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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7286960 | Systems and methods for monitoring fouling and slagging in heat transfer devices in coal fired power plants A system for isolating effects of one or more process parameters on performance of a heat transfer device is provided. The system includes an efficiency correction unit that is adapted to receive data from the heat transfer device. The data is representative of one ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7228806 | Biomass gasification system A biomass gasification system for efficiently extracting heat energy from biomass material. The biomass gasification system includes a primary combustion chamber, a rotating grate within the primary combustion chamber for supporting the biomass during gasification, ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6952997 | Incineration process using high oxygen concentrations A process for incinerating combustible materials including the steps of: delivering combustible material and inlet gases to a primary combustion chamber, the inlet gases having an oxygen content of at least 50 vol %; burning the combustible material with the oxygen ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6907994 | Process for converting wet fly ash into dry useful industrial products There is provided a process for converting wet fly ash into a useful product such as cement replacement or industrial filler. A first amount of wet fly ash is provided. The wet fly ash is fed into a mixing chamber. An amount of aggregate, such as stone, is provided.... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6748883 | Control system for controlling the feeding and burning of a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace A control system for controlling the storing, feeding and burning of a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace, wherein a series of burners are arranged one in front of the other to carry out combustion and non-combustion cycles during a glass melting process. Pu... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6499412 | Method of firebox temperature control for achieving carbon monoxide emission compliance in industrial furnaces with minimal energy consumption The present invention provides a novel method of controlling the incineration temperature of industrial waste incineration processes such that the incineration emissions products comply with governmental regulations and operating and capital costs are min... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6439135 | Organic waste gasification processing and the production of alternative energy sources A municipal waste gasification system comprises a plurality of primary gasification chambers for receiving municipal waste, a means for operating the municipal waste gasification system so that one or more of the primary gasification chambers may be idle ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6401632 | Animal carcass incinerator An animal carcass incinerator including a housing defining a combustion chamber and a charge opening in the housing sized to permit an animal carcass to be inserted therethrough the charge opening having a corresponding charge door. The burner including a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6338306 | Ash handling system An apparatus and method is provided for discharging ash from a plurality of fossil-fuel boiler hoppers through actuator opened gate valves by opening only selected gate valves during a given discharge cycle and bypassing other hoppers. The time required t... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6289266 | Method of operating a boiler A method of controlling operation of a particulate fuel burning boiler, such as a coal fired boiler, having a plurality of burners each receiving pulverized coal, primary air and secondary air. The flow rate of the pulverized coal, primary air and seconda... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6276286 | Compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-dischar... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273009 | Method for automatized combustion and combustion apparatus A method for automatized combustion of solid fuel in a combustion apparatus which comprises a burner with a device, which is rotatable about the center axis of the burner for stirring the fuel in the burner which is connected to a boiler and has a feeding... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6189460 | Combustion system for sooty smoke generating facilities A combustion system for reducing an amount of air polluting substances in a combustion exhaust gas produced in a combustion furnace comprises a combustion furnace configured to produce a combustion exhaust gas upon combustion of a combustible material, wh... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6164221 | Method for reducing unburned carbon in low NOx boilers The invention provides a method which includes the step of locating a burner of a low NOx boiler that produces a disproportionately high quantity of unburned carbon. The air-to-fuel ratio at the burner is then increased to decrease the percentage of unbur... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6090180 | Cupola emission control system and method A cupola emission control system is provided that includes both improved physical emission control equipment and improved controls for operating such equipment. The physical emission control improvements include an orifice ring of restricted diameter abov... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6055915 | Wood residue disposal system A method of wood waste disposal which regulates factors such as the amount of wood residue being fed to an incinerator at any given time so that wood residue from a mill is processed promptly and efficiently without compromising the efficient operation of... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055916 | Waste material processing apparatus and method A material processing apparatus includes a casing having a top and bottom and a plurality of sides defining a pyrolysis chamber for receiving and pyrolyzing feed materials therein into fluid materials and a mass of refractory material disposed upon the bo... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5988079 | Unburned carbon and other combustibles monitor An unburned carbon and other combustibles monitoring and control system for a fly ash producing fossil-fueled boiler, such as a pulverized coal fired boiler. An infrared imaging camera counts the moving hot particles entrained in the hot gases downstream ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979340 | Pole inserting robotic mechanism for accessing the interior of a harsh enclosure A robotic mechanism which can be attached to a furnace hopper and includes a frame which supports a pole insertion mechanism for inserting a pole into a furnace hopper. The pole insertion mechanism is supported from the Fame by a gimbal and moves the pole... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5555821 | Apparatus and process for removing unburned carbon in fly ash An apparatus and process for removing unburned carbon in fly ash. The apparatus includes a stainless steel heating chamber heated in a range from 800 to 1200 degrees F. The fly ash is introduced at one end of the heating chamber and moved slowly to an opp... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5361710 | Method and apparatus for the active control of a compact waste incinerator An improved method and apparatus for actively controlling a combustion process such as a waste incinerator by means of a spatial and temporal synchronized injection of fuel. The improved method and apparatus employs an active control system which controls... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5280756 | NOx Emissions advisor and automation system A method and system for controlling and providing guidance in reducing the level of NOx emissions based on controllable combustion parameters and model calculations while maintaining satisfactory plant performance and not causing other harmful ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5044287 | Method of controlling combustion in a fluidized bed furnace A method for controlling combustion in a furnace into which combustible material, e.g., urban refuse, industrial waste, and a controlled quantity of combustion air are fed. The furnace includes a mixing/stirring region where unburnt gas and secondary comb... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4909160 | Temperature-controlled exhaust particulate collection system for high temperature material processing facility A temperature-controlled exhaust particulate collection system used with a high temperature material processing facility has a serial arrangement of devices in the form of a spray cooler, spark arrester and dust collector which receive the particulate-lad... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4751886 | Smokeless pyrolysis furnace with ramp and soak temperature control system A batch-type pyrolysis furnace fired by a main heat source such as a gas burner or an electric heating coil in combination with an afterburner to burn volatiles generated in the furnace's main chamber, is operated to incinerate high-polymer loads smokeles... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4519323 | Velocity controlling apparatus and method to be used with a stoker type burning apparatus The present invention relates to a velocity controlling apparatus and method to be used with a stoker type burning apparatus on a refuse incinerator which moves refuse successively by reciprocating motion of movable fire grates. The movable fire grates, w... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4422067 | Dynamic self-checking safety circuit means A safety circuit which connects a condition responsive circuit to a cyclic signal detecting circuit. In order to provide the cyclic signal detecting circuit with a continuous cyclic input, the condition responsive circuit and a cyclic redundancy checker i... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4398472 | Electric burner for oxidizing oven A recirculating oven in which air and oxidized gases from a burner tube are directed to evaporation zone outlets at the bottom of the oven and curing zone outlets at the top and fed into a pair of wire work chambers, the gas streams mixing between the zon... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4036152 | Refuse compactor-incinerator disposer A solid refuse compactor-incinerator disposer which includes a cabinet housing with a refractory bottom wall and a ram mounted in the housing for vertical reciprocal movement. A drawer, with a refuse receiving container, is slidable into and out of the ho... | 07/19/1977 |
