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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4146359 | Method for reacting nongaseous material with a gaseous reactant This invention relates to a new and novel method and apparatus for reacting nongaseous material with a gaseous reactant comprising introducing a first stream containing a nongaseous material into a reaction zone; simultaneously introducing a second stream... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4135876 | Method for simultaneously calcining first kind of pulverized materials containing combustible compounds and second kind of pulverized materials Disclosed is a method for calcining pulverized raw cement materials or alumina materials prior to a burning process, a first kind of pulverized materials containing combustible compounds and a second kind of pulverized materials being simultaneously calci... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4132180 | Apparatus and method for enhancing combustibility of solid fuels Apparatus and methods are provided for reducing solid combustible particles by heat and abrasion to a condition in which they can be burned completely and without the production of objectionable solid particulates in the exhaust gases. Solid combustible p... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4128065 | General purpose incinerator/combustor An incinerator/combustor, comprising an elongated combustion chamber surrounded by an afterburner which is in turn surrounded by a housing, the afterburner and housing being coaxial with, and cooperating to provide redundant heating for, the combustion ch... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4119046 | Incineration system and method An improved waste material incineration system and method of combustion where waste material is initially inserted through gravity assist into the combustion zone of a horizontally directed furnace. The waste material is impinged by the flame front of a b... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4109590 | Apparatus and method for producing gas Continuously flowing solid material, such as municipal waste, is pretreated in an air-starved hot moving grate carbonizer furnace to drive off low temperature volatiles, and then further devolatized in a shaft furnace wherein limited amounts of air are le... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4105419 | Fluidized bed apparatus A fluidized bed apparatus suitable for the combustion of fuel has a baffle assembly arranged in the freeboard above the fluidized bed level. The assembly is in the form of a perforate duct which defines within it a passage connecting with the gas exit of ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4096808 | Method and apparatus for burning air-suspended particulate fuel Apparatus for burning particulate fuels such as wood sander dust or sawdust comprises a pair of radially spaced, substantially coaxial tubes having infeed ends and juxtaposed discharge ends. Mounting means rotatably mount one of the tubes. Drive means is ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4083751 | Continuous feed pyrolysis chamber for decomposing solid waste A pyrolysis reactor decomposes solid organic waste materials by heating the materials with a fast fluidized particulate source of heat which are admitted to one end of a chamber through first and second inlet pipes. The products of decomposition together ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4058069 | Process and apparatus for incinerating substances in a fluidized thermal reaction furnace A process and apparatus for controlling the temperature of the fluidized bed in a thermal reaction furnace. An igniting flame is directed horizontally and radially at the fuel within the bed in the lower third of the bed above the grate. The ignition burn... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4047883 | Thermal treatment of materials by hot particulates A method of heat treating a material, particularly for the despersion and firing of wet agglomerates, slurries, sludges and the like in fluidized bed, spouting bed or spouting/fluidised bed combustors, comprises extracting hot sold particles from the bed ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4044695 | Multi-stage pneumatic municipal solid waste separation and recovery of a plurality of classifications Heterogeneous municipal solid waste is pneumatically separated in a first stage into relatively heavy incombustible and lighter weight combustible fractions. The first stage light combustible fraction is further pneumatically separated in a second stage i... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4041906 | Energy system producing electricity, hot water and steam from combustible refuse An energy system which burns refuse inside a steam chamber to drive a steam turbine and an electrical generator. In addition to the electrical energy produced, hot water and steam are delivered as by-products.... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4021927 | Process for fluidization A fluidization process, particularly well suited for the fluidization of solids difficult to fluidize, wherein the solids are introduced to either an upper or lower fluidized zone while continuously subjecting both the upper and lower fluidized zones to m... | 05/10/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3955512 | Refuse incinerator A combustion chamber is arranged above a burner grate, and a fragmentizing device fragmentizes refuse and forwards it to the combustion chamber in form a mix composed of lighter and heavier refuse particles. The lighter refuse particles become combusted i... | 05/11/1976 |
