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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7221061 | Power generation system having an external process module A power generation system includes a power module and an external process module. The external process module may include at least one engine support element. The power module has at least one connection zone, and the external process module has at least one connect... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192523 | Methods for treating agricultural waste and producing plant growth-enhancing material Methods and apparatus are provided for treating agricultural waste with an alkane substrate to stimulate bacterial digestion. The alkane treatment may also reduce odor of the agricultural waste material. The agricultural waste may include animal waste, vegetable mat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160472 | Treatment of a waste stream through production and utilization of oxyhydrogen gas Methods and systems for treating a waste stream in a waste treatment system involve performing a unit process of the waste treatment system by contacting the waste stream with oxyhydrogen-rich gas generated on-site by an oxyhydrogen gas generator that implements wat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6412446 | Method of firing in a boiler and a boiler for using the method Loosely stacked fuel (6) is introduced through a charging opening (5) into the furnace (1) of the boiler on a first support (7), and jets (25) of ignition air entraining hot flue gas from the furnace are directed at the surface of the fuel on the support ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6003475 | Plant for the combustion of fossil fuel and biomaterial or waste A power plant which combusts fossil fuel and biomaterial or waste includes a large boiler plant having at least one device for the combustion of fossil fuel. At least one additional combustion device is connected to the large boiler plant via at least one... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5810977 | Purifying water by superheated steam A water purifier which purifies water by superheated steam. The water purifier includes a raw water reservoir for contaminated water; a heater at least partially disposed within the raw water reservoir and including a heat source, an inlet for steam and a... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5658359 | Method of operating a fluidized bed reactor system, and system for cleaning gas cooler In a fluidized bed reactor system having a gas cooler, with cooling surfaces, downstream of a first cyclone separator, the cooling surfaces are cleaned by introducing sufficient concentration of bed particles into the gas during, or just prior to, cooling... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5590610 | Waste burning boiler The waste burning boiler comprises a cylindrical outer wall, a cylindrical inner wall consisting of a plurality of vertical water pipes having the gaps therebetween closed by plate members. The plate members are provided with a plurality of holes communic... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5564348 | Process and a device for regulating the combustion of solid fuels in a combustion plant A process for regulating the combustion of solid fuels in a combustion plant is characterized in that the incompletely burned gases that are formed directly above the area of the combustion outlet are directed upward along the inner wall of the charge spa... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5485728 | Efficient utilization of chlorine and moisture-containing fuels Disclosed is a method and system for recovering energy from low-grade fuels such as industrial, municipal and agricultural waste, low-grade carbonaceous fuels such as lignite and similar solid fuels in which the fuel is comminuted into small particles and... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5326544 | Combination sterilized hot-water producer and incineration system The heat from garbage upon incineration and solar heat can be effectively used to make sterilized hot water economically. A sterilized hot-water generator is provided with upper, intermediate and lower tanks in communication with each other. The lower tan... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5289786 | Tri-generation garbage incinerator The present invention includes four chambers for containing refuse, a porous membrane at least partially enclosing the chambers, and a housing enclosing the porous membrane and the chambers. Combustion fuel is supplied to the porous membrane so that surfa... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5230293 | Method and apparatus for controlling a refuse incineration plant A multi-loop control system and a method for using the control system to even out the generation of heat produced by a refuse incineration plant. The quantity of steam generated is controlled as a primary controlled variable and the oxygen content of the ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5134944 | Processes and means for waste resources utilization Gasification, slagging, melting, and vaporizing components of waste materials and reactive carbon fuel, in variable proportions, at low pressures, using oxygen and steam reactants, effects very high temperatures, producing syngas (hydrogen and carbon mono... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5069145 | Plastic refuse disposal system Plastic and similar shreddable materials are reduced to small particles and pneumatically conveyed to the combustion space of a marine boiler for inceneration to dispose of such materials aboard ship. A granulator apparatus reduces the material to particu... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5052310 | Solid waste-to-steam incinerator capacity enhancement by combined oxygen enrichment and liquid quench A process is disclosed for controlling the combustion and temperature in an solid waste-to-steam incineration system comprising a grated combustion zone and a steam boiler. This control is achieved by a synergistic combination of oxygen enrichment of an a... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4976209 | Furnaces for incinerating waste material A vertical chamber for waste disposal and heating purposes has an upright combustion chamber with an inlet for waste material, a grating at a lower chamber end and an adjustable burner controlled by a temperature sensor so that the burner operation can be... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4976208 | Water cooled incinerator An incinerator having a horizontal burn disk which is rotatably supported within the lower portion of a firebox with a portion of the firebox containing water tubes connected to a water circulation system including a header and a steam drum. Compacted mat... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4957049 | Organic waste fuel combustion system integrated with a gas turbine combined cycle The invention comprising an organic waste fuel combustion and tempering gas flow control system integrated with a gas turbine combined cycle steam generating plant. The gas turbine exhaust, wherein the oxygen content is partially consumed is used to dry a... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4932335 | Coal combustion with a fluidized incineration bed According to a process for the combustion of organic substances, such as domestic or industrial waste and the like, in a fluidized incineration bed (1) at a mean combustion temperature of 800° C., the flue gased emitted by the fluidized bed (1) are heate... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4848249 | System and process for conversion of biomass into usable energy A system is disclosed for converting unconditioned biomass, such as cotton gin trash, into usable energy. This is accomplished by gasifying the biomass, removing the particulate char from the combustible gas using cyclonic separators, burning the gas, and... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4838183 | Apparatus and method for incinerating heterogeneous materials An apparatus for burning waste refuse having a heterogeneous composition comprising means defining a combustion chamber having an inlet for charging waste refuse therein and an outlet for discharging combustion gases therefrom, means disposed within the c... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4665841 | Process and apparatus for treating municipal trash The present invention relates to a system and a process for converting municipal trash into useful materials without wasting useful energy and with a minimum release of pollutants into the atmosphere. The system includes hydraulic means which moves rubbis... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4656955 | Refuse incineration system In an improved refuse incineration system, wet refuse is heated in a dryer by inlet superheated steam in direct contact to remove most moisture therefrom while converting such moisture into outlet steam also in superheated state. The dried refuse is then ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4517925 | High efficiency refuse-derived-fuel supplying system for industrial boilers A high efficiency Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) processing and supplying system for maintaining industrial boilers operating continuously at peak efficiency. The system includes equipment for efficient processing and maximum blending of diverse combustible ma... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4516511 | Refuse incineration system In an improved refuse incineration system, wet refuse is heated in a dryer (4) to remove most moisture therefrom while converting such moisture into steam for use in order to save energy consumption in a steam generating plant. The dried refuse is then fe... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4506631 | Process to produce hydrogen and oxygen utilizing the energy content of waste materials The invention describes a process wherein high-purity hydrogen and oxygen gases can be economically produced via a water electrolysis method, utilizing cheap energy recovered from an incineration process of industrial, municipal, agricultural and other wa... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4502397 | Pre-drying fuel in steam generator with integral down-draft dryer Method of improving the operation and efficiency of a steam generating furnace fired with high moisture content fuel, comprises providing a drying shaft parallel and offset from the combustion chamber of the furnace; wet fuel is introduced into the upper ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4461243 | Steam or hot water generator operating by solid fuels having high contents in volatile materials A steam or hot water generator, operating by solid fuels having high contents in volatile materials, provides that the column of fuel bears on an inwardly inclined grate. A fraction of the carbureting air passes through the grate and fuel, carrying along ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4444153 | Grateless furnace for solid fuel A grateless furnace has a combustion chamber, means to introduce solid fuel into the combustion chamber and to permit said fuel to form a fire bed in the bottom thereof, the combustion chamber being of such configuration that slag formed during combustion... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4422410 | Domestic combustion appliances A domestic combustion appliance 1 has a body 2 having a distributor plate 14 for supporting a shallow fluidized bed 32. A primary boiler 34 forms part of a rear bounding wall for the fluidized bed 32, and a secondary boiler 50 is located downstream provid... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4419940 | Boiler installation Sulfur is readily and efficiently removed from solid fuel in a boiler installation which comprises a hearth for burning and thereby gasifying the solid fuel, the hearth including a grid supporting a fluidized bed of the solid fuel spread thereover, and a ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4398998 | Apparatus for recovering energy and useful products from plantain wastes Energy and useful products are recovered from plantain wastes in a self-contained waste treatment plant wherein the raw material waste is charged into a boiler where the same is combusted to produce flue gases containing several organic compounds and dry ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4393814 | Multi-fueled boiler An improved multi-fueled hot water or steam boiler comprising a plurality of compartments, one compartment for the combustion of a solid fuel, such as wood or coal, and the other for the combustion of a liquid fuel and separated from each other and the ex... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4376373 | Energy recovery system Scrap automobiles are loaded onto carts which move along rails into a two-stage incinerator. Combustible waste is shredded, dried, and loaded onto a transporter which moves along the rails into the incinerator. The automobiles and combustibles are inciner... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4367697 | Multi-zone boiler for firing with solid and liquid fuel A furnace for alternatively burning solid or liquid fuels is disclosed. The furnace includes an oil burner and a solid fuel burner as well as a combustion chamber for the burning fuel. The hot combustion gases can be introduced through one of two sets of ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4351248 | Heating boiler for the combustion of baled straw A heating boiler for substantially continuous controlled combustion of baled straw. The boiler includes a straw feed channel communicating with a combustion chamber having a combustion zone adjacent the rear wall of the combustion chamber, a flue gas heat... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4296711 | Heating boiler A heating boiler comprises separate furnaces for oil and solid fuel. The oil combustion chamber can be connected directly to flues in contact with water via an afterburning chamber (11) common to the two furnaces. The connection (22) between the oil-combu... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4296712 | Two-chamber boiler for burner firing and solid fuel firing A boiler provided with a burner chamber for a burner firing system and a combustion chamber for a solid fuel firing system, both chambers being arranged horizontally side by side in a common boiler water space enclosed by a horizontal outer boiler body. T... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4270470 | Combustion system and method for burning fuel with a variable heating value The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein includes apparatus for and steps of separating glass, metal and other generally non-combustible material from refuse to provide a volume of generally combustible refuse, shredding this volume of c... | 06/02/1981 |