and efficiently operative assemblage of components for directly transmitting outlet sta... | 03/23/1976 |
