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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264694 | Retort heating apparatus and methods A retort heating apparatus for processing a feed material includes a heating chamber bounded at least in part by a side wall. A plurality of baffles are at least partially disposed within the heating chamber. Each baffle includes an elongated body having a top surfa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7101464 | Microwave pyrolysis apparatus for waste tires A microwave distillation apparatus provides destructive distillation of whole waste tires. The apparatus includes a housing including a plurality of vertically arranged chambers. A preheat chamber provides preheating of a whole waste tire received therein. An irradi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6997418 | Methods and apparatus for testing a train control system A method is described for testing a train control system configured to control at least two locomotives. The train control system includes a control unit on each locomotive and is configured to control the locomotives using communication links between the control un... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6909025 | Method and equipment for pre-treatment of used tires before a pyrolysis process The present invention concerns a method and an equipment for pre-treatment of used tires (1) before a pyrolysis process. The invention is characterized in that said cleaning of each tire (1) is carried out in a closed chamber (5) with high press... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6676089 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6270040 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6206941 | Apparatus and process for carbonization and activation of carbonaceous materials An apparatus for converting carbonaceous raw materials into a carbonized product and activating the product, includes a device for heating the carbonaceous raw materials to form a carbonized product, and equipment for activating the carbonized product and... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5366595 | Mobile apparatus for pyrolyzing carbonaceous material and related method A loading mechanism places waste material into a porous rotatable cylinder that is mounted for relative rotation within an air-tight housing. Once loaded, the housing is sealed and oxygen is evacuated. A microwave heating device heats the waste material w... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5364821 | Producing active carbon using microwave discharge A method of producing active carbon by microwave-induced pyrolysis of a carbonaceous material in an atmosphere wherein flame generation is prevented. The resulting product is treated with an acid to wash out sulphur or metal values and then activated with... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5330623 | Process of destructive distillation of organic material The organic material (such as waste tire compound) is pyrolysed by pre-heating the organic material (without pyrolysis) in a preheat zone 9 by a hot gas stream; feeding pre-heated material directly to a microwave discharge zone 10 by means of conveyor 8; ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5190901 | Method for producing active carbon using carbon-containing material A method and an apparatus for producing an active carbon using a carbon-containing material inclusive of an used active carbon as a raw material wherein the carbon-containing raw material is carbonized in a carbonizing unit to produce a carbonized materia... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5173921 | Apparatus and process for activation of carbon by electrical resistance heating in the presence of steam In an apparatus and process for the activation of carbon from carbon feedstocks by electrical resistance heating in the presence of steam, which comprises preheating particles of the carbon feedstock in a preheater, having the particles descend by gravity... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5089457 | Process for activation of carbon by electrical resistance heating in the presence of steam In an apparatus and process for the activation of carbon from carbon feedstocks by electrical resistance heating in the presence of steam, which comprises preheating particles of the carbon feedstock in a preheater, having the particles descend by gravity... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5084140 | Destruction of macromolecular waste The macromolecular waste (which is not itself susceptible to microwave heating and may be, for example, plastics or polychlorinated biphenyl) is mixed (B) with pulverulent carbonaceous material, which comprises elemental carbon or is degradable by microwa... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5084141 | Process of destructive distillation of organic material The organic material (such as waste tire compound) is pyrolyzed by pre-heating the organic material (without pyrolysis) in a preheat zone 9 by a hot gas stream; feeding pre-heated material directly to a microwave discharge zone 10 by means of conveyor 8; ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4894122 | Continuous process for the desulphurization of carbonaceous residuals from distillation of petroleum using a plurality of fluidized beds A process for the desulphurization of residuals of petroleum distillation in the form of coke particles having an initial sulphur content greater than about 5% by weight. Desulphurization is effected by means of a continuous electrothermal process based o... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4867848 | Process and apparatus for producing moulded coke in a vertical furnace which is at least partly electrically heated An apparatus and process for producing coke in a vertical furnace having an upper part for preheating and devolitalizing raw ovoids of coal, an electrically heated median part for carbonizing and coking the ovoids and a lower part for partially cooling th... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4839151 | Recovery process A process for economically recovering char, oil and fuel gas from vehicle tires is disclosed, for either whole tires or physically fragmented tires. The tires may be washed to remove dirt and road film. The tires are dried and preheated with super-heat st... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4826573 | Method for processing substantially solid organic material Organic material is compacted to a density greater than 280 kg/m3 in a press, is preheated to a temperature of 44°-46° C., is then subjected in an irradiation device to 1-20 electromagnetic wave pulses having a duration of almost 5 s and a fr... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4808286 | Apparatus and method for maximizing production of heat, gas, and electricity through the acceleration of hydrogen dissociation An apparatus for inducing and accelerating hydrogen dissociation in a cloud generated from feedstock fed into a chamber defined by the apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a device for thermally stimulating the feedstock to generate the cloud, a ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4790910 | Apparatus for extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands An apparatus and method for extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands. Stationary heater plates have a central opening therethrough through which a horizontal axle extends. Rotors having a central hub and a number of arms are splined on the axle, one closely... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4759300 | Method and apparatus for the pyrolysis of waste products A method and apparatus for use in processing waste materials of various kinds and for reclaiming useable by-product materials from the pyrolized waste materials. The waste materials to be pyrolized are efficiently dehydrated prior to their introduction in... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4730339 | Method of calcining carbonaceous bodies, in particular electrodes, in either continuous or intermittent furnaces, and a containment structure for the implementation thereof A method of calcining carbonaceous bodies, in particular electrodes such as those employed in the production of aluminum or steel, in either continuous or intermittent furnaces with the use of containment structures whereinto carbonaceous bodies to be cal... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4706581 | Fossil fuel furnace reactor A fossil fuel furnace reactor is provided for simulating a continuous processing plant with a batch reactor. An internal reaction vessel contains a batch of shale oil, with the vessel having a relatively thin wall thickness for a heat transfer rate effect... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4624003 | Apparatus for heating electrically conductive bulk materials An apparatus for electrically heating conductive bulk materials by resistance Joule effect heating includes end and side walls defining an oven chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A plurality of pairs of generally planar electrode plates are angularly ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4604165 | Apparatus for processing bulk materials by induction An apparatus for processing bulk materials by induction wherein the materials are processed within a plurality of compartments whose walls comprise a material which is adaptable to being heated by induction and wherein the plurality of compartments common... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4588850 | Process for the production of acetylene and synthesis or reduction gas from coal in an electric arc process For the manufacture of acetylene and synthesis or reduction gas from coal by means of an electric arc or plasma process, coal converted into powder form is pyrolyzed in an electric arc reactor with an energy density of 1 to 5 kWh/Nm3, a residen... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4472172 | Arc gasification of coal A process for the gasification of coal consisting essentially of forming a free-burning arc discharge between at least one anode and a cathode having a conical tip, wherein said arc discharge forms a contraction of the current-carrying area in the transit... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4472245 | Process for continuous thermal treatment of carbonizable material Materials which become carbonized at high temperatures, such as wood, cellulose, household refuse, used tires, plastics, tar sand, oil shale, and the like, are subjected to thermal treatment, i.e., pyrolysis or gasification, in an electric shaft furnace h... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4469488 | Method for gasifying coal An improved method for generating gas from coal including caking and high sulfur coals, in a completely enclosed system wherein no oxygen or air is used to burn a portion of the coal and/or char to produce heat for the reaction. The heat for the reaction ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4430160 | Process for enhancing the thermal decomposition of solid matter Enhancement of thermal decomposition of solid matter by applying a high voltage but low power electrical field across said solid matter simultaneously with heating of the solid matter.... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4412841 | Compacted carbonaceous shapes and process for making the same Compacted carbonaceous shapes are produced by mixing a particulate carbonaceous material with a binder, forming green shapes from the mixture, and heating the green shapes by induction heating or microwave heating or a combination thereof. The process is ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4389283 | Method for making coke via induction heating An improved method and apparatus for making coke wherein the coal is heated by the walls of a multi-cell chamber means and wherein said walls are heated by electric induction in the absence of air; the raw gases from the coal are directed to a by-product ... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4382341 | Method for drying drilling mud Direct electric current is passed through drilling mud contained in an earthen mud pit to dry the mud, thereby providing a safe and environmentally acceptable means for disposal of the mud.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4378337 | Still heating process for purifying aluminum chloride In a process for purifying aluminum chloride made by the high temperature chlorination of an aluminum value containing material by distilling the aluminum chloride in a still, and separating the aluminum chloride the improvement comprising adding sufficie... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4376034 | Method and apparatus for recovering carbon products from oil shale A method and apparatus for recovering and simultaneously partially refining hydrocarbon products such as liquid oil, oil vapor and combustible and noncombustible gases from oil shale, by subjecting the oil shale ore, in fragments between 5 and 10 cm, or l... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4362610 | Apparatus for recovery of hydrocarbons from tar-sands Apparatus for releasing bitumen components of an earth aggregate by establishing a current flow within an electrolyte contained in a volume of the aggregate which has been isolated from the surrounding earth. The current flow electrochemically acts on the... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4357210 | Electric furnace for the calcination of carbonaceous materials The invention relates to an electric furnace for heating by passing a current through the charge, and more particularly, a continuous furnace in which the charge is a carbonaceous material. The furnace according to the invention is provided with a device for ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4282066 | Process and apparatus for coking coal using microwave radiation Coal, either as coal fines or as coal briquettes, is introduced into a coking chamber and is thereat exposed to microwave radiation to transform the coal into hot coke. Preferably, the microwave radiation is at a frequency of from twenty to 3000 MHz. The ... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4249996 | Electrically heated by-product coke oven The coking chamber of a by-product coke oven is formed by a refractory enclosure provided in its top with a charging opening and with an outlet for volatile by-products produced in the coking operation. Forming the bottom of the chamber near the bottom wa... | 02/10/1981 |
