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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4362269 | Control system for a boiler and method therefor A method and system for controlling the combustion of, for example, coal or bark in a stoker boiler or black, liquor in a recovery boiler to provide operation at maximum efficiency. Control loops are provided for primary or undergrate air and secondary or... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4354438 | Method and apparatus for cooling hot bulk material A method and apparatus for cooling hot bulk material, such as glowing coke, clinker, or sinter material, include a vertically oriented cooling tank into which the hot bulk material is introduced and in which the material flows downwardly under gravity and... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4348968 | Method and apparatus for burning solid fuel Solid fuel such as coal is fed into an inlet shaft of the furnace through a rotary feeder constructed to prevent the admission of air. Primary air channels supply the major part of the air required for combustion of the fuel in a region in which the fuel ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4343606 | Multi-stage process for combusting fuels containing fixed-nitrogen chemical species Fuels containing fixed-nitrogen chemical species are combusted in a multi-stage process. The process which converts substantially all of the fixed-nitrogen into molecular nitrogen (and thus avoids the formation of significant amounts of nitrogen oxides fr... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4326471 | Process for the carbonization of oil shale and other carbonizable materials A process for the carbonization of oil shale and/or other carbonizable materials, including a process line serving for carbonization, with a closed cycle and without condensate recovery, wherein the materials flowing through the process line are heated to... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4309949 | Method of controlling the opacity of the exhaust of the combustion of solid fuel and air in a furnace A method of controlling the opacity of the exhaust of the combustion of solid fuel and air in a furnace comprises measuring the opacity of the exhaust. The amount of air and the direction (i.e., increase or decrease) entering into the furnace is changed. ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4270466 | Method and apparatus for rendering an ignitable fuel-oxygen mixture inert Method and apparatus for operating a process in which combustible solid particles are mixed during processing with air and circulated through a plurality of stages, thereby tending to build up an oxygen enriched combustible mixture during shutdown, the in... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4257338 | Process for improved solid fuel combustion Novel solid fuel combustion and heat transfer geometry/process and illustrative embodiments, which include log burning space heaters, a boiler and a hot air heat exchanger are described. The illustrative boiler embodiment depicts a standard module that wh... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4231302 | Apparatus and process for burning of fuels of relatively young geological age and of any resulting gases A heating assembly and a method for burning fuel of organic origin, includes a substantially enclosed hollow assembly including a predetermined region within the assembly for receiving the fuel for ignition purposes, a first oxygen supply device for suppl... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4222337 | Furnace lining and method of manufacture A furnace lining is composed of a plurality of layers of fiber insulation. The innermost layer is formed by stacking flat, elastically-compressible fibrous strips. The stacked strips are compressed and held down in compressed condition by a plurality of a... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4189305 | Smokeless fire kindling device A clean, substantially smokeless, non-volatile, normally solid product for the ignition of fires, such as charcoal or wood fires, for cooking, campsites, home fireplaces, and so forth. The device comprises a shaped intimate mixture of a wax (e.g. hydrocar... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4116779 | Starting procedure for internal combustion vessels A vertical vessel, having a low bed of broken material, having included combustible material, is initially ignited by a plurality of ignitors spaced over the surface of the bed, by adding fresh, broken material onto the bed to buildup the bed to its opera... | 09/26/1978 |
| 3930916 | Heat resistant panels Linings for furnaces or ovens are made by cutting a sheet of refractory fibrous material having fibers extending longitudinally parallel therein into strips that extend laterally, then turning the strips through 90.degree. so the fibers are end-on, compre... | 01/06/1976 |
