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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109217 | Method, device and system for enhancing combustion of solid objects A system, device and method for enhancing burning of a solid object in a combustion process is provided where one or more incineration devices (101) for burning a solid object (101), at least one sonic device (301) and wherein said at least one ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7384615 | Method oil shale pollutant sorption/NOreburning multi-pollutant control A method of decreasing pollutants produced in a combustion process. The method comprises combusting coal in a combustion chamber to produce at least one pollutant selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing pollutant, sulfuric acid, sulfur trioxide, ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7357903 | Method for reducing NOx during combustion of coal in a burner An organically complexed nanocatalyst composition is applied to or mixed with coal prior to or upon introducing the coal into a coal burner in order to catalyze the removal of coal nitrogen from the coal and its conversion into nitrogen gas prior to combustion of th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7282189 | Production of hydrogen and removal and sequestration of carbon dioxide from coal-fired furnaces and boilers Methods for reducing and eliminating carbon dioxide from the emissions of solid fuel fired power plants, particularly coal fired power plants, and to sequester the carbon dioxide, typically by using existing equipment. In some embodiments, the methods involve pyroly... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276217 | Reduction of coal-fired combustion emissions A process for mitigation of fouling deposits within a combustion zone, capturing of toxic metal emissions, and reduction of visible sulfur emissions attributable to sulfuric acid mist during coal combustion. SO3 formed during coal combustion is reduced by... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6988452 | Tower distributor assembly A furnace system for solid fuel includes a tower distributor for addressing flow imbalance in a heterogeneous stream. The tower distributor comprises four sections: an inlet section, a mixer section, a recovery section and an outlet section. Illustratively, the inle... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6874434 | Biomass waste disposal method and apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for disposing of biomass material. The apparatus may include a receiving chamber for receiving a biomass, a maceration chamber for macerating the biomass received from the receiving chamber and producing macerated biomass, and an incinerati... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6792881 | Method for cleaning salt impregnated hog fuel and other bio-mass, and for recovery of waste energy A method according to the present invention for reducing the creation of dioxins during the burning of a biomass containing a contaminant, wherein the contaminant is solvated or neutralized in the presence of a corresponding solvent, includes the steps of prior to t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6691628 | Method and apparatus for thermal processing of powder raw materials In the manufacture of cement clinker from cement raw meal, sulfide-containing raw materials or raw materials with a high TOC (total organic carbon) level can be used for cement manufacture, which are uncontrollably incompletely burned in the upper cyclone... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6553924 | Co-combustion of waste sludge in municipal waste combustors and other furnaces A system and method for treating, injecting and co-combusting sludge in a municipal waste or other solid fuel combustor. The system includes a sludge receiving and treatment module and a sludge injection and combustion module. The sludge is received and s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6520098 | Apparatus and method for disposing of dam dirt 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 c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6497187 | Advanced NOX reduction for boilers A method and apparatus for combustion of a solid carbonaceous material in which the solid carbonaceous material is preheated and at least a portion thereof pyrolyzed on a stoker grate disposed in the lower portion of a combustion chamber to produce pyroly... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6443078 | Process and plant for depolymerizing of the CH chains of solid materials Materials containing CH polymer chains are treated by a process comprising triggering combustion of the material in an environment insulated from the outside; removing gaseous combustion products from the environment under a vacuum; feeding combustion-sup... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6401635 | Liquid carton waste material recycling process and apparatus for recycling liquid carton waste material Process for recycling of liquid carton waste material or other similar waste material having fibrous, metal and plastics materials. The process includes introducing the waste material and a slushing liquid into a slushing apparatus and slushing of the was... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401634 | Method of treating combustible materials with sodium silicate The present invention provides a method for chemically treating combustible materials prior to combustion. Specifically the present invention is directed to a method for treating a combustible material like a coal briquette with a sodium silicate coating ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6338305 | On-line remediation of high sulfur coal and control of coal-fired power plant feedstock The present invention makes possible the economic and environmental use of high sulfur coal by removing the sulfur at the power generating plant. This process reduces the risk of fire, explosion, and freezing in storing and transporting reclaimed, ground ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6250235 | Method and product for improved fossil fuel combustion A method of treating a fossil fuel for combustion, which includes heating the fossil fuel and an additive in a combustion zone. The additive contains a lime flux that lowers the melting point of lime sufficiently so that lime in the combustion zone melts ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6244199 | Plant for thermolysis and energetic upgrading of waste products The invention concerns a plant for the thermolysis of waste products containing an organic fraction, and for simultaneous energetically upgrading these waste products comprising: a unit for loading and supplying the waste products to be treated; a thermol... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6234090 | Linear diffuser for balancing coal flow In a delivery pipe for pulverized coal fines from a coal mill to a combustion chamber, a device for diffusing unevenly distributed coal flow evenly across the pipe. In a first form, the invention comprises a plurality of static, lateral, linear diffuser e... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230634 | Method of blowing synthetic resin into a furnace A method of blowing a synthetic resin material into a furnace comprising preparing a synthetic resin material having an average specific surface area of at least 50 m2 /kg; and blowing the synthetic resin material from tuyeres of a shaft furnac... | 05/15/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5960722 | Method of operating a high-temperature reactor for treatment of waste material The invention relates to a method of operating a high-temperature reactor for treating heterogeneous waste materials, in which the waste materials are introduced via an intake point into the reactor and form beneath the intake point a loose-piled gasifica... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5925165 | Process and apparatus for the 3-stage treatment of solid residues from refuse incineration plants In a method for processing solid residues from refuse incineration plants the slag is melted and heavy metals from the melt (16) are separated for reutilization. The slag is directly transferred from the refuse incineration plant into a first heating cham... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5709160 | Apparatus for the combustion of fluids with high particle content An apparatus for the combustion of a suspension of a combustible liquid and combustible solids in particle shape, for instance carbon particles, includes a tank, a burner unit and a pipe which is connected to the burner unit and which protrudes into the t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5666890 | Biomass gasification system and method A gasification system for biomass fuel. The system includes a bulk biomass feeder in which biomass fuel is stored and from which biomass fuel is supplied to the system. A pneumatic conveyor system is employed that transports the biomass fuel from the feed... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5549057 | Dryer and combustible pellet system A dryer for particulate materials comprising an elongated, peripherally enclosed combustion tunnel having a combustion chamber and an exhaust outlet, a liner spaced from and around the combustion tunnel, having an exterior radiant heat reflective shield, ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5513582 | Incineration method, particularly for spent graphite The method of incinerating a combustible material (1) comprises, before custion, the following steps: dividing (2) the material into particles, incorporating (3) the divided material into an aqueous medium at a rate of not more than 35% by weight of solid rel... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5197398 | Separation of pyrite from coal in a fluidized bed Processes and arrangements that provide for the separation of pyrite from coal in a fluidized bed. The processes provide for more efficient and complete stratification of the bed materials in a vertical direction, so that the very top layer of the fluidiz... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4989523 | Method and apparatus for extracting heat from a combustible material A method and apparatus for extracting heat from a combustible material are disclosed which include the formation of a solid material strip of the combustible material, the formation of a series of spaced holes in the material strip, and the combustion of ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4706645 | Method and system to provide thermal power for a power plant A method and a system for providing thermal power to an electrical power plant wherein substantially whole trees are supplied as fuel without being processed into small woodchips or chunks. The substantially whole trees stored in the drying building to lo... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4567674 | Unfired drying and sorting apparatus for preparation of solid fuel and other solid material The invention comprises an unfired fluidized bed dryer and sorter. Pressurized fluidizing air is preheated passing through steam heat exchangers. Bed outlet air/vapor temperature is held in a range of 100 F. to 150 F. Smaller/low density solids are remove... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566394 | Integrated coal cleaning process An integrated method of removing alkali metal compounds from sulfur-bearing coal is disclosed. The coal is comminuted (4) and mixed (10) with water (8) to form a slurry (12). In the preferred embodiment, the slurry (12) is comingled with an SO2... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4486959 | Process for the thermal dewatering of young coals An economic process for thermally dewatering a solid carbonaceous material containing substantial amounts of chemically attached water is disclosed. The process is capable of economically removing up to 95% of the chemically attached water in the disclose... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483257 | Method and device for preparing a fluid hydrocarbon product from coal Coal is continuously fed into an extruder and reacts therein at elevated pressure and temperature and possibly in the presence of a catalyst with hydrogen and/or hydrogen containing compounds added to the contents of the extruder on at least one spot situ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4480560 | Pneumatic conveying of pulverized solvent refined coal A method for pneumatically conveying solvent refined coal to a burner under conditions of dilute phase pneumatic flow so as to prevent saltation of the solvent refined coal in the transport line by maintaining the transport fluid velocity above approximat... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4473459 | System for transferring a slurry of hydrocarbon-containing solids to and from a wet oxidation reactor A system for transferring solid material to and from a high pressure reactor as a water slurry is disclosed. In a wet oxidation reaction system comminuted solid hydrocarbonaceous material, such as shale, coal, tar sand, wood or waste, flows in a continuou... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4466362 | Method of removing sulfur and other contaminants from the coal in coal-oil slurries An improved method of removing pyritic sulfur and other contaminants from the coil in a coal-oil slurry. In such a slurry, raw pulverized coal is suspended in fuel oil. In practicing the process, the slurry is heated to a temperature of about 220° C., at... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4455149 | Process for the production of fuel compositions A process for producing a dispersion composition suitable for use as a fuel is described, comprising kneading (a) a bituminous substance, (b) a low molecular weight aliphatic alcohol, and (c) water, a water-containing organic compound, or an aqueous organ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4450777 | Process for removing noxious substances containing fluorine and/or sulfur from gaseous or liquid media A process is provided for removing noxious pollutants containing sulfur and/or fluorine compounds from gaseous or liquid media by adsorption of the compounds on coke. The coke is produced by conventional processes from lignite (brown coal) containing alka... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4402275 | Process for the continuous blowing of fine-particled reducing agents consisting predominantly of mineral coal into a shaft furnace A mixture of fine-particle mineral coal and a fine-particle solid carrier of carbon is stored in a bulk store from which the mixture is withdrawn and continuously blown into a shaft furnace, e.g. a blast furnace. Sufficient carbon carrier is used to loose... | 09/06/1983 |
