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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186286 | Wood fired boiler A bio-mass fueled boiler operating at delivered efficiencies in excess of 90%. Pre-heated, pressurized primary combustion air is supplied to a primary burn chamber via horizontal and vertical orifice containing conduits. Exhaust gases are directed past a reflective ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7279655 | Inductively coupled plasma/partial oxidation reformation of carbonaceous compounds to produce fuel for energy production Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reforming converts carbonaceous compounds into a fuel for use in generating electrical power. Energy rich hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal, marine diesel, oils, and hydrocarbon wastes are employed as a feedstock for the ICP, which tra... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273015 | Method and apparatus for combustion of residual carbon in fly ash A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7249946 | Thermal generator and combustion method for limiting nitrogen oxides emissions by re-combustion of fumes The invention relates to a thermal generator comprising a furnace tube (2) wherein a fuel is burnt, recombustion means (14, 15) for reducing the nitrogen oxides content present in said fumes and means (3) for recovering the heat of the fumes res... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7172413 | Laundry dryer having gas combustion apparatus A gas combustion apparatus of a laundry dryer is provided, by which an initial ignition power is improved to enhance an ignition property. The gas combustion apparatus includes a gas supply; a mixing pipe, having a mixing passage extending from an inlet end to an ou... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7146916 | Starved air inclined hearth combustor An inclined hearth combustor which generally includes a primary combustion chamber having a plurality of stepped hearths, a secondary combustion chamber in communication with the primary combustion chamber and a boiler having an inlet in communication with the secon... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7111565 | Rotating grate for the combustion of slag producing fuel In a rotating grate having a rotational-symmetrical shape having an axis of rotation which is inclined against a horizontal plane by more than 34°, and which encloses a combustion chamber for the combustion of slag-forming fuel, which is locked on a lower end and i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096672 | Fluid heating and gas turbine integration method A method of heating a fluid in a fluid heater integrated with a gas turbine. Fuel is burned in a radiant section of the fluid heater to heat the fluid and to produce combustion gases for the heating a downstream convective section. The combustion is supported by a c... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076957 | Fluid heating and gas turbine integration method A method of heating a fluid in a fluid heater integrated with a gas turbine. Fuel is burned in a radiant section of the fluid heater to heat the fluid and to produce combustion gases for the heating a downstream convective section. The combustion is supported by a c... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073974 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A system for forming and applying a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic particl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052202 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A process and apparatus for forming a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic parti... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047894 | Method and apparatus for combustion of residual carbon in fly ash A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043923 | Fluid heating and gas turbine integration method A method of heating a fluid in a fluid heater integrated with a gas turbine. Fuel is burned in a radiant section of the fluid heater to heat the fluid and to produce combustion gases for the heating a downstream convective section. The combustion is supported by a c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004087 | High temperature gas reforming cyclo-incinerator A high temperature gas reforming cyclo-incinerator, using reformed water and strongly swirling inlet air in its interior to burn up wastes. The incinerator has a dust collecting structure designed to almost completely remove circulating dust and other harmful impuri... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962118 | Incinerator An incinerator capable of fully preventing dioxins from being released, and has high fuel economy with less fuel consumption. The basic constitution of the incinerator is such that entire gas volume including unburned gas generated in a first combustion chamber (A) ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6922984 | Heat recovery circuit A heat recovery circuit capable of handling fluid flow from a turbine exit to a heat recovery steam generator. The heat recovery circuit includes a primary exhaust line and a by-pass circuit. Included within the by-pass circuit is a pressure reducer that is capable ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6758149 | Refuse incinerator This invention provides a refuse incinerator capable of extinguishing smoke and odor of exhaust gas emitted from, combustion of the refuse just after incineration of the refuse is started. Exhaust gas outlets are provided in a furnace lid of the incineration furnace... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6655303 | Furnace A furnace consists of at least one wall-mounted burner tilted downward for feeding air-fuel mixture and of a prism-shaped ash hopper. Slopes of the walls of lower combustion chamber region define the slotted mouth of ash hopper. The bottom airflow device ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6589315 | Method for thermally regenerating the heat exchanger material of a regenerative post-combustion device In order to regenerate the heat exchanger material located in the various segments of a housing section (2) of a regenerative post-combustion device (1), fresh air is fed via the flushing air connection (11) into the combustion chamber (8) of this post-co... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6502520 | Solid material melting apparatus An incineration and melting furnace has a furnace main body that is filled with a conductive heat generation body (for example, graphite). Radioactive combustible materials in contact with the conductive heat generation body are burnt and the radiaoactive... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6457424 | Cremation system The present invention concerns a cremation system for corpses located in coffins. The system comprises a combustion chamber in whose wall is disposed at least one burner to which auxiliary energy can be supplied, a line for discharging flue gas from the c... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453829 | Incinerator assembly having waste smoke treating device An incinerator device includes an incinerator for burning the garbage to generate a smoke, the smoke has a portion sent back to and retreated by the incinerator, and the other portion sent to and retreated by a furnace. The furnace may energize a steam bo... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6431095 | Method of improving combustion in a system having a circulating fluidized bed, and a corresponding system The method is applicable to a combustion system of the circulating fluidized bed type which system includes a hearth and a cyclone, and operates using fuel that is inserted into the bottom of the hearth, where a reducing atmosphere is created and where th... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422159 | Incinerator for home use An incinerator has a combustion vessel, a base trap and an afterburner. The combustion vessel has a combustion chamber, an exhaust leading from the chamber, an air intake leading to the chamber, and a gas intake leading to the chamber. Fresh air is mixed ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418864 | Incineration process and incinerator using heat generated from combustion to bake and sublimate waste to produce gases using as fuel for the burning An incineration process and an incinerator using heat generated from combustion to bake and sublimate waste to produce gas as for burning waste is designed to use heat generated from the gas as burning chamber in the baking process and to allow waste to e... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6363868 | Combustors and burners with high turndown ratio Various smoke and combustible gas combustors (200, 300) are disclosed, and also disclosed are systems (100, 200) combining gas combustor with inventive burner. Such a burner (100 or 100') provides combustion of a particulate fuel such as sawdust, and many... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352040 | Mobile armored incinerator A mobile armored incinerator apparatus on a trailer which can be driven to a site to burn explosive materials safely to eliminate noxious particulates and liquids. A primary combustion chamber has a rectangular shape with an internal telescoping loading c... | 03/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6298877 | Distributing valve device for heat accumulation type combustion system A distributing valve device for a heat accumulation type combustion system comprising a stationary valve mounted on an underside of a housing having six or more passages defined by partition walls provided therein at predetermined intervals, and having he... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6274097 | Apparatus for cleaning pollutant-laden waste gas An apparatus for cleaning pollutant-laden waste gas by regenerative thermal afterburning has two towers (1, 2) each divided into three heat-retaining chambers (14 to 16 and 17 to 19) by vertical partitions (10 to 13). Two opposite heat-retaining chambers ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6261090 | Gas combustor and combustor system for combustion of smoke, off gases and other emissions A combustor system provides high temperature, high-dwell combustion of emission products, as from charcoal kilns, with inner and outer combustion chambers. Multiple inlets receive emission products from multiple heat exchangers omnidirectionally extending... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250236 | Multi-zoned waste processing reactor system with bulk processing unit A preferred waste treatment system and method employs multiple reactor zones for processing heterogeneous waste. In one embodiment, the reactor system (10) includes the following components: first (12) and second (14) solid waste feed subsystems; a liquid... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6244200 | Low NOx pulverized solid fuel combustion process and apparatus A method and apparatus for low-NOx combustion of a pulverized solid fuel in which combustion products from a partial oxidation combustor are mixed with a pulverized solid fuel, thereby preheating the pulverized solid fuel and resulting in devol... | 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 |
| 6202578 | Method and reactor for processing of fuels having a wide particle size distribution A method and reactor for processing fuels with a wide particle size distribution, particularly for flame combustion. The fuel is blown tangentially with the aid of an airflow into a swirl chamber containing a burning mass, thus creating a vortex, from the... | 03/20/2001 |
| 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 |
