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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7195084 | Systems and methods for storing and handling drill cuttings Vessels for selectively holding drilling cuttings material and methods employing such vessels; the vessels, in at least certain aspects, having a body with a hollow container with an interior space for receiving drilling cuttings material and from which the material... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7000780 | Method and device for drying, separating, classifying and decomposing recoverable waste products Method and apparatus used in the field of waste management, especially a method and a device for treating recoverable waste products that have already partially decomposed. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device which makes it possible to furth... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962681 | Methods and systems for reducing or eliminating the production of pollutants during combustion of carbon-containing fuels Systems and apparatus for increasing combustion efficiency during combustion of a carbon-containing fuel such as a fossil fuel. The systems and apparatus utilize catalytically reactive particles within a reaction chamber, typically silica or alumina, that interact w... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6936092 | Positive pressure drilled cuttings movement systems and methods Methods for moving drilled cuttings, the methods, in certain aspects, including conveying with air under positive pressure, drilled cuttings to flow conduit apparatus; applying air under positive pressure to the flow conduit apparatus to continuously move the drille... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6601526 | Compact dual cyclone combustor An apparatus and method of creating a high combustion rate in a combustor used to burn combustible matter. The combustor comprising a cylindrical combustion chamber extending vertically with at least one side loading bin for loading combustible matter int... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6460472 | Fluidized bed material, method for its production, and method in a fluidized bed process A fluidized bed material including mineral particles of a gabbro class or darker rock type. The rock type includes several minerals and having a quartz content of 5 wt-% or less. The particles are made by comminuting a gabbro class or darker rock type. A ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6418866 | Operating method of fluidized-bed incinerator and the incinerator The objective of the present invention is to provide a fluidized bed incinerator which will increase the thermal capacity of the freeboard to respond to fluctuations of the load imposed by waste matter such as sludge or garbage with a high moisture conten... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6349658 | Auger combustor with fluidized bed An improved auger combustor for the incineration of refuse featuring, in its preferred embodiment, a granular substrate formed as a fluidized bed by underfire air and composed of particulate material with pollution abatement properties, an auger with expa... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6338303 | Perforated bottom plate for the production of a fluidized bed A perforated bottom plate for the production of a fluidized bed within a container. The perforated bottom plate has a large number of holes through which a gaseous medium flows in order to produce the fluidized bed. For better mixing of the granular mater... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6220189 | Rotatable fluidized bed incinerator A rotatable fluidised bed incinerator comprises a rotatable combustion chamber, a means for rotating the combustion chamber, a means for introducing combustible material into the combustion chamber, and a means for introducing a gas into the combustion ch... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213033 | Method for treating waste material containing hydrocarbons The present invention relates to a method for treating water material containing hydrocarbon, wherein the waste material is supplied in a reactor, gas containing oxygen is supplied in the reactor, said substances are combusted to form gaseous combustion p... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6133499 | Method and apparatus for producing superheated steam using heat from the incineration of waste material According to the present invention, boiler water is pressurized so that its boiling point is set at approximately 200° C. to 320° C. The boiler water is heated in at least two stages. Thermal energy of gases containing chlorine compounds is used to heat... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6105515 | Portable cyclone burner A device for enabling oil spill waste materials to be incinerated in situ is provided. More specifically, the invention comprises an incinerator for reducing to ashes, used oil spill sorbent pads, oilsocks, and other materials employed in cleaning up oil ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6006683 | Method and arrangement for supplying air to recovery boiler A method and an arrangement for supplying air to a recovery boiler. In the method, the air is supplied to the recovery boiler at at least one air supply level so that four vortices are formed therein, the vortices spinning, in pairs, in opposite direction... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5944512 | Heating and incineration device A heating and incineration device includes a heating chamber for being connected to a heating application. A process stream is recirculated between the heating chamber and the heating application. An incineration tube is positioned into the heating chambe... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5868083 | Method and device for feeding fuel into a fluidized bed To a fluidized combustor bed there is passed particulate fuel via a fuel flow distributor which comprises a vessel for receiving a particular fuel from a fuel storage. The fuel is fed into the vessel of the fuel flow distributor from the fuel storage, whe... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5771817 | Recovery boiler A recovery boiler for combusting spent liquor from cellulose cooking while at the same time recovering chemicals. The recovery boiler is constructed for so-called "rotafire" combustion and the speed of rotation of the secondary air has been increased by a... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5770165 | Regenerative thermal oxidizer with floor-mounted media support An improved structural support system for a regenerator used with a regenerative thermal oxidizer, including a perforated and corrugated rigid beam resting on a support surface. The perforated beam supports heat exchange materials either directly, or indi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5730072 | Method and system for continuous rapid incineration of solid waste in an oxygen-rich environment A method and system for continuous incineration of solid waste, directed to reducing formation of pathogens (such as dioxins) during incineration by inducing rapid combustion in an oxygen-rich environment. Waste may be shredded first. Waste is then disper... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727482 | Suspended vortex-cyclone combustion zone for waste material incineration and energy production A system for waste-to-energy conversion of municipal solid waste and urban forest residue includes as a central element a vortex-cyclone suspended combustion zone furnace, supplied via a shredder and a rotary preheat kiln, and followed by a waste heat boi... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5682827 | Fluidized-bed combustor A fluidized-bed combustor combusts combustible material smoothly while smoothly removing any incombustible material or components from the fluidized-bed furnace without depositing the incombustible material or components therein. The fluidized-bed combust... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5625119 | Method for treating sludge and soil contaminated with hydrocarbons A method for treating an emulsion of hydrocarbons and solids such as sludge includes spraying the sludge into a preheater and pneumatically conveying it by primary air into an oxidation chamber. Secondary air is directed into the oxidation chamber through... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5603906 | Low NOx burner A low NOx burner combustion system which may be adjusted for optimum burn rates, temperature and oxygen levels. The burner incorporates a plurality of gas nozzles which individually inspirate a portion of the combustion air and a spin vane diff... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5566625 | Combustion apparatus including pneumatically suspended combustion zone for waste material incineration and energy production High temperature combustion apparatus incorporating a pneumatically suspended combustion zone and capable of supporting relatively high combustion temperatures, in excess of 2400° C. (4352° F.) for essentially total combustion with minimal pollutant pro... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5558028 | Incinerator frame An incinerator which includes a furnace shell, a filtering device and an ash ejector is provided. Three blowers are placed around the furnace shell along tangent lines to the outer furnace shell wall. The air blown by the blowers forms a whirling airflow ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5549059 | Converting paper mill sludge or the like Paper mill sludge or similar organic sludges with a high ash content are converted by burning the sludge in a cyclone furnace along with another source of fuel. The heat content of the sludge is recovered and the ash content of the sludge is converted to ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5530176 | Method and apparatus for disposing of hazardous waste material in a cement-producing kiln A method and apparatus for disposing of hazardous waste material by burning in a cement-producing kiln includes providing a predetermined quantity of hazardous waste material in a predetermined configuration, and providing an apparatus for aerating and us... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5445087 | Apparatus for incinerating waste material An apparatus for incinerating a waste material by processing the waste material through dry distillation and gasification has a gasification furnace for storing a waste material therein and burning a portion of the waste material and thermally decomposing... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5425850 | CFB black liquor gasification system operating at low pressures A black liquor gasification system intended for use as a replacement for a Tomlinson cycle, Chemical Recovery Unit, and which operates at a temperature below the ash melting temperature thereby removing the potential for smelt-water reactions and explosio... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5408942 | Combustion apparatus including pneumatically suspended combustion zone for waste material incineration and energy production High temperature combustion apparatus incorporating a pneumatically suspended combustion zone and capable of supporting relatively high combustion temperatures, in excess of 2400° C. (4352° F.) for essentially total combustion with minimal pollutant pro... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5387775 | Apparatus for the plasma destruction of hazardous gases A plasma cell for destroying hazardous gases. An electric-discharge cell having an electrically conducting electrode onto which an alternating high-voltage waveform is impressed and a dielectric barrier adjacent thereto, together forming a high-voltage el... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5317980 | Method and unit for the thermal destruction of pollutant wastes A method and a unit for the thermal destruction of industrial fluid wastes in which first and second heating phases are performed by mixing the combustion gases with the fluid wastes into combustion chambers, maintaining the mixture under high turbulence ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5286459 | Multiple chamber fume incinerator with heat recovery An energy efficient fume incinerator and method for eliminating fumes from a process gas stream while avoiding or minimizing the problem of build-up of organic or other constituents of the fume-laden process gas stream on the surfaces of the heat exchange... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5272820 | Two-fluid pressure nozzle of upward injection type, spray dryer using the nozzle, and method for control of droplet diameter in the nozzle The injection type nozzle of the present injection is a two-fluid pressure nozzle comprising a centrifugal pressure nozzle for spraying a feed liquid and a cylindrical pipe for blowing out a high-speed gas, provided around the centrifugal pressure nozzle,... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5256854 | Tunable plasma method and apparatus using radio frequency heating and electron beam irradiation A method and apparatus for the pyrolytic destruction or synthesis of gases via a highly tunable combination of radio frequency heating and electron beam irradiation is disclosed. The method is appropriate for destroying toxic gases emanating from hazardou... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5224431 | Burner device utilizing combustible wastes as fuel A burner device utilizing combustible wastes as fuel comprising a body having a main combustion chamber, a preheating burner mounted to the upper portion of the body and a subsidiary combustion chamber mounted to the upper portion of the body and at the f... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5205227 | Process and apparatus for emissions reduction from waste incineration A process for combustion of the combustible material includes introducing the combustible material into the combustion chamber, advancing the combustible material through the combustion chamber, supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber for dryin... | 04/27/1993 |
