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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255556 | Method and apparatus for conveying powder and heat An apparatus and method for the horizontal conveying of a dry powder is provided, notably useful for conveying heat from a heat-producing operation to a heat-consuming operation. In this application, heat is conveyed by a hot powder flowing through a vertically vibr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 6183247 | Heating equipment A heating device for burning fuel pellets (2) having a spherical combustion area (7), the surrounding wall of which is perforated (37), is disclosed. The combustion area (7) is surrounded concentrically by a wall(40) having perforations (36) and is spaced... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5771821 | Method of treating plastic waste Technology for treating industrial and domestic waste which can be applied in the chemical industry as well as in the power generation sector as a way of using plastic and polymer waste. The method involves: melting down the plastic waste in an atomsphere... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5762010 | Method and device for processing waste having a calorific value A thermal method for continuously processing waste having a calorific value and any degree of moisture, wherein waste is put in a flow of hot, heat-resistant, heat-exchanging material which is warmer than 100° C. The heat exchanging material cools due to... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5542022 | Compact packed bed heater system A compact portable apparatus and method for heating gases for periods ranging from about one tenths of a second to several minutes to temperatures as high as 2700° Celsius in 4 hrs. Graphite or metal oxide spherical pebbles which are placed in an externa... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5396049 | Sterilization apparatus using electrically heated inert material as sterilizing media A sterilization apparatus for sterilizing medical instruments such as scalpels, tweezers, needles and the like utilizes an electrically heated inert material as the sterilizing media. Instruments to be sterilized are positioned in the inert material and b... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5217373 | Limiting the presence of the oxides of nitrogen in regenerative heating systems The presence of the oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust gas leaving a regenerator is limited by injecting water or water vapour into the regenerator 1 during its firing phase and causing the water or water vapour to reach the combustion chamber 26 of the re... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5068085 | Instrument sterilizer A sterilizer for medical or dental instruments utilizes a reservoir of reusable heat transfer beads, a preselected quantity of which are released into an instrument tray containing instruments to be sterilized. The tray and beads are positioned within a h... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4989344 | Particulate removal for a sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge and a means for controlling odor from the production of said pellets. The system includes a pro... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4980030 | Method for treating waste paint sludge A method and apparatus are disclosed for the treatment of paint sludge and for reducing volatile organic compound emissions from a paint spraybooth operation, thereby obtaining a recyclable material for use in new coating products. In such an operation, u... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4956926 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4853024 | Scrap recovery apparatus The invention provides an improved apparatus for use in processing wet scrap textile glass fiber into a dry flowable powder. The apparatus includes a unique inlet and outlet structure to prevent clogging during operation. The apparatus also includes a uni... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4852269 | Combined sewage and lime slude treatment process A process is described for combining the disposal of sewage sludge and lime sludge economically by recalcining the lime sludge to product lime for municipal water treatment, and utilizing the excess heat from the recalcining process to dry and pelletize s... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4829678 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4806098 | Heat transfer and stabilizing apparatus A metal compressible bellows-type container or canister is used in a hot uniaxial pressing process with a mixture of high level radioactive nuclear waste material and a synthetic rock forming material filling the canister. The canister has a bottom wall, ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4768949 | Limiting the presence of the oxides of nitrogen in regenerative heating systems The presence of the oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust gas leaving a regenerator is limited by injecting water or water vapor into the regenerator 1 during its firing phase and causing the water or water vapor to reach the combustion chamber 26 of the rege... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4761893 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750274 | Sludge processing Methods for continuous drying of sludges. Large scouring particles are added to a sludge to be dried to create a mixture which is passed through a rotary screw type indirect heat exchanger. The scouring particles are large relative to the particulates of ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4663145 | Device for an method of working up pickling and etching liquids A device for and method of working up etching and pickling liquids consisting of a vertical furnace having one or more vertical reaction spaces through which balls move at a maximum packing density. The furnace has a temperature gradient from the bottom (high)... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4597737 | Method and apparatus for drying or heat treating granular material A method and an apparatus for drying or heat treating granular material fed in a continuous flow. The apparatus comprises a heating container having an inlet end and an outlet end. A heating source is located entirely within the container. An auger convey... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4592723 | Process for reusing scrap glass A method of removing coatings from scrap glass is disclosed. The scrap glass is milled in the presence of particulate batch, preheated and fed to a glass melting furnace. The particulate batch aids in the milling of the scrap glass. The process removes th... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4580618 | Method and apparatus for cooling a high temperature waste gas using a radiant heat transfer fluidized bed technique A method and apparatus for cooling waste gases of a temperature in excess of 800° C. using radiant heat transfer to a plurality of fluidized beds. Solid particulate material is contained within a housing and divided into a plurality of fluidized beds by ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4537571 | Process of and apparatus for reheating and conveying a granular heat carrier In reheating and conveying a granular heat carrier, such as sand, using a carrier gas, where the heat carrier may be utilized for desorption by heating a charged lumpy adsorbent, the heat carrier is circulated through a vertically arranged cycle loop. Ini... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4530166 | Preheating particulate material A process for preheating particulate material is disclosed. The process also may be used for drying the particulate. The invention uses a heat exchange method that preferably employs furnace exhaust gases. In one embodiment, glass batch is preheated befor... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4523906 | Device for drying gypsum Cold, wet gypsum is admixed to a moving bed of hot solid particles of a heat-retaining material. The mixture is fed to a moving bed type drier where it is agitated while the released vapors are withdrawn. After discharge from the drier, dry gypsum is sepa... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4474553 | Process and apparatus for drying or heating a particulate material A process and apparatus for drying or heating a particulate material by means of heat transfer media which is brought into direct contact with the particulate material within a continuously rotating cylindrical drum. The particulate material flows in one ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4450895 | Process and apparatus for heating or cooling light solid particles The invention discloses a process and apparatus for the heating or cooling of light solid particles having a low free-fall speed, by means of flowing gas-solid exchangers. The process makes it possible to heat or cool light solid particles dispersed in a ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4422847 | Preheating glass batch A method and apparatus for preheating particulate glass batch comprises a rotatable drum for mixing the batch with particulate heat transfer media in a heat transfer relationship where the batch is separated from the media in a media exit vestibule having... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4407653 | Apparatus for heating solid heat-carrying bodies An improved apparatus and method for feeding heat carrying solids into a solids heater. A feed conduit is provided which may be removably attached to a solids heater shell. The mounted feed conduit includes an outlet portion disposed within a heating cham... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4371335 | Zone separator for multiple zone vessels A solids-gas contact vessel, having two vertically disposed distinct reaction zones, includes a dynamic seal passing solids from an upper to a lower zone and maintaining a gas seal against the transfer of the separate treating gases from one zone to the o... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4258779 | Method and apparatus for conveying very fine solid material The present invention provides a method and apparatus for conveying very fine material, for example, a material where 100 percent of the material is less than fifty microns in diameter, and 50 percent of the material is less than five microns in diameter.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4251208 | Process and installations for transferring heat and their applications for the treatment of raw cement The present invention is directed to a process for transferring heat between two gases having different temperatures through the intermediary of a solid heat-carrier, which process may be possibly applied to the treatment of a raw cement. In said process ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4201695 | Arrangement for regenerating particulate adsorbents A reaction vessel for regenerating particulate adsorbents has a bottom outlet and top inlets for admission of the adsorbent to be regenerated by being heated to a regeneration temperature, and for a particulate regenerating material at a temperature above... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4199872 | Regeneration apparatus for producing sulfur dioxide An apparatus for heating a carbonaceous material to produce a gas in which the carbonaceous material and a heated inert heat exchange medium are passed into a reactor vessel for mixing and for transferring the heat from the heat exchange medium to the car... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4188185 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of particulate materials A process and apparatus for treating materials, such as solid, particulate material, wherein the particulate material is introduced into a heat transfer medium, the density of such medium being different from that of the particulate material and the tempe... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4121563 | Fuel saving furnace improvement A fuel saving improvement in conventional home, commercial and public building heating furnaces comprising the inclusion of heat absorbing members such as stones on rod mesh trays in the normally substantial amount of unoccupied space above the furnace co... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4121091 | Apparatus for heating eyeglass frames A method and apparatus for heating articles, such as eyeglass frames, includes a bed of heat retentive beads supported above a plenum chamber by a mesh or screen. Heated air is delivered to the plenum chamber at low velocity and high volume for flowing up... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4119395 | Method of recovering heat of combustion waste gas arising from glass tank furnace A powdery substance in suspension state is heated with the high-temperature combustion waste gas exhausted from a glass tank furnace, and the air for combustion is heated with the thus heated powder substance. When the powdery substance employed is a raw ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4094633 | Granular bed roaster construction Methods and apparatus for roasting a product with a heated granular bed are disclosed. A granular bedding, heat transfer material such as salt or the like contained within a rotatable heating chamber is directly exposed to a heat source which directs heat... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4076504 | Waste gas purification apparatus A waste gas purification apparatus having an elongated vertical hollow furnace shaft adapted to receive pebbles therein with a waste gas inlet at the lower end with a pebble discharge means at said lower end. At the top of the shaft is a narrow exhaust ga... | 02/28/1978 |
