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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357632 | Automated wood-fired pottery kiln A kiln and method of firing a kiln are provided for use in connection with the firing of small-scale pottery firing. The kiln includes a kiln wall that defines a main kiln volume that is no larger than 60 cubic feet and is less than 10 cubic feet in one embodiment. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325562 | Heated seal air for valve and regenerative thermal oxidizer containing same Valve with heated sealing gas suitable for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer, and oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. In a preferred embodiment, the valve util... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308904 | Electric gear motor drive for switching valve Electric drive for a switching valve, the switching valve having such a drive, and a regenerative thermal oxidizer including the switching valve and drive system. The electric drive system allows for the starting and stopping of the rotation of a rotary valve with a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293983 | Heating hydrocarbon process flow using flameless oxidation burners Hydrocarbon streams are heated uniformly and directly using one or more flameless oxidation burners. Flameless oxidation burners may control the temperature within a range of about 50° C. to reduce the tendency to coking due to localized “hot spots”. The hydroc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7229483 | Generation of an ultra-superheated steam composition and gasification therewith A method for gasifying carbonaceous materials to fuel gases comprises the formation of an ultra-superheated steam (USS) composition substantially containing water vapor, carbon dioxide and highly reactive free radicals thereof, at a temperature of about 2400° F. (1... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7168949 | Stagnation point reverse flow combustor for a combustion system A combustor assembly includes a combustor vessel having a wall, a proximate end defining an opening and a closed distal end opposite said proximate end. A manifold is carried by the proximate end. The manifold defines a combustion products exit. The combustion produ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150446 | Dual lift system Valve and valve lift system suitable for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer, and oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. In a preferred embodiment, the valve is sea... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7029271 | Flameless oxidation burner A device including a burner (6) for directing a fuel/air mixture into a reaction chamber (2) for flameless oxidation of fuels. The burner (6) discharges a fuel/air jet transversely to a longitudinal axis (A) of the burner and an exhaust gas chan... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6978977 | Dual lift system Valve and valve lift system suitable for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer, and oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. In a preferred embodiment, the valve is sea... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6669472 | Dual lift system Valve and valve lift system suitable for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer, and oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. In a preferred embodiment, the v... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6322356 | Pollution abatement reactor system having nonprismatic structured media An apparatus for treating gaseous pollutants in an air stream such as a regenerative thermal oxidizer or a selective catalytic reduction system, including a reaction chamber wherein the reaction media bed within the chamber comprises a plurality of nonpri... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6302188 | Multi-layer heat exchange bed containing structured media and randomly packed media A heat exchanger for a regenerative thermal oxidizer is described which includes at least one heat exchange column provided with a multi-layer of packing material including at least one layer of randomly packed and specially shaped and sized particles, ea... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6261092 | Switching valve Switching valve and a regenerative thermal oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. The valve has a seal plate that defines two chambers, each chamber being a... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250917 | Regenerator/burner system for heating a fuel-fired industrial furnace In order to create a regenerative, energy-saving fuel firing for an industrial furnace, particularly for a metal smelting furnace, that can flexibly take all possible time and space operating conditions and demands of the furnace to be heated as well as t... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6164962 | Rapid cooling down method for regenerative thermal oxidizer A method of cooling a regenerative thermal oxidizer down rapidly includes the steps of increasing the cycle time of the heat exchangers once a decision has been made to shut the regenerative thermal oxidizer down. By increasing the cycle time, the regener... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109914 | Gas flow furnace The present invention relates to a gas recirculating furnace which aims to enable generation of a high-temperature strong recirculating current and comprises heat sources 3A and 3B for heating a recirculating gas outside the furnace and an out-of-furnace ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6053728 | Furnace A furnace having sidewalls to form an enclosure to contain a melt. One or more burners are positioned to fire into the enclosure to maintain the melt and one or more charge wells are separated from the enclosure by the sidewalls. A charge of material to b... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6042371 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus includes a combustion chamber and a single-type regenerative combustion burner. The burner is arranged with respect to the combustion chamber so that a direction in which burnt gas returns to the burner is not opposed to a direction... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036486 | Heat regeneration for oxy-fuel fired furnaces A cassette regeneration system (10) for an oxy-fuel regeneration assembly (52) having oxy-fuel burners (54) includes a first regeneration assembly (62) having at least one removably connected cassette regenerator (32), a second regeneration assembly (62')... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6019597 | Process for minimizing condensibles in process streams treated by thermal oxidizers A method for processing an air stream using a thermal oxidizer, by pre-heating the air stream, without the use of auxiliary heat, and substantially eliminating the condensation of organic or inorganic compounds within the air stream to be treated. Alterna... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5993203 | Heat transfer enhancements for increasing fuel efficiency in high temperature furnaces Techniques for increasing the thermal efficiency of high temperature combustion sources such as glass and other process furnaces are disclosed. These techniques include one or more of the steps of co-firing of a carbonaceous solid fuel or heavy fuel oil w... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5957684 | Heating method and apparatus A regenerative atmosphere-gas heating system includes at least three regenerative heaters. Each of these regenerative heaters successively cycles through a combustion state, an atmosphere gas heating state and an atmosphere gas sucking state. As a result,... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934899 | In-line method of burner firing and NOx emission control for glass melting A process and apparatus for combustion of a fuel and oxidant in which a first portion of a fuel is mixed with an oxidant to form a fuel-lean fuel/oxidant mixture in a fuel-lean combustion zone. The remaining portion of fuel is mixed with the fuel-lean fue... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5921771 | Regenerative oxygen preheat process for oxy-fuel fired furnaces A method and apparatus for supplying oxygen to an oxy-fuel fired furnace that has been preheated by heated flue gas recycled from the furnace. One or more regenerators are provided each having at least a first and a second regenerator bed. The beds are al... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5899689 | Furnace for processes and treatments in a sub-stoichiometric atmosphere Furnace for processes and treatments in a sub-stoichiometric atmosphere, includes a combustion chamber (1) provided with a fuel-feeding mechanism, feeding mechanism (3) for combustion promoter and an extraction mechanism (4) for the gases produced in the ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5888063 | Method and apparatus for quick purging a multiple bed regenerative fume incinerator A method of quick purging beds of a regenerative fume incinerator which is practically applicable for use in 2, 3 and 4 bed incinerators. For a very short purge period near the end of an operating time cycle, the bed being switched from receiving impure g... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5874053 | Horizontal regenerative catalytic oxidizer A system for the abatement of industrial process emissions comprises a horizontal regenerative catalytic oxidizer (RCO). The system utilizes at least two regenerative chambers and at least two catalytic chambers in a controlled abatement process. Pollutan... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5839894 | Method for the thermal dedusting of regenerative afterburning systems without the release of contaminants and without interruption of the main exhaust gas stream The invention relates to a method for the automatic and energy-saving dedusting of organic deposits on heat exchangers of regenerative afterburning systems without secondary emissions. Through a special guiding of the exhaust gas, the partial exhaust-air ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5830284 | Method and device for the heat treatment of workpieces The present invention involves a method and a device for the heat treatment of workpieces, which are heated with radiant heat generated through the combustion of gaseous fuel. Some of the workpieces are subjected to a carburisation atmosphere formed by a ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5823769 | In-line method of burner firing and NOx emission control for glass melting A process and apparatus for combustion of a fuel and oxidant in which a first portion of a fuel is mixed with an oxidant to form a fuel-lean fuel/oxidant mixture in a fuel-lean combustion zone. The remaining portion of fuel is mixed with the fuel-lean fue... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5823770 | Process and apparatus for oxidizing components of a feed gas mixture in a heat regenerative reactor A process and apparatus for oxidizing components of a feed gas mixture in a heat regenerative reactor are provided. The heat regenerative reactor comprises a vessel having a two ends, the interior of which defines an unfired heat exchange/reaction zone co... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5819673 | Systems for the treatment of chemical wastes and methods for treating chemical wastes Improved methods for the treatment of liquid chemical compounds and process systems for practicing those methods are provided. The methods are practiced by spraying the liquid chemical compounds into a matrix bed of heat resistant materials at temperature... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5770162 | Horizontal regenerative thermal oxidizer unit A regenerative thermal oxidizer unit comprising two heat regenerator units in which a gas to be purified from VOCs passes through the units in an essentially horizontal direction.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5755569 | Media for heat exchange columns in regenerative thermal oxidizers A regenerative thermal oxidizer is provided with a combustion chamber and a plurality of heat transfer columns. Heat transfer media within the columns include solid surfaces which define vapor flow passages. To permit higher volumetric vapor flow rates ne... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5707229 | Regenerative thermal oxidizer with heat exchanger columns A regenerative thermal oxidizer includes a heat exchange column formed of a body which defines at least one entire flow passage through the heat exchanger. The structure of the heat exchange column assists in purging residual gas to be cleaned from the he... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5690485 | Combustion system for a steckel mill A combustion system for use in the steckel mill provides for the controlled mixing of combustible fluids to each furnace incorporated in the steckel mill while also harnessing at least a portion of the heat developed during the operation of the mill to in... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5647741 | Heat exchanger for combustion apparatus A heat exchanger for a combustion apparatus capable of providing satisfactory sealing between an open end of an oxidizing agent duct and a regenerative structure. A regenerator includes a high-temperature section constituted by a regenerative unit made of... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5540584 | Valve cam actuation system for regenerative thermal oxidizer An inventive cam actuation structure provides a separate cam member for opening each of the valves in a regenerative thermal oxidizer. The separate cam structures allow the arrangement of the flow passages in any desired relationship relative to the other... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5531593 | Regenerative thermal oxidizer with heat exchanger columns A regenerative thermal oxidizer includes a heat exchange column formed of body which defines at least one entire flow passage through the heat exchanger. The structure of the heat exchange column assists in purging residual gas to be cleaned from the heat... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5503551 | Rotary valve for fume incinerator A single rotary valve is designed to control feed, purge and exit flow in a multiple bed regenerative fume incinerator system thereby replacing the large number of valves heretofore used to operate such a system. The housing of the rotary valve has ports ... | 04/02/1996 |
