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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258710 | Maritime emissions control system An Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) includes several Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs) of different size and/or shape, an Emissions Capture System (ECS), and an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) mounted on an Unpowered Seagoing Barge (US... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7004088 | Protective device for incineration apparatus A protective device may be attached to a portable incineration apparatus, or used over an open pit. The protection device may be a screen constructed of a stainless steel mesh. The screen is laid across the open top of the portable incineration apparatus or the top ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6581529 | Incinerator with ceramics filter The present invention relates to an incinerator with a ceramics filter for incinerating raw refuse, general garbage, expanded polystyrene and others generated from a manufacturing plant, a wholesale market, a general firm, a general retail store, a genera... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6105515 | Portable cyclone burner A device for enabling oil spill waste materials to be incinerated in situ is provided. More specifically, the invention comprises an incinerator for reducing to ashes, used oil spill sorbent pads, oilsocks, and other materials employed in cleaning up oil ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5943969 | Ashing furnace and method A furnace comprises an enclosure, a hearth plate within the enclosure for supporting combustible material, a first heater element adjacent the hearth plate for initial combustion of the combustible material, a filter disposed above the hearth plate for fi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5853579 | Treatment system A treatment system is provided which can treat solid materials and/or liquid materials. Preferably, a separator initially separates liquid and solid materials, and the solid materials are deposited upon a substrate within a microwave cavity. Liquids remai... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5799596 | Ashing furnace and method A furnace comprises an enclosure, a hearth plate within the enclosure for supporting combustible material, a first heater element adjacent the hearth plate for initial combustion of the combustible material, a filter disposed above the hearth plate for fi... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5785936 | Simultaneous control of SO2, NOx, HCl, and particulates by in-furnace high-temperature sorbent injection and particulate removal A method for the simultaneous control of SO2, NOx, HCl, air toxins, metal fumes, and particulate emissions (ash, soot, metal oxides) from fossil fuel burning combustion processes is provided by injecting a sorbent upstream of a filte... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5569073 | System for the removal and disposal of airborne contaminants from an outdoor paint booth A system for removing airborne contaminants from the effluent air streams om spray paint booths and the like. The system includes a rectangular shaped underground pool having pool of water positioned below the work area. The underground pool has a plurali... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5566667 | Smoke filter with automated clogging prevention for open-hearth fireplaces This invention discloses a filter-and-fan assembly that can be installed into new fireplaces or retrofitted into existing fireplaces, for filtering dust and smoke out of the hot exhaust gases that are created when wood is burned in fireplaces. This filter... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5558029 | Ashing furnace and method A furnace comprises an enclosure, a hearth plate within the enclosure for supporting combustible material, a first heater element adjacent the hearth plate for initial combustion of the combustible material, a filter disposed above the hearth plate for fi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5558079 | Trash incinerator An inexpensive trash incinerator having a primary burn chamber and an after burner which includes a spark arrestor. The after burner is a stack which rests on top of the primary burn chamber and it includes an opening in its lower end for admitting fresh ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5279970 | Carbon particulate monitor with preseparator Carbon particulate concentration of diesel exhaust or other sampled gas is measured by collecting the particulate on a high efficiency filter while measuring the amount of sampled gas passing through the filter. The filtered particulate is then heated in ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5196170 | Carbon particulate monitor Carbon particulate concentration of diesel exhaust or other sampled gas is measured by collecting the particulate on a high efficiency filter while measuring the amount of sampled gas passing through the filter. The filtered particulate is then heated in ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5110747 | Diesel particulate monitor Particulate concentration of diesel exhaust is measured by collecting the diesel particulate on a filter while measuring the amount of exhaust passing through the filter. The filtered particlate is then heated in an oxygen rich enviroment to oxidize carbo... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5024681 | Compact hybrid particulate collector A method for removing particulates from a gas is described incorporating an electrostatic precipitator and a barrier filter in series, i.e. baghouse, downstream of the electrostatic precipitator. The series arrangement enables the barrier filter to operat... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4757772 | Sand collection system A method for collecting condensate includes filling a cylindrical container with a column of coarse sand and mounting the container coaxially to the output end of a furnace conduit through which heated gases containing sublimate will pass. A layer of gas ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4708068 | Fluidized-bed incineration equipment for removing organic substances An incineration equipment for removing organic substances from various parts of an extruder in a plastics forming machine, has a combustion chamber formed in the upper portion of a heating furnace accommodating a fluidized-bed consisting of refractory par... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4599952 | Combustion chamber The flue gases, which are generated in a combustion chamber through combustion of solid fuels, particularly under increased pressure, are cleared of dust in a dust removal device which consists of a plurality of tubular ceramic filter elements open at one... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4568273 | Gas-permeable thermal insulator A gas-permeable thermal insulator comprising a porous ceramic body of a three-dimensional reticulate structure having interconnected open cells is adapted to be installed in a heating oven or radiant tube so that exhaust gas passes through the insulator t... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4466361 | Method and apparatus for waste incineration A system including a method and apparatus for incinerating toxic and non-toxic waste materials. The system involves the use of a pre-treatment agent which is capable of insuring flowability in the waste materials to be incinerated. The agent is mixed with... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4394143 | Protective spark eliminating system for a filter baghouse A protective spark eliminating system for removing burning particulates from flue gases prior to introducing the gases into a filter baghouse. The protective system includes a housing enclosing a separating chamber having a gas inlet in the side of the ho... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4321071 | Filter for removing dust from a gaseous fluid A filter for removing dust and solid particles from a gaseous fluid, such as air, comprises a case having opposite side walls which are symmetrical about a vertical plane. In each side wall there are inlet openings which open into inlet passages defined b... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4319458 | Multiple pressure boiler with energy recovery system A multiple pressure boiler is disclosed having a plurality of boiler sections, each section operating at a successively lower temperature and lower pressure than the preceding section. The intake air for the firebox is heated by the flue gases, then super... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4048927 | Plant for burning waste A plant for burning waste which has a main combustion chamber to be charged ith the waste to be burnt and with fresh gases for burning the waste. From this main combustion chamber the burnt material and unburnt residual material including gases pass throug... | 09/20/1977 |
