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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974494 | Apparatus and method using an electrified filter bed for removal of pollutants from a flue gas stream Pollutants in a flue gas stream from a dryer of products, such as wood chips, are removed by a pollution abatement system that includes an electrified filter bed unit for removing solid particulates. To prevent deteriorated operation of the electrified filter bed un... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910430 | Resources reclaiming apparatus A resources reclaiming apparatus includes a furnace having an interior spacer. The spacer has one end forming an arched section with a distal end tilted upwards forming a sloped section extruded to form a plane spacer having a firing port therein, thereby dividing t... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6848375 | Method and device for combustion of solid fuel This invention relates to a method and device for converting energy by combustion of solid fuel, especially incineration of bio-organic fuels and municipal solid waste to produce heat energy and which operates with very low levels of NOx, CO and fly ash, ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832564 | Method of operating a multiple hearth furnace A method of operating a multiple hearth furnace with a plurality of vertically aligned hearth floors includes feeding a first material onto the uppermost hearth floor and moving it over the hearth floor before it falls through a drop hole onto the next lower hearth ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6789487 | Fluidized bed incinerator and combustion method in which generation of NOx, CO and dioxine are suppressed A fluidized bed incinerator having a combustion furnace includes first to fourth combustion sections. Fuel is supplied to the first combustion section and an combustion exhaust gas is exhausted after the fourth combustion section. First to fourth airs are supplied t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6764304 | Furnace having increased energy efficiency and reduced pollutant formation A furnace design that combines the benefits of oxygen enriched combustion, intense flame radiation, highly preheated combustion air, exhaust gas recirculation, buoyancy driven flows and NOx reburn chemistry in a single unit to significantly reduce energy ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6745707 | Method of disposing of combustible materials A method of disposing of combustible materials. The method includes the steps of: providing a heating space; providing a first source to generate heat to a first predetermined level at a first location in the heating space sufficient to reconstitute the combustible ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6401636 | Process and device for incineration of particulate solids A process for the incineration of particulate solids, especially biological waste matter with low caloric value, feeds the solids into a combustion chamber of a furnace together with a sub-stoichiometric amount of fresh air to control the rate of combusti... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6324999 | Incinerator for removing noxious substances The present invention provides an incinerator for removing toxic substances contained in a flue gas. That is, there is here disclosed an incinerator for removing toxic substances in which a removal section for removing the toxic substances generated from ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6286443 | Method for treating combustibles by slagging combustion The present invention relates to a method for treating combustibles by slagging combustion, such as municipal wastes, plastic wastes, sewage sludges, or automobile wastes. Combustibles and oxygen-containing gas are supplied to a slagging combustion furnac... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6244195 | Safety incinerator for rubbish in volume and flammable waste This invention is a mass incinerator for burning various rubbishes (life rubbishes, industry wastes, hospital rubbishes and like) and flammable wastes (hospital wastes, poison material and like) under high temperature atmosphere. In particularly; to an in... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6216610 | Process and device for incineration of particulate solids A process for the incineration of particulate solids, especially biological waste matter with low caloric value, feeds the solids into a combustion chamber of a furnace together with a sub-stoichiometric amount of fresh air to control the rate of combusti... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6199494 | Method of improving the performance of a cyclone furnace for difficult to burn materials, and improved cyclone furnace thereof The firing performance of a radial, scroll, or vortex cyclone furnace can be improved when firing difficult to burn materials having a relatively low heating value or a relatively high moisture content, such as sub-bituminous and lignite coals. This can b... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6058855 | Low emission U-fired boiler combustion system At least one main combustion chamber contains at least one pulverized coal burner. Each pulverized coal burner is operatively arranged for minimizing NOX production and for maintaining a predetermined operating temperature to liquefy ash within... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5924368 | Waste treatment furnace A waste treatment furnace includes a first waste treatment chamber with a first burner chamber communicating therewith, and a second waste treatment chamber with a second burner chamber communicating therewith. A common bottom wall is positioned under the... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5906806 | Reduced emission combustion process with resource conservation and recovery options "ZEROS" zero-emission energy recycling oxidation system A system and a process for combusting hydrocarbons to recover energy and the carbon dioxide resulting from the combustion is provided. The process utilizes a two-stage combustion process, each stage utilizing water injection and a recirculation stream to ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5881654 | Combustion apparatus for highly energetic materials The specification describes a system for the thermal treatment of energetic materials which generate a tremendous volume of gaseous products upon combustion. The system includes a containment system which maintains an interface between hot exhaust gas pro... | 03/16/1999 |
| 4762074 | Process for the incineration of combustible materials A process and plant for improving the incineration of fuels, in order to reduce the production of noxious gases, particularly nitrogen oxides (NOX) and also to reduce the emission of dioxines and furans when incinerating solid or liquid wastes ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4745869 | Method and apparatus for calcining limestone using coal combustion for heating A method and apparatus for calcining limestone to produce lime wherein coal is combusted to provide heat for the calcination. The coal is combusted in a two stage combustion unit, with at least seventy-five percent of the slag formed by the coal combustio... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4724776 | Burning apparatus with means for heating and cleaning polluted products of combustion Apparatus for burning material such as fuel, waste material and the like, which when burned produces gases within which pollutants are entrained and for cleaning the gases. The apparatus comprises at least two combustion chambers, comprising an upper cham... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4559882 | Biomass-fueled furnace A combustion system for domestic or small industrial heating needs, utilizing biomass fuels such as wood and brush chips, sawdust, logs, nut hulls, peat, leaves and other organic waste products of forestry, agriculture and industry with essentially smokel... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4550669 | Burning apparatus with means for heating and cleaning polluted products of combustion Apparatus for burning material such as fuel, waste material and the like, which when burned produces gases within which pollutants are entrained and for cleaning the gases. The apparatus comprises an incinerator or a furnace having a combustion chamber in... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4543890 | Wood fuel combustion system A furnace adapted to burn wood chips and wood particles and including an inner cylinder adapted to be positioned in horizontal relation and including a primary combustion area. A funnel assembly is provided for supporting a quantity of wood particles and ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4534300 | Combustion chamber for combustion disposal of waste mineral bearing streams In the combustion of waste mineral-bearing liquid streams, an improved type of construction for the combustion chamber, for the combustion of waste mineral-bearing liquid streams which permits continuous removal of solid particulate waste. An annular wate... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4495873 | Incinerator for burning odor forming materials The incinerator is made up of an inner housing located within an outer housing and which have spaced apart walls forming an interior space therebetween. The inner and outer housings have aligned upper openings with insulated closure members. A central cha... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4484530 | Dual stage combustion furnace A dual stage combustion furnace has primary and secondary combustion chambers. The primary combustion chamber contains a solid fuel, such as wood or coal. The secondary combustion chamber is formed adjacent to and in communication with the primary combust... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4430950 | Incinerator An incinerator for burning waste material employs an additional grate on which waste material is burned, thereby producing a layer of heated ashes and coke. The smoke and gases produced by the burning waste material are caused to be passed downwardly thro... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4398477 | Method for generation of hot gas by incineration of combustible material and apparatus for generation of hot gas by incineration of combustible material Method and furnace for the incineration of combustible material and the generation of hot gas, the furnace comprising a lower chamber provided with an inlet for air and an inlet for combustible material and an upper chamber provided with an inlet for air ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4323018 | Method for generation of hot gas by incineration of combustile material and apparatus for generation of hot gas by incineration of combustible material Method and furnace for the incineration of combustible material and the generation of hot gas, the furnace comprising a lower chamber provided with an inlet for air and an inlet for combustible material and an upper chamber provided with an inlet for air ... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4303022 | Arrangement in incinerator The constriction plate in a fluidized bed incinerator is pivotally mounted for swinging movement down into the windbox. Thereby, the fluidized bed can be rapidly emptied into the windbox, whereby heat sensitive members in the incinerator will not be damag... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4156394 | Method and apparatus for thermally economical incineration of waste Ducts for carrying off hot gas given off from the combustion chamber of an incinerator are built into the outer walls of a pyrolysis chamber located above the combustion chamber. The pyrolysis chamber has cross-sectional dimensions that are small enough t... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4156393 | Incinerator Sluice gate members mounted for swinging movement about a shaft offset from the center of a furnace and arranged to be moved both gradually and discontinuously are interposed between an upper pyrolysis and precombustion chamber and a lower afterburning ch... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4078503 | Method and apparatus for treating off-gas from a furnace for burning organic material in an oxygen deficient atmosphere A method and apparatus for treating off-gas from a furnace for burning organic material in an oxygen deficient atmosphere by passing the hot exhaust gases from the furnace ladened with combustible and noncombustible organic material to a cleaning device, ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4063521 | Incinerator having gas flow controlling separator An improved, essentially pollution-free incinerator for waste materials is provided which includes vertically stacked, separately fired primary and secondary combustion chambers and central, cooperating, apertured partition and baffle structure serving to... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4050387 | Fluid industrial waste incinerator and its method of operation A liquid bath furnace, for burning pumpable wastes comprising hydrocarbon compounds and mineral substances, has primary and secondary combustion chambers, the walls of which are provided with La Mont boiler heating surfaces, and a post-combustion chamber.... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4048927 | Plant for burning waste A plant for burning waste which has a main combustion chamber to be charged ith the waste to be burnt and with fresh gases for burning the waste. From this main combustion chamber the burnt material and unburnt residual material including gases pass throug... | 09/20/1977 |
