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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8443741 | Waste treatment process and apparatus A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit wh... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8438983 | Waste treatment process and apparatus A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit whic... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8210112 | Method for improving the slag quality of grate firing systems A method for improving a slag quality of slag in a grate firing system. The method includes providing slag in a grate firing system including a combustion chamber disposed above a combustion bed. The combustion bed has a plurality of fixed-bed burnout zones in serie... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8205565 | Apparatus and method for injecting waste tires through the burner end of a kiln A device is provided for accelerating and propelling whole tires into the combustion zone of a kiln. More specifically, the device comprises an upper accelerating assembly and a lower accelerating assembly for providing approximately constant exit velocity to a whol... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8109218 | Waste treatment process and apparatus A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising either a gasification step or a pyrolysis step to produce an offgas and a non-airborne, solid char material; followed by a plasma treatment step. An associated apparatus having a plasma treatment unit whic... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7975628 | Method for supplying combustion gas in incineration systems The combustion system for implementing the process has a combustion grate, hoppers below the combustion grate for supplying primary combustion gas through the grate and nozzles that lead into the furnace above the combustion grate to supply secondary combustion gas.... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7658155 | Waste treatment process and apparatus A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising: (i) either (a) a gasification step comprising treating the waste in a gasification unit in the presence of oxygen and steam to produce an offgas and a char, or (b) a pyrolysis step comprising treating the... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7448332 | Refuse disposal by environmentally safe high temperature disintegration A method and apparatus for burning material having a primary burner in the form of an elongated cylinder, the ends of the cylinder closed with stationary end walls. The cylinder is rotated about its longitudinal axis which is horizontal. A ram material inlet is prov... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7392753 | Process and apparatus for disposal of wastes An apparatus 1 for disposal of wastes comprises a measuring hopper 2 for measuring a charging amount of a waste to be disposed such as domestic wastes, industrial wastes or the like or a charging amount of a solid fuel such as coke, coal or the like, a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394041 | Apparatus for treating a waste gas using plasma torch Disclosed is a waste gas treatment apparatus having a waste gas inlet for flowing a waste gas into a main combustion chamber provided in empty space inside a body, and a plasma torch configured to propagate flames against the waste gas flowing through the waste gas ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383779 | Recycling system and method A system and method of recycling non-hazardous waste materials is provided, wherein the method first comprises reducing the size of said non-hazardous waste materials. The method further includes incinerating the non-hazardous waste material within an incineration u... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373903 | Medical waste treatment apparatus A medical waste treatment apparatus which comprises: a processing chamber where medical waste is loaded and heated; a combustion chamber having fuel burning means for burning a fuel to produce superheated water vap... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365237 | Liquid metal reactor and method for treating materials in a liquid metal reactor A target material (60) to be treated in a liquid reactant metal is loaded into a containment area defined within a liquid reactant metal treatment vessel (11). The containment area is then placed below the level (L) of the liquid reactant metal in the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343866 | Waste-throughput limiting control Waste-throughput limiting control device (MBR) comprising at least one averaging unit (ME), a waste-throughput limiting controller (MBr) and a minimum unit (MIN). Starting from a waste weight (MG) applied to a charging system of the waste incineration plant and a pr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341646 | Low energy method of pyrolysis of hydrocarbon materials such as rubber A low energy method of pyrolysis of rubber or other hydrocarbon material is provided. The hydrocarbon material is heated while maintaining a vacuum, using a clay catalyst. In an additional embodiment, also under a vacuum and optionally with or without the catalyst, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338563 | Process for cleaning hydrocarbons from soils A combination of parallel processes is disclosed to provide optimal re-mediation operations for contaminated soil. Soils with high levels of heavy petroleum hydrocarbons are directed to a thermal process for destruction in a combustion process. Carbon dioxide genera... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332002 | Low sulfur coal additive for improved furnace operation The present invention is directed to additives for coal-fired furnaces, particularly furnaces using a layer of slag to capture coal particles for combustion. The additive(s) include iron, mineralizer(s), handling aid(s), flow aid(s), and/or abrasive material(s). The... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331299 | Incombustible withdrawing system An incombustible withdrawing system withdraws an incombustible from a fluidized-bed furnace having a fluidized bed formed therein by a fluidized medium. The incombustible withdrawing system has a mixture delivery path to deliver a mixture of the fluidized medium and... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328503 | Recycling system for engine oil filter A recycling system is used for processing an engine oil filter and comprises a frame, a filter net, a cutting device, a dividing device, and a compressing device. Thus, all of the parts of the used engine oil filter can be divided, processed and reused respectively,... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320288 | Steam-generating combustion system and method for emission control using oxygen enhancement A steam-generating combustion system includes an oxygen enriched gas provided as at least part of an oxidant stream. A combustion chamber receives and combusts a fuel in the oxidant stream and generate steam. The combustion chamber generates flue gas having a flue g... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318382 | Method for incineration disposal of waste There is provided a method of incinerating a waste material to process incineration residues produced in a gasification furnace easily with existing equipment. A combustible gas generated when a waste material A is dry-distilled in a gasification furnace 1 is... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302897 | MSW disposal process and apparatus using gasification A system for disposing of municipal solid waste provides commercially-available equipment that is modified to initially remove identifiable unwanted components from the waste, and then chop the waste into small pieces of a size suitable for handling, separation and ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299756 | Apparatus for processing waste with distribution/mixing chamber for oxidising fluid A waste processing apparatus for processing a column of waste in a processing chamber having one or more gas outlets at an upper part thereof and one or more plasma torches an output end thereof extending into a lower part of the chamber. The apparatus is characteri... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300539 | Treatment of solid containing material derived from effluent A method of treating solid containing material derived from effluent or sludge from a plant for deinking paper, the material containing calcium in the form of one or more insoluble calcium compounds, the method including the steps of treating the material with an ac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293511 | Gasification apparatus and method An apparatus and method for the treatment of particulate organic waste material, the apparatus comprising: a hopper means having flow control means for controlling flow rate of the waste material; a pyrolysis unit having (i) a heating means for heating the material,... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287477 | Cyclone bypass for a circulating fluidized bed reactor A method of and an apparatus for operating a circulating fluidized bed reactor having a furnace with a discharge port for exhaust gas, and a particle separator having an inlet connected to the exhaust gas discharge port and an outlet duct for the exhaust gas and a r... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279655 | Inductively coupled plasma/partial oxidation reformation of carbonaceous compounds to produce fuel for energy production Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reforming converts carbonaceous compounds into a fuel for use in generating electrical power. Energy rich hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal, marine diesel, oils, and hydrocarbon wastes are employed as a feedstock for the ICP, which tra... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276217 | Reduction of coal-fired combustion emissions A process for mitigation of fouling deposits within a combustion zone, capturing of toxic metal emissions, and reduction of visible sulfur emissions attributable to sulfuric acid mist during coal combustion. SO3 formed during coal combustion is reduced by... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273015 | Method and apparatus for combustion of residual carbon in fly ash A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass t... | 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 |
| 7267698 | Method for producing hydrogen The invention is a method for producing hydrogen using a generator, heating the vessel that is part of the generator, loading waste comprising steel into the heated vessel, melting the loaded waste to a molten state using a non-transferred torch to cut and melt the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265254 | Waste processing method, waste processing system, integrated waste processing method, and integrated waste processing system Chlorine-containing waste is processed inside a heating device, an alkali metal compound and a calcium compound are given into the heating device while the temperature of a solid phase inside the heating device is maintained at 400 to 1500° C., chlorine that is con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263933 | Incinerator furnace condensers and methods of using A method for processing waste material into fuel or other useful substances without polluting the air comprising the steps of: a. Introducing waste material into a storage chamber which allows the liquid to drain into a tank, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263934 | Methods for generating energy using agricultural biofuel A process comprising, providing an agricultural biofuel to a fluidized bed reactor and combusting the agricultural biofuel to produce heat and/or steam is disclosed. In one embodiment, the agricultural biofuel is selected from the group consisting of agricultural cr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262331 | Process for the production of liquid fuels from biomass A process for continuously producing a pulp biomass, comprising subjecting a biomass containing feed to a treatment which comprises bringing the feed to a pressure of 100-250 bar, keeping the pressurized feed subsequently or concomitantly at a temperature not exceed... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261046 | System and method of reducing pulverizer flammability hazard and boiler nitrous oxide output The present invention is a system and method of reducing nitrogen oxides in coal combustion exhaust gases and preventing fire and explosion in pulverized coal systems. The present invention first cools the flue gas exiting a boiler of the pulverized coal system with... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262384 | Reaction vessel and method for synthesizing nanoparticles using cyclonic gas flow A reaction vessel and a method for efficiently producing and collecting nanoparticles in the reaction vessel using cyclonic gas flow. Gas is injected through an inlet tangentially positioned relative to the axis of the vessel to cause the gas to form an outer helica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
