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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4820500 | Process for controlled afterburning of a process exhaust gas containing oxidizable substances A process and an apparatus for the thermal incineration of oxidizable substances in a process gas are proposed, whereby the process gas is conveyed through an afterburning apparatus 10 comprising, inter alia, a combustion chamber 18 and a process gas outl... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4658853 | Anti-leak valving system A butterfly-type step subassembly includes a substantially planar valve disc member having a peripheral groove formed in opposite surfaces thereof. Projecting inwardly from the internal walls of the subassembly housing are two non-coplanar, generally semi... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4656972 | Method and apparatus for reducing NOx in exhaust gases from fluidized-bed boiler Temperature of exhaust gases from a fluidized-bed boiler is lowered by means of heat exchange and dust entrained in the exhaust gases is efficiently collected by a dust collector. Part of the gases discharged from the dust collector are mixed with heated ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4335660 | Apparatus and method for flue gas recirculation in a solid fuel boiler A solid fuel boiler or furnace with a flue gas-air mixture introduced into the fuel grate is disclosed. The flue gas is mixed with air such that approximately 30% of the mixture is flue gas. By providing this mixture under the burning fuel bed, the temper... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4304214 | System of wood combustion employing forced draft A system of wood combustion employing forced draft is disclosed and comprises a forced draft air and flue arrangement which is utilized with a typical wood heater or wood stove. The forced air and flue arrangement includes a blower, a plenum on which the ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4183306 | Hot gas recirculation type burning furnace This invention relates to a burning furnace of hot gas recirculation type for minimizing fuel cost. The furnace includes a cyclone which receives dust-containing exhaust gases. One or more secondary air-introducing nozzles are provided for the cyclone at ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4167909 | Solid fuel burner A solid fuel burner utilizing at least two stacked chambers one of which contains a combustion bed for the solid fuel burning process. A second chamber below the first bed containing chamber serves to combust volatile gases unburned in the first chamber w... | 09/18/1979 |
| 3935824 | Method and means of combustion Disclosed is a method of combusting hydrocarbon containing materials and equipment suitable for practicing the method in which the materials are burned in a closed chamber at a temperature significantly above the autogenous ignition temperature of the hyd... | 02/03/1976 |