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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006631 | Radioactive waste reprocessing method and device Radioactive waste treatment method, includes: (a) loading waste into plasma shaft furnace by conveying waste by hermetic conveyor from automated storage into plasma shaft furnace, wherein conveying is loading is controlled; (b) pyrolizing waste; (c) oxidizing coke; ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7431686 | Portable vapor containment structure A portable vapor containment structure has a support frame, at least three wheels to roll the support frame about the ground and wheel retractors for retracting each of the wheels so as to allow the frame to be lowered to the ground. Typically, the apparatus further... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7358733 | High performance security inspection system with physically isolated detection sensors An inspection system includes a housing having a cavity which defines an inspection zone, and a positioning device within the inspection zone which provides positioning of a specimen within the inspection zone. The inspection system includes a sensor system for insp... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332002 | Low sulfur coal additive for improved furnace operation The present invention is directed to additives for coal-fired furnaces, particularly furnaces using a layer of slag to capture coal particles for combustion. The additive(s) include iron, mineralizer(s), handling aid(s), flow aid(s), and/or abrasive material(s). The... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7108808 | Method for waste vitrification A waste vitrification apparatus (10) having rotatable mixer impeller (16) functioning as a shaft electrode (60) and metallic vessel (14) functioning as a vessel electrode (62). A stream (12) of waste material and vitrifiable... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073424 | Method and plant for the destruction of a fuze mounted on a munition The invention concerns the field of ammunitions equipped with their fuze, found on the battlefield. Such ammunitions represent a major pyrotechnic risk. The problem consists in destroying the fuze so as to be able to dismantle said ammunition. The method consists in... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6878352 | Inflator processing apparatus and method of judging charge of inflator Recovery of air bag inflator metal cases. An inflator processing apparatus configured to process a gas-generating chemical-containing inflator for automobile air bags, by heating the inflator to a temperature not lower than an operating temperature of the chemical t... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6834597 | Small caliber munitions detonation furnace and process of using it This relates to a furnace that is useful in safely detonating or demilitarizing munitions or explosives, particularly small caliber munitions. The preferred variation includes a series of chambers having a set of runners or tracks passing amongst the various chamber... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6758151 | Remotely activated armored incinerator with gas emission control An incinerator, capable of withstanding internal shocks from projectiles resulting from the combustion of energetic materials, is made of a primary combustion chamber where the material is burned, and a secondary chamber to reburn at a higher temperature the gases e... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6658757 | Method and apparatus for separating hydrocarbons from material A system for separating hydrocarbons from a material which includes a process chamber, a process pan operatively connected to the process chamber and removable therefrom, a blower operatively connected to the process chamber and to a heat source, the blow... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6613291 | Installation for vitrification of liquid radioactive wastes, cooled discharge unit and cooled induction melter for the installation The present invention relates to apparatuses for processing homogeneous/heterogeneous radioactive wastes comprising ion-exchange reisns. A cooled discharge unit comprises a discharge pipe, a cooling jacket having a U-shaped form in cross section, a collec... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6598547 | Method for disposing of hazardous and high-energy materials and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for disposing of hazardous or high-energy materials, in which the latter are caused to undergo a reaction in a pressure-proof housing under controlled conditions, the end products of which reaction are non-hazardous, as w... | 07/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6431094 | Reactive waste deactivation facility and method The reactive waste deactivation facility includes a plurality of deactivation bays each being adapted to accommodate a different type or reactive waste which is to be deactivated therein. The deactivation bays are all enclosed within a common expansion ch... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6360678 | Method and device for disposing of scrapped gas container A method and apparatus for crushing waste gas cans between a pair of rotating rollers installed in a treatment chamber and removing the residual gas and residual liquid from the waste gas cans. The atmosphere in each of a waste gas can loading chamber, wh... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354181 | Method and apparatus for the destruction of suspected terrorist weapons by detonation in a contained environment An apparatus and method for the destruction of terrorist weapons, including explosives chemical and biological agents, by detonation in an enclosed double-walled steel explosion chamber having its walls, access door and floor filled with granular shock da... | 03/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6195382 | High temperature molten metal reactor and waste treatment method A molten metal reactor (10) includes a reactor vessel having a heating section (11) formed from a dielectric material. The reactor vessel also includes a reaction section (12) connected to heating section (11). An induction heating coil (18) is associated... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6173662 | Method and apparatus for containing and suppressing explosive detonations A mobile apparatus, and method of operation, for controlling and suppressing the explosive destruction of munitions by detonation in an explosion chamber. The apparatus comprises a double-walled steel explosion chamber which is moved by wheeled carriage m... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6101957 | Apparatus for after-burning fuel rich rocket exhaust products An apparatus for the disposal of solid rocket motors which produce exhaust ases containing flammable and/or explosive products. The solid rocket motor to be burned is first detachably connected to and inserted in one end of an elongated mixing chamber whic... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6069290 | Waste treatment process and reactant metal alloy A waste treatment process includes charging a reactor container (12) with a reactant alkaline metal alloy (10) and isolating the reactant alloy from oxygen gas. After heating the reactant alloy (10) in the reactor container (2) to a minimum of 770 degrees... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5996385 | Hot explosive consolidation of refractory metal and alloys A method and apparatus for fabricating high density monolithic metal and oy billets. The process requires preheating precursor materials of metal or alloy billets by means of a combustion synthesis called Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis (SHS)... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5943970 | Method and equipment for thermal destruction of wastes The method and equipment are proposed for wastes thermal destruction on the surface of a bath of melted metal and slag with a heating in plasma jets and the off-gas bubbling through a bath of melted slag, including a plasma hose generated in waste introdu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5909654 | Method for the volume reduction and processing of nuclear waste A method and apparatus for the volume reduction and processing of solid organic waste, in particular ion exchange media from nuclear facilities containing sulfur or chlorine. A method and apparatus for the volume reduction of nuclear waste is disclosed co... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907818 | Process for disposing of explosive active masses and device therefor The present invention refers to a process for disposing of materials which are explosive active masses and/or contain them comprising the following steps: feeding the materials to be disposed off in a rotary cylindrical furnace (1), conveying the material... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5884569 | Method and apparatus for containing and suppressing explosive detonations A method and apparatus for enclosing, controlling and suppressing the explosive destruction of munitions, including cluster-bomb munitions by detonation in an explosion chamber. The apparatus comprises a double-walled steel explosion chamber in which the ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5832845 | Equipment for molecular decomposition of hazardous wastes using a molten media reactor A modular system using molten aluminum alloy for degradation of wastes to innocuous molecular products using a central molten alloy heat source unit and separate reactor units for differing wastes. The molten alloy is pumped to the reactor units and retur... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5791266 | 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... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5762009 | Plasma energy recycle and conversion (PERC) reactor and process Plasma energy recycle and conversion (PERC) reactor and process for disposal of energetics such as solid rocket propellants, liquid rocket fuel, chemical agents such as nerve gas, industrial waste such as paint sludge, medical waste or any aqueous/organic... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5741465 | Reactive waste deactivation facility and method A reactive waste deactivation facility capable of continuously processing a wide spectrum of hazardous waste includes a building having an outer perimeter defined by a plurality of deactivation bays each including means for deactivating hazardous wastes. ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5727481 | Portable armored incinerator for dangerous substances A mobile incinerator suitable for burning explosive material, has armored walls capable of withstanding internal explosions, a primary combustion chamber within which initial burning of the material to be incinerated takes place, a secondary combustion ch... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724669 | Metal decontamination process and systems for accomplishing same The present invention provides for methods for on-line monitoring of a molten process phase to determine the extent of extraction of radioactive species from a waste metal contaminated with the radioactive species. The waste metal is mixed with an inorgan... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5660123 | Method and installation for the destruction of noxious materials An installation for the batchwise destruction of noxious materials is described. The noxious material is fed batchwise into a combustion furnace holding a burning coal bed which induces combustion or detonation and also serves as damper for explosion frag... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5649325 | Apparatus and method for burning energetic material An apparatus and method for burning combustible material are provided. The apparatus has a combustion chamber with an intake and an exhaust end, a means for injecting combustible material into the intake end of the chamber, a means for igniting the combus... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5649324 | Plant and process for incinerating explosives The description relates to a plant and process for incinerating explosives. In the process, the explosives are burned in a incineration reactor (1) in which the gaseous reaction products (flue gases) thus produced are mixed with fresh or make-up air (5), ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5613453 | Method and apparatus for containing and suppressing explosive detonations A method and apparatus for enclosing, controlling and suppressing the detonation of explosives in an explosion chamber is disclosed. The device comprises an elongate double-walled steel explosion chamber anchored to a concrete foundation, and having a dou... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5593301 | Apparatus and method for burning energetic material An apparatus and method for burning combustible material are provided. The apparatus has a combustion chamber with an intake and an exhaust end, a means for injecting combustible material into the intake end of the chamber, a means for igniting the combus... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5582119 | Treatment of explosive waste The invention described herein provides a method and apparatus for the treatment of explosive waste. The method involves the use of a vessel containing a hot granular bed such as sand to ignite the waste and to dampen explosive forces generated by the ign... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5574203 | Process and installation for destroying munitions containing toxic agents The invention relates to a process and an installation for destroying munitions containing toxic agent. The process comprises equipping the munitions with a pyrotechnic fragmentation device and submerging in a pool which is filled with a liquid for neutra... | 11/12/1996 |
