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| 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 |
| 4279208 | Method and apparatus for heat treatment of industrial wastes A method and apparatus for the heat treatment of industrial wastes wherein at least some of the constituent materials of the wastes are subjected to combustion and/or to pyrolysis to produce flue gases and, in some applications, a residue. The supply of a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4270467 | Low mass flow waste fuel incinerator A system for the combustion of waste products for the extraction of heat energy in a clean pollutant-free medium. The system includes a swirling air-cyclonic type incinerator having means for controllably consuming fuel in the form of waste products of va... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4252300 | Burner control system A control system for multiple burners or heaters in an afterburner section of a metal scrap dryer is provided. The control system provides for cascade and sequential control including selective and sequential ignition as well as selective and sequential d... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4245571 | Thermal reductor system and method for recovering valuable metals from waste A thermal reductor system is provided with a rotary ignition chamber having an input end, a discharge end of enlarged size relative to the input end and an inside chamber wall having a configuration for promoting natural flow of gases, smoke and ash disch... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4241672 | Method of regulating the amount of underfire air for combustion of wood fuels in spreader-stroke boilers A method of metering underfire air for increasing efficiency and reducing particulate emissions from wood-fire, spreader-stoker boilers is disclosed. A portion of the combustion air, approximately one pound of air per pound of wood, is fed through the gra... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4193354 | Solid waste disposal system A waste disposal system for the thermal conversion of municipal and industrial solid wastes into essentially pollution free products of combustion is disclosed. The waste disposal system includes a building enclosure having an interior storage area for ac... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4183306 | Hot gas recirculation type burning furnace This invention relates to a burning furnace of hot gas recirculation type for minimizing fuel cost. The furnace includes a cyclone which receives dust-containing exhaust gases. One or more secondary air-introducing nozzles are provided for the cyclone at ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4181081 | Pollution reduction smokeless auto incinerator A smoke control device for use in motor vehicle incineration. Smoke from burning vehicles in an incineration area is directed into a collecting chamber by controlled air flows and flaps. Updrafts evacuate the chamber and force the smoke into a combustion ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4172425 | Incinerator with improved means for transferring burning waste through the combustion chamber A controlled air incinerator having an increased capacity for burning waste material and having increased efficiency for completely burning all burnable waste material fed thereto. The controlled air incinerator, which is sometimes referred to as a "starv... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4162655 | Heat producing device A heat producing device utilizing solid carbonaceous material, especially material of cellulosic composition such as corn cobs, as fuel. The heat producing device includes a gasifier for the carbonaceous material. The gas outlet of the gasifier leads to a... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4162654 | Pollution controlled incineration system A pollution control incineration system comprises an elongated duct having one or more inlets positioned at or near grade level. An upright standpipe removably covers an inlet opening to provide a polluted gas inlet to the duct from a location elevated ab... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4144014 | Process for the thermal combustion of waste gases and thermal after-burning plant for carrying out said process A process for the thermal after-burning of waste gases containing combustible substances capable of forming an explosive mixture with air in a specific concentration range comprises feeding the waste gas undiluted to a flame with a concentration of combus... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4123979 | Incinerator The present invention comprises an improved after burner for a multi-chamber incinerator including a pair of successive gas flow tubes having arcuate surfaces disposed one over the other such that the said one is an arcuate surface having a radius to a lo... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4054097 | Method and apparatus for incinerating liquid, gaseous and pasty waste In a process for incinerating liquid, gaseous or pasty waste, the steps of producing a high frequency vibratory flow of a fluid in a pulverzing chamber, introducing the liquid, gaseous or pasty waste into the chamber to be pulverized in said high frequenc... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4038032 | Method and means for controlling the incineration of waste A control system for the incineration of pollutants in waste gases which will conserve fuel consumption and which embodies feed back signals from temperature sensing means and/or gas analyzing means in connection with the combustion gases to detect an und... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4036576 | Incineration system for the disposal of a waste gas and method of operation An incineration system and method are disclosed wherein a waste gas is transferred from tank means to an incinerator for disposal therein. Products of combustion discharged from the incinerator may be used (1) to heat a liquid medium for use in washing do... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4033725 | Apparatus for NOx control using steam-hydrocarbon injection This invention describes a furnace system for the reduction of nitrogen oxide containing gases which utilizes a two-chambered refractory lined furnace. Fuel gas and stoichiometric air is introduced into the first chamber to provide an ambient temperature ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032361 | Method and apparatus for controlled separation of substances by heating A method for controlled separation of substances by heating, e.g. for removing paint or other coatings on scrap metal, includes heating in an oven chamber the material from which one or more substances are to be separated to a temperature sufficiently hig... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4026223 | Sludge incinerator A sludge incinerator for use in the flash evaporation of water contained in high moisture sludges comprises a primary chamber, with longitudinally spaced inlet tubes to introduce the sludge and compressed air therein in an atomized spray, and primary burn... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4023508 | Apparatus to burn waste combustible polymers Apparatus for burning waste polymers of selected combustion characteristics. A vertical or horizontal combustion assembly includes a base cylindrical portion having water-cooled walls to maintain a selected temperature by removal of the heat of combustion... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4015927 | Automatic high-low burner operation A method of operating a burner in which fuel and airborne combustible debris to be incinerated are received in a burner while fuel delivered to the burner is decreased in quantity in the absence of debris to be incinerated so that delivery of excess fuel ... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4013023 | Incineration method and system The following disclosure teaches ways and means for incinerating organic wastes in a multiple hearth furnace equipped with an afterburner. In the furnace, the wastes are pyrolyzed in an oxygen deficient atmosphere which is regulated to only partially comp... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4012202 | Pyroscrubber A pyroscrubber for combustion of large carbon particles in a stream of waste gas, particularly the waste gas from a coke calcination furnace comprises a generally U-shaped combustion chamber having a first passage arranged parallel with (preferably above)... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3996862 | Waste disposal system An on-site waste disposal system utilizes controlled incineration of solid wastes and economic heat recovery from flue gases to dispose of solid wastes from a high population dwelling area, such as an apartment building, to decrease substantially the volu... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3993449 | Apparatus for pollution abatement A low pressure loss, two stage burner is provided wherein a portion of the effluent gases are admitted to a primary burner defining a primary combustion zone, recirculated within the primary combustion zone, mixed with a combustible fuel in the primary co... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3985510 | Flash reactor unit A flash reactor unit includes a housing shaped to define a chamber therein in which gases and particulate matter are continuously circulated. A stream of hot, high velocity exhaust gas from a combustion chamber turbine is introduced into the chamber proxi... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3942953 | Fume incinerator and seal structure therefor A fume incinerator having a rotary heat exchanger with a novel seal structure therefor. A rotating rotary heat exchanger wheel is positioned in the mouth of a tubular incinerator having a closed end wall opposite to the rotary heat exchanger. A baffle ext... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940253 | Device for the purification of process waste gases A combustion chamber device for the purification of process waste gases from poisonous, noisome and/or other noxious constituents by combustion while using a support combustion device and under conditions used in gas turbine technology. The process gases ... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3937154 | Afterburner apparatus for incinerators or the like An afterburner apparatus to eliminate combustible products in exhaust gases so as to produce a substantially pollution-free gas for discharge to atmosphere. The afterburner apparatus is especially suitable for use with incinerators wherein the exhaust gas... | 02/10/1976 |
