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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151716 | Feed injector cooling apparatus and method of assembly Apparatus for protecting a feed injector and methods of assembly are provided. In one aspect, a method of assembling a feed injector cooling apparatus includes coupling a coolant source in flow communication with a mounting flange, coupling the mounting flange to a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8117974 | Biomass energy recovery apparatus An apparatus for extracting energy from fiber introduced as a fuel into a vertically elongated combustion chamber having a suspension burner capable of projecting a flame down the axis of the combustion chamber with a heat collection surface located radially from th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104412 | Deflector device for coal piping systems A deflector device for improving particle distribution within a coal piping system includes a base defining an outer circumference. The base is configured to be mounted inside a pipe such that the base extends partially around the inner circumference of the pipe wit... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8082860 | Anti-roping device for pulverized coal burners An orifice plate for improving particle distribution within a coal piping system includes a plate body defining a central orifice therethrough bounded by an inner periphery of the plate body. The plate body is configured and adapted to be affixed between end flanges... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7930981 | Adjustable riffler assembly An adjustable riffler can be used in a piping system connecting a pulverizer and a furnace. The adjustable riffler includes a support member, at least two plates spaced apart along an axis, and at least one inclined flange. The two plates include a fixed plate attac... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7665408 | Solid fuel burner, burning method using the same, combustion apparatus and method of operating the combustion apparatus A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignitio... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7350471 | Combustion system with recirculation of flue gas An improved combustion method and corresponding apparatus is disclosed, where the method includes oxidizing a fuel in a combustion chamber with an oxidizing stream including an air stream and a first recycled flue gas stream and mixing a produced hot flue gas stream... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341007 | Balancing damper An apparatus for use in a furnace system to facilitate efficient and complete combustion of coal streams in a carrier gas. The apparatus, capable of being positioned horizontally or vertically in the coal pipes between the grinding mills and the furnace burner, cont... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7225746 | Low NOx combustion Combustion of hydrocarbon liquids and solids is achieved with less formation of NOx by feeding a small amount of oxygen into the fuel stream. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216594 | Multiple segment ceramic fuel nozzle tip A solid fuel nozzle tip (201) having at least first (205) and second (207) ceramic shells is provided by the present invention. An inlet end of the first ceramic shell (205) is interconnected to a pulverized solid fuel nozzle (34),... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213522 | Solid fuel burner, solid fuel burner combustion method, combustion apparatus and combustion apparatus operation method A solid fuel burner and its combustion method suited for encouraging fuel ignition and avoiding slugging caused by combustion ash, wherein a gas of low oxygen concentration (exhaust combustion gas) is used as a carrier gas of such a low grade solid fuel as brown coa... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168374 | Solid fuel burner, burning method using the same, combustion apparatus and method of operating the combustion apparatus A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignitio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147726 | Mechanical method for generating nanostructures and mechanical device for generating nanostructures The present invention concerns a mechanical method for generating nanostructures in order to obtain on a surface of a metal piece a nanostructured layer of defined thickness. A quantity of perfectly spherical balls (22) are disposed in a chamber that is close... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028622 | Apparatus for burning pulverized solid fuels with oxygen A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a fuel supply tube arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, sol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021222 | Coal-burning boiler's ignition burner The present application disclosed an ignition and burning apparatus used in a coal boiler, comprising a pulverized coal burner and one or more combustion-enhancing miniature oil guns inserted in the pulverized coal burner, wherein the miniature oil gun comprises a f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978726 | Combustion with reduced carbon in the ash Combustion of coal in which oxygen is injected into the coal as it emerges from burner produces ash having reduced amounts of carbon. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959653 | Fuel nozzle for a fossil fuel fired combustion arrangement A pivot mounting apparatus 210 is provided for pivotally mounting to one another the coal nozzle tip 212 and coal nozzle body 214 of a pulverized solid fuel nozzle 208 of a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace 10. The pivot mounting... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953517 | Plant for the treatment of residue In order to make it possible for an inhomogeneous residue generated in a pyrolysis plant to be separated continuously and in as fully graded a way as possible, specially selected components are combined with one anther in an advantageous configuration. An essential ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938560 | Solid fuel boiler and method of operating combustion apparatus There is disclosed a solid fuel boiler including: a furnace including a plurality of solid fuel burners and a furnace wall to perform horizontal firing; a duct through which a part of combustion exhaust gas recirculates to a furnace from a downstream side of the fur... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938561 | Device for producing a rotating flow A device for producing a rotating flow in a rectangular flow duct which has a flue-gas outlet of an incineration plant, in particular of a garbage incineration plant, and a transition region from a combustion chamber of the incineration plant to the flue-gas outlet.... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923203 | Variable orifice valve for airstream containing particulate coal A variable orifice valve for balancing the flow of particulate coal in an airstream relative to other parallel conduits. The valve comprises a section of conduit which changes in area along its flow axis and a variable position valve element mounted within the condu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904850 | Animal treatment system and method thereof The present invention relates to an innovative treatment system with a large capacity of 4,000 kg to 32,000 kg /per 8 hours up to 24 hours, and an animal incinerator is of the largest capacity all over the world at the present time. The present invention, comprising... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6889619 | Solid fuel burner, burning method using the same, combustion apparatus and method of operating the combustion apparatus A solid fuel burner and method uses a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas for a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like, provides for accelerating ignition of the fuel and for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash. Mixing of fuel an... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6843185 | Burner with oxygen and fuel mixing apparatus An oxygen-fuel combustion system combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The system distributes oxygen to a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel at various sites before and after ignition. The system is operable to vary the concentration of oxygen in an ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840183 | Diffuser insert for coal fired burners A diffuser for a pulverized coal delivery pipe near an elbow connection to a burner nozzle. A diffuser structure is located in the pipe adjacent the elbow outlet, with both radial and axial diffuser elements for diffusing radial and axial components of coal concentr... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6807914 | Shutoff device for burners of a pulverized coal furnace A shutoff device is provided for pulverized coal burners of a pulverized coal furnace. Each burner has a primary tube that conveys a pulverized coal/air mixture and is connected with a feed line for supplying the mixture to the respective burner. Disposed in the fee... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6659024 | Powdery fuel combustion apparatus A powdery fuel combustion apparatus disposed on furnace side plane (7) of vertical square body type furnace in which a vertical plane passing through a fuel jetting directional axis (8) does not cross the furnace side plane orthogonally, and thus the work... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6439140 | Device and method for combustion of fuel A fuel being primarily a liquid fuel is ejected through a fuel ejection pipe having an annular ejection opening; primary air is ejected through primary air-ejecting openings arranged on outer and inner sides of the fuel ejection opening, to form outer and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439136 | Pulverized solid fuel nozzle tip with ceramic component A (MRFC) solid fuel nozzle tip (12) that is particularly suited to being cooperatively associated with a pulverized solid fuel nozzle (34) of a firing system of the type employed in a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace (10). The MRFC solid fuel nozzle ti... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6422160 | Apparatus for the combustion of vanadium-containing fuels Apparatus for the combustion of vanadium-containing fuels that makes use of the extremely high reactivity of the vanadium-containing fuels for combustion in a dust furnace. To avoid disadvantageous slag caking in a combustion area and in particular in the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6389998 | Device and method for combustion of fuel A fuel selected from powder fuels and liquid fuel is ejected through a fuel ejection pipe having an annular ejection opening; primary air is ejected through primary air-ejecting openings arranged on outer and inner sides of the fuel ejection, to form oute... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6367394 | Pulverized fuel combustion burner A pulverized fuel combustion burner and furnace arrangement has a plurality of air nozzles arranged on a side wall of the furnace for injecting a mixed flow of pulverized fuel and carrier air to establish a flame into the furnace. The plurality of nozzles... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6338304 | Boiler A boiler has a combustion chamber formed by front and rear walls and a side wall extending between the front and rear walls. Plural stages of burners are placed on at least one of the front and rear walls. In the front and rear walls are opposing gas jets... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6325001 | Process to improve boiler operation by supplemental firing with thermally beneficiated low rank coal The invention described is a process for improving the performance of a commercial coal or lignite fired boiler system by supplementing its normal coal supply with a controlled quantity of thermally beneficiated low rank coal, (TBLRC). This supplemental T... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6273009 | Method for automatized combustion and combustion apparatus A method for automatized combustion of solid fuel in a combustion apparatus which comprises a burner with a device, which is rotatable about the center axis of the burner for stirring the fuel in the burner which is connected to a boiler and has a feeding... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269755 | Burners with high turndown ratio Various burner configurations for combustion of a particulate fuel such as sawdust, and many types of varying moisture content biomass fuels such as poultry litter. The burners exhibit a high turndown ratio. the burners include a housing defining an uprig... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6237510 | Combustion burner and combustion device provided with same A combustion burner includes a mixture nozzle (2) defining a mixture fluid passage through which a mixture fluid (1) containing pulverized coal and conveyor gas flows toward a furnace, secondary and tertiary air passages surrounding the mixture nozzle (2)... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216613 | Combustion process A process for solid fossil fuel oxidation that utilizes a refractory that defines a reactor core and a combustor chamber in serial communication. The reactor core is heated by burning an air fuel mixture external to the reactor core. A non-oxidizing gas/c... | 04/17/2001 |
