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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241322 | Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use The gasifier includes a furnace bed segmented into individual cells, each cell is independently monitored using a ramp temperature probe, and provided with controlled air injection to provide individually controlled burn regions within the gasifier. Gasifier air inj... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219610 | Grate plate arrangement for step plates A grate plate arrangement for step grates includes box-like grate plates (4) positioned on a grate carrier (2) with a front plate (24) placed on its end wall (18) and fastened to the end wall (18) using one or more studs (26... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7117803 | Apparatus for the pyrolysis of material Apparatus (2) for the pyrolysis of material, which apparatus (2) comprises a pyrolysis chamber (4), an inlet (6) at a first end (8) of the pyrolysis chamber (4), an outlet (10) at a second end (12) of the pyrol... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6928936 | Device for feeding pulverized coal to furnace The present invention provides a device for feeding pulverized coal to a furnace, such as a drop tube furnace. The feeding system consists of a feed hopper, a pneumatic vibrator positioned on the periphery of the feeder hopper, a needle valve arrangement in the said... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6892655 | Drum transport device A drum transport device is disclosed which includes a plate, a first and a second pair of connected and vertically spaced horizontal bars a pair on opposite sides of the row of drums. Each bar has an end which is connected to the plate. The device includes middle ho... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6615749 | System for destroying documents The invention relates to a system for completely destroying documents having been shredded by document shredders, wherein the system comprises: collecting means for shredded documents, burning means being arranged together with collecting means, and the... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6382112 | Chute of a feed system for a refuse incineration plant having a cutting apparatus The chute is provided with a cutting apparatus which has a mating holder, a clamping slide and a cutting slide. To close the chute, the mating holder is moved inward approximately into the center of the chute and is locked. Then, the clamping slide is mov... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6343557 | Combustion furnace with grate and rod feeder A combustion furnace for solid fuel, including combustable fuel, wherein the furnace is arranged with a grate (11) with openings (12) which are situated for supply of air or another gas mixture for combustion. A first and second rod feeder (1, 2) is provi... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6276286 | Compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-dischar... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273009 | Method for automatized combustion and combustion apparatus A method for automatized combustion of solid fuel in a combustion apparatus which comprises a burner with a device, which is rotatable about the center axis of the burner for stirring the fuel in the burner which is connected to a boiler and has a feeding... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6234091 | Feed chute apparatus for gravity feeding tires and other materials in to a rotating kiln A feed chute apparatus for injecting fuel into a rotating cement kiln by gravity. The apparatus, which is positioned adjacent to a cement kiln and supported at an angle of inclination sufficient to allow tires or other combustible materials to be gravity ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6221329 | Pyrolysis process for reclaiming desirable materials from vehicle tires A process and system for the recovery of desirable constituent materials from vehicle tire pieces through pyrolysis. The system includes a pyrolysis section that is divided into a plurality of individual heating zones. Each of the heating zones is heated ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6170411 | Waste tire incinerating and post-treating system A waste tire incinerating and post-treatment system in which waste tires are continuously and efficiently burned. The system includes a waste tire reservoir tank, a hoist, a conveyor system, a tire-size sensing system, an incinerating part, a waste oil pu... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6041724 | Tower garbage incinerator A tower garbage incinerator is provided, consisting of an upper main blast furnace having a zigzag furnace cavity, and a lower accessory burning furnace. When garbage is fed through the inlet of the main blast furnace, the zigzag design of the furnace cav... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5934205 | Y-shaped distributor with liner assembly for distribution of pulverized coal and air mixture Apparatus for cooperation with an associated coal burning furnace which includes a Y-shaped distributor body having one inlet and first and second outlets and a splitter disposed in the body for dividing flow between the first and second outlets. The spli... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5806441 | Automatic carbon black discharging device in waste tire decomposing apparatus An automatic carbon black discharging device for a waste tire decomposing apparatus including a collecting hopper connected to a carbon black discharging portion of the waste tire decomposing apparatus. The automatic carbon black discharging device also i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5771819 | Incinerating furnace A hearth particle bed incineration furnace is provided in which the hearth particles form a sloped layer bed which moves in the incinerating furnace without being fluidized. The furnace is structured so that the combustion gas is prevented from flowing up... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5746142 | Horizontally pivoted system grate for a furnace A low-pollutant system for waste materials treatment includes a process chamber for converting organic components of the waste materials into a flammable gas and a two-stage vortex burning chamber for complete combustion of the flammable gas. The vortex b... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5724899 | Modified cement kiln for burning combustible solid waste as supplemental fuel A method and apparatus are described for environmentally sound usage of combustible solid waste in operating rotary cement kilns. A cement kiln is modified to contain a port in the rotary cylinder for delivery of combustible solid waste into the kiln for ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5482027 | Partitioned bisector regenerative air heater A furnace apparatus which includes a plurality of water walls. Each includes a plurality of tubes and the water walls collectively enclose a combustion chamber. The apparatus includes a plurality of windboxes, each of the windboxes is disposed intermediat... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5463967 | Static mixer device for improving homogeneity of a characteristic of a mixture stream created from fluid streams separately entering the device A static mixer device for mixing separate fluid streams entering the device in order to achieve a more uniform, or homogeneous, characteristic, such as temperature for example, in the resulting fluid mixture stream exiting the device. An exemplary embodim... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5331943 | Wood pellet stove A wood pellet stove comprising a body, a burning means, a heat exchanger means, a waste gas exhaust means, a feeding means, a cleaning means and a control system. The burning means includes a seat member, a container, a bottom member, a top member, two fi... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5257586 | Method and apparatus for feeding to a rotary device An apparatus for delivering material to the interior of a kiln to be burned therein which includes a feeding mechanism which rotates with the kiln within a stationary transfer means or drum, means for delivering material to be burned to the interior of th... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5243963 | Furnace for solid fuels, especially for pellets A furnace for solid fuels is especially for pellets. This furnace includes a combustion chamber, a holder pan for the combustion material positioned in the combustion chamber, and a combustion material transport device located between the holder pan and a... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5239935 | Oscillating damper and air-swept distributor An oscillating damper and air-swept distributor is disclosed for controllably introducing solid fuel into a furnace. The oscillating damper having an oscillating valve member, which oscillates between a first adjustable position and second adjustable posi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5222096 | Induction furnace for melting and casting purposes with an enclosed crucible pot An induction furnace (1) for melting and casting purposes has a closed crucible pot (2) with a pot bottom (3) and a cover (4), a crucible (6) housed in the crucible pot and surrounded by an induction coil (7), and an ascending tube (9) reaching into the c... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5095825 | Method and apparatus for feeding fuel into a pressurized space A method and apparatus for feeding solid material into a pressurized combustion or gasification plant in stages. The feed apparatus (10) is provided with an inlet (18), sluice chamber (30), and outlet (20). In a loading stage, solid material is conveyed t... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5027719 | Rotary grate for a solid fuel furnace The present invention discloses a rotary grate for a solid fuel fired furnace which allows ash, cinders and clinkers to be removed from the burning fuel mass, without reducing or stopping the combustion process. A plurality of parallel water cooled rolls ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4739715 | Process and device for reinjecting flown-off particles into a solid fuel boiler A process for reinjecting flown-off particles into a solid fuel fire box of a boiler or furnace of the "projector with back grid" type, in which particulate fuel is projected from a fuel source adjacent a first zone to a grid, with the fuel burned along i... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4705443 | Apparatus for stoking a combustor An apparatus for feeding a combustor with viscous bulk material, particularly coal slurry, comprises two silos which are associated with at least one conveyor system, for transporting the bulk material from the silos to a plurality of fuel-feeders in the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4648329 | Device for reinjecting flown-off particles into a solid fuel boiler An apparatus for reinjecting flown-off particles into a solid fuel fire box of a boiler or furnace of the "projector with back grid" type, in which particulate fuel is projected from a fuel source adjacent a first zone to a grid, with the fuel burned alon... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4616572 | Biomass incinerator A compact incinerator for biomass has an upright combustion chamber coaxially surrounded by a passage through which the biomass is fed from a separator in which the primary air is separated from the biomass, to the combustion chamber. An afterburner chamb... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4593628 | Heating unit A particulate material fired convection heating unit including a combustion chamber, a shaped flue duct, and a fan means to draw therefrom gases and draw them through at least one convector pipe before the flue gases return and pass to a flue to be allowe... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4547198 | Method for discharging treated coal and controlling emissions from a heavy oil spray system A method for discharging heavy oil treated particulate coal and controlling emissions from a heavy oil spray contacting vessel is disclosed. In particular, a bed of heavy oil treated coal is maintained in the lower portion of the oil spray contacting vess... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4532872 | Char reinjection system for bark fired furnace A furnace (10) in which bark or other cellulosic fuel (64) is burned on a traveling grate (24). Char (62) separated (48, 54) from the furnace exhaust gases is reinjected into the furnace beneath baffle plate (40) in such a manner that the raw bark (64) be... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4528917 | Solid fuel burner A solid fuel burner comprises a system which permits solid fuel to be injected into a burner chamber and intermixed in an air suspension. The burner includes a cast iron, stepped grate that is self-cleaning, and comprises a series of plates that are subst... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4471724 | Liquid heating system This invention is a non-fossil fuel fired hot water system which allows a large amount of water or other liquid to be raised to a relatively high temperature, but below the boiling point, in a relatively short period of time. Due to a unique air circulati... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4434724 | Overbed distributor for feeding dual solid fuels to a stoker furnace A furnace (10) in which coal and cellulose fuel can both be burned on the same traveling grate (24). First means (36) are provided for introducing coal onto the grate at one end (38), such that it traverses the full grate run before it falls as ash from t... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4385566 | Burner apparatus Apparatus constructed to burn solid fuel within a firebox. The apparatus includes a burner having a receptacle and a jacket forming an air chamber about the receptacle. An air-supply conduit and a fuel conduit disposed concentrically therein are adapted t... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4325310 | Boilers In an automatic boiler having an internal hopper, a regulator plate 12 controls the flow under gravity of fuel to the firebed. For small particled fuel in particular the plate is provided with a torque 23 which causes a central thinning of the firebed. Th... | 04/20/1982 |
