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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7007616 | Oxygen-based biomass combustion system and method An oxygen-based biomass solid fuel combustion system and method has an air separator for separating oxygen from air providing a supply of oxygen for feeding oxygen to a solid fuel combustion chamber. An airlock feeds a metered amount of solid fuel to the solid fuel ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6698365 | Apparatus for thermal treatment using superheated steam Material to be treated such as garbage is charged into a first rotary kiln 14 to be mainly dehydrated and charged into a second rotary kiln 18 to be carbonized. The first rotary kiln 14 has a first nozzle pipe 11 therein for spouting a first high temperat... | 03/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6405662 | Method for preventing jamming conditions in a compression device 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... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6386124 | Waste treatment system A waste treatment system for solidifying and increasing the speed at which manure would dry. The waste treatment system includes support members; and also includes an elongate tubular member being mounted upon the support members and having an inlet end a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6244198 | Method and equipment for pyrolytic treatment of organic material The present invention refers to a method and an equipment for pyrolytic treatment of organic material comprising a supply storage receiving the organic material to be treated, a number of containers with meshlike walls, each to be charged with a batch of ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6202577 | Method and apparatus for treating refuse A municipal or like refuse, from which large articles of metals have been removed, is mixed with an alkaline substance like limestone preferably in a triple screw mixer, and then advanced along the pyrolysis path in which the refuse mixture is subjected t... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6164220 | Rotary burner for solid fuel A device for combustion of granular material, for example wood flour pellets, chippings and the like, comprises a rotary solid fuel burner (1), air intake to the bumer, at least one conduit (18) for the supply of fuel and outlet (3) for combustion gases t... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6135035 | Animal waste disposal system A method of and apparatus for the combustion of animal wastes to avoid release of objectionable odors and to obtain useful products from the animal wastes involving the drying of the animal waste in a primary heat exchange dryer, mixing the dried animal w... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5967062 | Rotating tire combuster An apparatus burns tires in a horizontally rotating combuster. The tires are loaded into a rotating combustion chamber through a traveling air lock and burned until they are reduced to ash. Combustion is enhanced by tumbling the burning tires in the rotat... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927215 | Preheater and incineration system having the preheater A preheater in an incineration system consists of: a first opening through which refuse is input; a second opening which is formed under the first opening and communicates with an incinerator; a heat flow passageway which is formed between the first and s... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5647288 | Scrap conveyor having improved scrap pre-heating construction In a scrap conveyor for feeding a scrap to a processing furnace such as an arc furnace, etc, while pre-heating the scrap by an exhaust gas from the processing furnace, the periphery of the scrap conveyor is covered with a gas seal cover, a flue is dispose... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5454333 | M/A for feeding hazardous waste fuels with high solids content into a cement kiln A method and apparatus for continuously feeding hazardous waste fuels having a relatively high solids content to a rotary cement kiln by delivering the fuel to a feed hopper with screw-conveyor which transfers the fuel to a filling zone where a piston pum... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5433018 | Purge feeding means and method The present invention includes a purge chamber which includes a chamber holding the interlocking solid material. An entrance port apparatus passes the interlocking solid material into the chamber where it is purged by a purging gas. An exit port apparatus... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5357881 | Combined positive controlled sludge dryer and burner This invention comprises a combined cellulose sludge dryer and burner in which the drying procedure is positively and automatically controlled in response to the moisture content of the dewatered raw sludge supplied to the dryer headbox and carried throug... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5253597 | Process for separating organic contaminants from contaminated soils and sludges A method for economically separating chemical contaminants such as volatile and semivolatile organic chemicals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), even if the contaminants are present at low concentrations, from inert materials such as soils or sludges ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5233763 | Sludge drying apparatus A sludge drying apparatus (10) including a housing through which air is recirculated wherein makeup air forms an air curtain assuring recirculation of heated air. The housing (12) includes a receiving station (14) in which sludge (20) is deposited on a co... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5161326 | Method and apparatus for treating contaminated soil A method and apparatus for treating soil contaminated with hydrocarbons by breaking up the soil into discrete particles and passing the particles through an open flame to cause the volatile substances in them to vaporize and burn. The apparatus is prefera... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4951417 | Method of contaminated soil remediation and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for on-site remedial soil restortation activity of a work site contaminated with volatile organic compounds. Soil is removed from the ground and hauled to an initial feed hopper whereat it is conveyed to an inlet end of a hollow rot... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4882903 | Combined cycle waste-to-energy plant A combined cycle waste-to-energy plant is utilized to thermally convert municipal and industrial solid wastes into essentially complete products of combustion and use the combustion heat to produce steam and/or electrical power. The plant includes a build... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4827853 | Drying of metal hydroxide sludge Initially moist metal hydroxide sludge is formed into a suitable mass, such as sludge cakes (2) which are fed downwardly in a hopper (1) and pressed into the cells (7) of a multi-cellular moving metal belt (5) in a two-stage process. The first stage depos... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4815397 | Sludge treatment apparatus A method and apparatus for treating sludge from a paint spray booth operation. The sludge from the spray booth is deposited onto a porous belt of a conveyor system to allow the water to pass through the belt where it is collected for discharge from the ap... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4789332 | Apparatus for removing volatiles from metal A process and apparatus for removing volatile contaminants from scrap metal is disclosed. The process is carried out in a furnace maintained at a relatively constant temperature and having a first zone in which volatiles contained on the surface of the me... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4784603 | Process for removing volatiles from metal A process and apparatus is disclosed for removing volatile contaminants from scrap metal. The process is carried out in a furnace maintained at a relatively constant temperature having a first zone in which volatiles contained on the surface of the metal ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4774894 | Smokeless burning system and method System and method for burning wood and other fuel materials in a substantially smokeless manner. The fuel material is fed to the inlet end of an inverse pile burning chamber through an air lock chamber having inlet and outlet gates to prevent smoke from e... | 10/04/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4738206 | Apparatus and method for low temperature thermal stripping of volatile organic compounds from soil Apparatus and method for removing volatile and semi-volatile organic contaminants from natural soil containing moisture by sealing the soil in a stripping conveyor against contact with air and vapor stripping the contaminants at a temperature below the bo... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4726301 | System for extracting contaminants and hydrocarbons from cuttings waste in oil well drilling A system wherein the contaminated cuttings are fed into the system for eventual incineration. The principal apparatus of the system comprises a plurality, preferrably three, of horizontally disposed cylindrical drying chambers mounted onto a skid for rece... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4656955 | Refuse incineration system In an improved refuse incineration system, wet refuse is heated in a dryer by inlet superheated steam in direct contact to remove most moisture therefrom while converting such moisture into outlet steam also in superheated state. The dried refuse is then ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4643108 | Apparatus for dehydrating metal hydroxide sludge A method and apparatus for dehydrating a metal hydroxide sludge, including depositing the concentrated metal hydroxide sludge containing approximately 60-80% water into a feed hopper, breaking up the concentrated sludge with rotary beaters and preferably ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4635379 | Method of drying material using an indirectly heated system The invention relates to a method of drying particle material in a bed under pressure by indirect heating. The method according to the invention is carried out so that the steam driven off from the material is superheated with heat of a higher temperature... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4628828 | Ash handling systems for combustion equipment An ash handling system includes a conveyor and crusher extending from an ash collection trough beneath an underfeed stoker retort to a hopper from which ash is discharged into an ash receiving zone of a container. A suction nozzle is used to extract ash f... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4606283 | System for extracting contaminants and hydrocarbons from cuttings waste in oil well drilling A system wherein the contaminated cuttings are fed into the system for eventual incineration. The principal apparatus of the system comprises a plurality, preferably three, of horizontally disposed cylindrical drying chambers mounted onto a skid for recei... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4592290 | Method of incinerating stalks, especially of straw Stalks of crop material, especially straw, are incinerated by comminuting them to pieces having a length of substantially 8 to 10 cm, pneumatically transporting the stalks to a separator in which the air is separated from the stalks and the stalks are the... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4592291 | Sewage treatment method and apparatus Method and apparatus for treating sewage to reduce total solids content. Involves separating sewage sludge from sewage liquid, dewatering and compressing the sludge, subjecting the sludge to microwave radiation to reduce sludge to ash-like residue, and ad... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4571175 | Process for a disposal of waste solutions A method of disposing of aqueous waste in which the aqueous waste is mixed with cement raw materials to form a slurry for the preparation of Portland cement or the like, for example in a rotary kiln. Prior to forming the slurry, the aqueous waste is treat... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4568425 | Pyrolysis machine and process A pyrolysis unit in which feed materials containing cellulose or oil are subjected to destructive heating to drive off gases and liquid vapors while leaving solid residue in the form of nearly pure carbon. The feed materials are conveyed in succession thr... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4539916 | Apparatus for cleaning flue gases and other gases The invention includes the apparatus and method for cleaning gases such as flue gases. In the apparatus form of the invention a biomass combustion system includes apparatus for holding, at least temporarily, a quantity of biomass fuel, apparatus for direc... | 09/10/1985 |
