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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141501 | Method and facility for disposing wet sludge A wet sludge disposal facility is capable of smoothly transferring wet sludge to a kiln inlet part of a dry process kiln by a low feeding pressure and without substantially increasing the moisture content in the wet sludge. The disposal facility is used in a cement ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7971539 | Cleaning device, cleaning tool and method of using the cleaning device A cleaning device, cleaning tool and method for cleaning outlet ports or the like and/or outlet spouts (12) or the like in soda recovery boilers of the like the cleaning device including at least one connecting rod and at least one front tool part mounted on ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7426891 | System for converting animal waste into an environmentally friendly energy source A simplified energy producing system that utilizes natural animal waste and/or by-products and converts such waste into a usable clean energy source. The system incorporates a grinder/dehydration system, waste transport, a holding container, fuel air regulator, and ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7341422 | Container transportation system and method A container transportation system and method which includes a number of enclosed containers adapted to contain freight and protect the freight in a marine environment, a vehicle adapted to lift, transport, orient and place the containers on a support surface, a mari... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322301 | System and method for processing sewage sludge and other wet organic based feedstocks to generate useful end products A system and method are disclosed for processing sewerage sludge and other organic based feedstocks, in an energy efficient manner that minimizes or eliminates unwanted byproducts, including pathogens, and generates useful environmentally safe products. The sewage s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7288234 | Glycols as an adjuvant in treating wastes using the Molten Salt Oxidation process An improved system and method for using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a processing fluid additive for safely and effectively treating water-wet hogout propellant as well as any other water-wet propellants, explosives and hazardous wastes (solids and liquids) to make ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273366 | Method and apparatus for destruction of vapors and waste streams A burner assembly for the destruction of noxious vapors and other waste streams includes an inner burner element in the form of a sudden expansion burner and an outer burner element that encircles the inner burner element and forms an annular passageway between the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270539 | Method and apparatus for destruction of vapors and waste streams using flash oxidation A burner assembly for the destruction of noxious vapors and other waste streams includes an inner burner element in the form of a sudden expansion burner and an outer burner element that encircles the inner burner element and forms an annular passageway between the ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207280 | Combustion air system for recovery boilers, burning spent liquors from pulping processes An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls at one or several levels of the furnace. A ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204209 | Lance for injecting fluids for uniform diffusion within a volume An injection lance for injecting a fluid over a predefined target area within a system includes a support block with an inlet side and an outlet side. A plurality of channels are disposed non-parallel with respect to each other within the support block and extend be... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185594 | Method and apparatus for improving combustion in recovery boilers A combustion air system for a recovery boiler is described in which multiple levels of secondary and tertiary combustion air ports each have an even number of ports, with the ports on opposing walls interlaced. The air system lends itself equally well to front/rear ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7083763 | Feeding system for fuel gas generator A feed system for loading waste into a fuel gas generator system where the feed system is made of a walled container wherein the outer container back has an outer back hole and the inner container back has an inner back hole, and wherein the holes are aligned and a ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7062917 | Combustion chamber with flameless oxidation A combustion chamber (5) for a gas turbine is adapted for flameless oxidation of fuels. This circulation flow has an internal space (9) in which a large-volume circulation flow is established. To this end, the combustion chamber supplies a hot exhaust ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037105 | Heating apparatus for wells An apparatus for warming objects such as production conduits at a well site comprises an internal combustion engine driving a well pump. A heat exchanger shell is connected to an exhaust port of the engine, and has an output port. A circulating pump is driven by the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004086 | Injection of overfire air through the upper furnace arch for penetration and mixing with flue gas The boiler nose or arch of a furnace projects into the upwardly flowing flue gas to form a restricted passage. Overfire air is introduced into the cavity or plenum of the boiler nose and flows to injection ports along the inclined surface of the boiler nose to provi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968629 | Method of drying metallic waste of pyrophoric tendencies that is to be compacted; apparatus and compacting canister associated with said method The present invention provides: a method of drying metallic waste having pyrophoric tendencies (liable to catch fire and/or explode), said waste being for compacting; an apparatus for drying said waste, the apparatus including a compacting canister and... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6932000 | System for feeding combustion air in a soda recovery boiler A method and a system for feeding combustion air of a soda recovery boiler to a furnace. The air is fed to the boiler furnace as primary air jets and auxiliary airjets, which are substantially shorter than the primary air jets. At least one primary airjet is placed ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6880265 | Method of drying metallic waste of pyrophoric tendencies that is to be compacted; apparatus and compacting canister associated with said method The present invention provides: a method of drying metallic waste having pyrophoric tendencies (liable to catch fire and/or explode), said waste being for compacting; an apparatus for drying said waste, the apparat... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6820564 | System and method for removing blockages in a waste converting apparatus One or more auxiliary plasma torches are provided to a waste processing plant at strategic locations within the chamber and directed towards the waste column. When a bridge forms within the chamber the auxiliary plasma torches may be operated such as to provide an a... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6807913 | System and method for decongesting a waste converting apparatus A plurality of fluxing agent inlets are provided at the lower part of a waste processing chamber to enable the direct application of fluxing agents to deposited “unprocessed solids” and/or to liquid products of high viscosity therein. Means are provided for sens... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6799526 | Methods of improving productivity of black liquor recovery boilers Methods of increasing the throughput of recovery boilers equipped with at least three levels of injection of air with oxygen enrichment of the air in at least one air level. In one method, a black liquor recovery boiler has three levels of air injection, and oxygen ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6796250 | Waste water recovery and utilization system A waste water recovery and utilization system that converts waste water including gray water, liquid sewerage waste and solid macerated sewerage waste to steam and to electricity comprises a gray water tank, a sewerage tank, a steam generator with a gray water cruci... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6763772 | Apparatus for processing waste A liquid waste feeding system having a liquid inlet to a plasma torch based waste processing chamber, disposed intermediate the primary plasma torch arrangement at the bottom end of the chamber and the top gas products outlet. the liquid inlet is positioned within t... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6742463 | Combustion air system for recovery boilers, burning spent liquors from pulping processes An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls at one or several levels of the furnace. A ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729246 | Interlinked synthetic garbage incinerator with a plurality of inlets A garbage incinerator comprises an incinerator body having an elongated incinerating chamber, which forms an angle with a horizontal plane. A plurality of inlets are provided on the incinerator body for feeding burnable construction garbage and house refuse, respect... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6619217 | Decomposition processing apparatus for PCB A decomposition processing apparatus for PCBs prolongs the staying time of the PCBs in a vertical furnace. The apparatus heats and decomposes the PCBs and includes porous staying plates through which the falling PCBs pass, to delay the progress of the PCB... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6553924 | Co-combustion of waste sludge in municipal waste combustors and other furnaces A system and method for treating, injecting and co-combusting sludge in a municipal waste or other solid fuel combustor. The system includes a sludge receiving and treatment module and a sludge injection and combustion module. The sludge is received and s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6546883 | Thermo-oxidizer evaporator A thermo-oxidizer evaporator is provided with a combustion chamber, burners, and waste water injection system. The waste water injection system is preferably adapted to atomize the waste water stream. The waste water is injected near the flame from the bu... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6532880 | Method and apparatus for drying and incineration of sewage sludge A system for drying sludge includes a shaftless spiral feed screw for moving sludge through a drying chamber. An high energy inductor is located at a output of the drying chamber for drawing hot gases through the chamber to dry the sludge as it advances f... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6443077 | System for producing combustion ash of cellulose-containing wastes The system for producing combustion ash of cellulose-containing wastes, provided with a kneading device 3 for kneading cellulose-containing wastes with a prescribed amount of liquid fuel oil, a molding device 5 for molding said kneaded mixture, and a comb... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435860 | Landfill condensate injection system An automated, computer-controlled landfill condensate injection system includes a pump that pumps condensate into a flare chamber at a pressure that is sufficiently high and through a nozzle that is configured to vaporize the condensate without requiring ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425976 | Method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers The invention refers to a method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers, of the type having a lower portion, referred to as a lower furnace and an upper portion, referred to as an upper furnace, black liquor sprayers for introduction of black l... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6412428 | Method and apparatus for drying and incineration of sewage sludge A system for drying sludge includes a shaftless spiral feed screw for moving sludge through a drying chamber. An high energy inductor is located at a output of the drying chamber for drawing hot gases through the chamber to dry the sludge as it advances f... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408771 | Methods of improving productivity of black liquor recovery boilers Methods are presented to increase the throughput of a recovery boiler equipped with at least primary and secondary levels of injection of air. The methods comprise operating the recovery boiler with a third level of oxidant injection below or at the same ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6401635 | Liquid carton waste material recycling process and apparatus for recycling liquid carton waste material Process for recycling of liquid carton waste material or other similar waste material having fibrous, metal and plastics materials. The process includes introducing the waste material and a slushing liquid into a slushing apparatus and slushing of the was... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397766 | Evaporative and regenerative waste water incineration system There are provided an evaporative/regenerative incineration system for organic waste water for incinerating organic waste water and volatile organic compounds completely at low expenses and a method therefor. Waste gas is generated by evaporating waste wa... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6389996 | Incinerator A incinerator comprises a framework, a liquid-vapor tank, a plurality of liquid tanks, and at least two fluid dryer tanks. The framework provides a plurality of elongated horizontal frames fixedly attached to a front and a rear walls thereof respectively.... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6360679 | Sanitary waste disposal unit A sanitary waste disposal unit (1) including a scalable destruction chamber (11), a vacuum pump (23), a source of heat (15) and means (29) for the controlled introduction of air into the chamber (11). In use the waste is introduced on the chamber (11) whi... | 03/26/2002 |
