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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7032526 | Method for combustion treatment of combustible waste and apparatus therefor The present invention can provide a method for combustion treatment capable of efficiently treating combustible waste, and a combustion treatment apparatus capable of realizing such a method. The present invention can further provide a method for combustion treatmen... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976439 | Incinerator An incinerator (10) comprising a combustion chamber (11) and a plurality of combustion-promoting fluid blast pipes (19) disposed so as to project from one location on the inner wall (12) of the combustion chamber, extend in that vertical ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962118 | Incinerator An incinerator capable of fully preventing dioxins from being released, and has high fuel economy with less fuel consumption. The basic constitution of the incinerator is such that entire gas volume including unburned gas generated in a first combustion chamber (A) ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6758149 | Refuse incinerator This invention provides a refuse incinerator capable of extinguishing smoke and odor of exhaust gas emitted from, combustion of the refuse just after incineration of the refuse is started. Exhaust gas outlets are provided in a furnace lid of the incineration furnace... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6615748 | Gasifier A method and portable apparatus is described for the conversion of cellulose and other blomass waste materials through a pyrolysis and partial combustion sequence in a downdraft gasifier to produce a gas which can be immediately utilized to fuel an intern... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6588349 | System for the drying of damp biomass based fuel System for drying a damp biofuel, includes a boiler (1) for combustion of the fuel. Further, the system includes a first heat drying chamber (2), a drying gas flow (3) heated by the thermal energy of the combustion gases from the boiler and/or by steam, t... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6513446 | Process and apparatus for conditioning moist and dust-laden incineration air In an incineration plant with combination air being fed to its furnace via a pipeline, a mixing chamber, an extractor and an air-preheating device are provided in the direction of flow of the combination air. Heated air is fed from the air-preheating devi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6457424 | Cremation system The present invention concerns a cremation system for corpses located in coffins. The system comprises a combustion chamber in whose wall is disposed at least one burner to which auxiliary energy can be supplied, a line for discharging flue gas from the c... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6109911 | Method and arrangement for optimizing oxidation during burning of gaseous and liquid fuels A method and an arrangement for reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides in a combustion apparatus provided with a tubular furnace. The method comprises burning odor gases at first sub-stoichiometrically, and subsequently supplying additional air to the furn... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5241916 | Procedure for supplying combustion air and a furnace therefor The procedure for supplying combustion air during grate firings, in which the primary combustion air is introduced into the fuel, and secondary combustion air is introduced directly into the flow of exhaust gas, and in which, in addition, some of the exha... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5154599 | Method for apparatus for combusting fuel in a combustion chamber To avoid high NOx emissions, the fuel is oxidized with an extremely high exhaust gas recirculation ration substantially without flames and without pulsations.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4753178 | Process and means for drying smoke or fumes prior to discharge A process and apparatus for removing moisture from smoke produced in a chemical reaction, such as a combustion reaction, by circulating outside air in heat-exchange relationship with smoke at a point near the chamber where the smoke is produced, thereby h... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4630553 | Dual stage combustion furnace A dual stage combustion furnace has primary and secondary combustion chambers. The primary combustion chamber contains a solid fuel, such as wood or coal. The secondary combustion chamber is formed adjacent to and in communication with the primary combust... | 12/23/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4574710 | Turbo burner coal powered turbine energy system A combustion system to utilize particulate fuel where the fuel is compressed and extruded into a selected shape to be burned in a combustion chamber under conditions where particles of burning material are maintained in the combustion chamber until the we... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573418 | Method of and apparatus for reheating desulfurized waste gas A treatment method for the sulfur- and particle-containing hot waste gas of an incineration process where refuse is burned in the presence of air comprises the steps of preheating air with the hot waste gas, passing the hot waste gas through one side of a... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4484530 | Dual stage combustion furnace A dual stage combustion furnace has primary and secondary combustion chambers. The primary combustion chamber contains a solid fuel, such as wood or coal. The secondary combustion chamber is formed adjacent to and in communication with the primary combust... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4470358 | Continuous solid fuel-bed degasification burner apparatus In a combustion chamber (20) the biomass to be degasified is placed via a conveyor screw (11) on to a trough (24). In the degasification chamber (20) there prevails a high temperature due to the vicinity of the flame chamber (27), so that the biomass is b... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4299178 | Furnace and heat storage assembly A furnace and associated heat storage assembly includes a firebox arranged within a rock storage area that incorporates a recirculating flue arrangement for returning unburned gases to below a fuel grate for mixing with fresh inlet air. The rock in the he... | 11/10/1981 |