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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261047 | Control of cyclone burner A method of operating a combustion process in a cyclone burner, after start-up thereof, is provided. A fuel and a combustion gas is fed into a combustion chamber of the cyclone burner. The velocity of the combustion gas is kept between a lower and an upper limiting ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7228806 | Biomass gasification system A biomass gasification system for efficiently extracting heat energy from biomass material. The biomass gasification system includes a primary combustion chamber, a rotating grate within the primary combustion chamber for supporting the biomass during gasification, ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7077069 | U-type slag-tap firing boiler and method of operating the boiler A boiler includes a coal pulverizer that pulverizes coal; a coal combustion unit that combusts gasified pulverized coal that has been pulverized by the coal pulverizer; a furnace that combusts gasified fuel generated by the coal combustion unit; a slag formation uni... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040240 | Ash fusing system, method of operating the system, and gasification fusing system for waste An ash melting system of the present invention includes a slagging combustion furnace (10) for melting ash into molten slag; and a slag separating apparatus (50) for bringing the molten slag (121) discharged from the slagging combustion furnace ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025006 | Industrial and/or household waste treatment method and an industrial and/or household waste treatment installation The invention relates to an industrial and/or household waste treatment method and to an industrial and/or household waste treatment installation (1). According to the invention, the method is characterised in that it consists of, in particular, the loading o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021870 | Device for the transport of granular solid particles with a controlled flow rate Process and device for the transport of granular solids with a controlled flow rate, in particular for the transport of catalyst in a hydrocarbon reforming unit. The device comprises a gravity-feed pipe (A) for solid particles in the dense phase, a pneumatic transpo... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021223 | Method and apparatus for injecting gasification medium into particle-loaded gasification spaces Method and apparatus for injecting gasification medium into particle-loaded gasification spaces of fixed-bed, fluidized-bed or entrained-bed gasifiers by means of gasification-medium nozzles, wherein the supply portion the isorate of the gasification medium in the g... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6854403 | Refractory wall structure and damper device This invention relates generally to high temperature burners such as a solid fuel burner of the type commonly referred to as a gasifier or gasifier combustor. The invention includes a refractory wall structure having an array of tubular members. Refractory material ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6814013 | Process for treating incineration residues from an incineration plant In the process for treating incineration residues from waste incineration plants, the incineration material is incinerated on a furnace grate. The incineration residues produced are quenched in a wet slag remover and conveyed out of the latter. The wet incineration ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6748882 | Process for influencing the properties of incineration residues from an incineration plant In a process for influencing the properties of incineration residues from an incineration plant, in particular a waste incineration plant, the incineration is controlled sot that a sintering and/or fusing of the slag takes place as earl as in the incineration bed of... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6655303 | Furnace A furnace consists of at least one wall-mounted burner tilted downward for feeding air-fuel mixture and of a prism-shaped ash hopper. Slopes of the walls of lower combustion chamber region define the slotted mouth of ash hopper. The bottom airflow device ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6619218 | Method and apparatus for making a pollutant harmless A method for making harmless a material to be treated containing a pollutant, including the steps of arranging a pair of ejecting nozzles such that nozzle openings thereof are opposed to each other inside a pressure-proof furnace, thermally treating that ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6322355 | Method and apparatus for disposing of waste dust generated in the manufacture of cement clinker A method of disposing of undesirable chemical compounds in waste dust generated in a first kiln in the manufacture of cement clinker by using the dust and slag as the feedstock material to a second kiln, heating the feedstock material in an oxidizing atmo... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311629 | Process and device for gasification of waste Gasification of waste is performed in a gasifier having a gasification space (1) and a liquid rotating slag bath (2). The slag bath (2) is preferably caused to rotate by tangentially injecting gasification medium and/or at least a portion of the waste via... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6293208 | Method of installation of supply of air of solid and pulverized fuel burner In a method of supplying air to a pulverized solid fuel burner passing through the burner cowl of a furnace, the fuel is dried and then conveyed by means of a given large quantity of hot air, which may or may not be depleted in oxygen in a separator in wh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6234093 | Furnace A furnace is provided for burning soila organic fuels including highly volatile organic fuels. A combustion chamber with an ash hopper has a slot mouth opening defined by slopes of the walls of the combustion chamber. A burner is disposed beneath the ash ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6202576 | Process for recycling fine-particle solids discharged from a reactor vessel with a gas In a process for recycling fine-particle solids (4) discharged from a reactor vessel (1) at a discharging position of the reactor vessel (1) by means of a gas, at a recycling position (16) of the reactor vessel (1), the solids (4) are separated in a solid... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6152054 | Method and system for the disposal of coal preparation plant waste coal through slurry co-firing in cyclone-fired boilers to effect a reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions A method and system for the use of waste coal fines to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions from a coal-fired cyclone boiler. A coal water slurry including waste coal fines is injected as a co-firing fuel into a cyclone barrel of the cyclone boiler to partial... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6109913 | Method and apparatus for disposing of waste dust generated in the manufacture of cement clinker A method of disposing of undesirable chemical compounds in waste dust generated in a first kiln in the manufacture of cement clinker by using the dust and slag as the feedstock material to a second kiln, heating the feedstock material in an oxidizing atmo... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6058855 | Low emission U-fired boiler combustion system At least one main combustion chamber contains at least one pulverized coal burner. Each pulverized coal burner is operatively arranged for minimizing NOX production and for maintaining a predetermined operating temperature to liquefy ash within... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6021724 | Cyclone furnace for retrofit applications An improved Cyclone furnace particularly suitable for retrofit applications to an existing boiler incorporates a Cyclone furnace and an integrated de-slagging chamber as a single manufactured piece. The Cyclone furnace and the de-slagging chamber are prov... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5988081 | Method and system for the disposal of coal preparation plant waste coal through slurry co-firing in cyclone-fired boilers to effect a reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions A method and system for the use of waste coal fines to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions from a coal-fired cyclone boiler. A coal water slurry including waste coal fines is injected as a co-firing fuel into a cyclone barrel of the cyclone boiler to partial... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5862762 | Method and facility for refuse incineration using a fire-grate-type incinerator and with separation of non-combustibles Combustible is comminuted and dried, and metal and noncombustible are removed from the coarsely comminuted combustible. Then, the combustible is secondarily comminuted and separated into coarse combustible and fluff which is fine combustible. The coarse c... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5799595 | Wet ash remover installation A wet ash remover installation includes a first wet ash remover (5) which is placed in operating position under an ash funnel (2) of a boiler and a second, similar, movable wet ash remover (12) placed in reserve position. The wet ash removers (5, 12) resp... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5769009 | Method of disposing of combustion residue and an apparatus therefor A hearth particle bed incineration furnace is used to remove dioxin contained in a combustion residue through the mixing of the hearth particle bed particles and the combustion residue at a temperature of at least 400° C., preferably from 400°-600° C.,... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5738022 | Coal ash collecting vehicle A truck is parked adjacent a coal boiler ash recovery unit and includes a first inlet pipe provided to receive ash from the recovery unit and an outlet pipe provided to convey dust from within the storage chamber of the truck to a bag house where the dust... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5715762 | Coal ash disposal system A truck is parked adjacent a coal boiler ash recovery unit and includes a first inlet pipe provided to receive ash from the recovery unit and an outlet pipe provided to convey dust from within the storage chamber of the truck to a bag house where the dust... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5700144 | Method and apparatus for thermal treatment of solids During thermal treatment in a melting cyclone of solids that yield molten products at treatment temperatures, an exhaust gas is separated from the melt in an apparatus following the melting cyclone. The separation of the exhaust gas is implemented in a cy... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5551357 | Method and system for recycling sorbent in a fluidized bed combustor A method and system for recycling a sulfur sorbent present in the combustion residue of a circulating, fluidized bed, fossil-fuel combustor is disclosed. The method can comprise the steps of, adding water to the combustion residue, classifying the combust... | 09/03/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5127347 | Method and apparatus for the reduction of solid waste material using coherent radiation Coherent radiation is used to provide the energy, excite and sustain of plasma in which solid waste materials are reduced to a slag-like material from which has been removed the more harmful constituents. The effluvia of the plasma reduction process is sc... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5081937 | System for treating waste material in a molten state An improved system for treating waste material in a molten state wherein the waste material in the form of finely pulverized combustible waste material including incombustible material, e.g., pulverized coal, dried sludge derived from sewerage or the like... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5065680 | Method and apparatus for making solid waste material environmentally safe using heat Harmful constituents are removed from non-combustible solid waste, such as incinerator ash, by continuously feeding a mixture of the solid waste and a combustible excitation material into a reaction chamber, igniting the mix in said chamber and causing it... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5042404 | Method of retaining sulfur in ash during coal combustion An improved method for burning carbonaceous material containing sulfur to reduce emissions of SO2 is disclosed wherein the carbonaceous material is projected into a furnace as one or more streams and each stream is continuously ignited with a v... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4909163 | Method and a device for cooling ashes in a PFBC power plant A method of cooling ashes and bed material when discharging the material via an ash chamber (20) in or near a combustor burning a fuel in a bed (28) of particulate material. Cooling gas is introduced into the ash chamber (20) via a gas distributor (70), i... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4860536 | Power plant with drying means for fuel A power plant burning a fuel, primarily coal, in a bed vessel with a fluidized bed of a particulate material at a pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure. Consumed bed material and/or ashes separated from combustion gases are removed through a pressure-re... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4852346 | Power plant with cyclone cleaners having cooled cyclone legs A cyclone used for high temperature cleaning of combustion gases from a PFBC power plant is formed with an elongated leg surrounded by a jacket forming a cooling channel around the leg. Compressed combustion air cools the cyclone leg to a temperature at w... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4852345 | Method of cooling bed material from a fluidized bed and a power plant with cooling means for bed material A power plant with combustion of a fuel at a pressure exceeding the atmospheric pressure in a fluidized bed (14) in a bed vessel (12) which is enclosed within a pressure vessel (11). The space (37) between the pressure vessel (11) and the bed vessel (12) ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4817540 | System for ash reinjection in bubbling-bed fluidized bed combustor An improved reinjection system is described for a bubbling bed fluidized bed combustor of the type having a combustion zone in which fuel is burned in a fluidized bed of granular material, means for collecting particles from the flue gases and means for r... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4805405 | Power plant with combustion of a fuel in a fluidized bed A power plant with combustion of a fuel in fluidized bed (21) of particulate material, usually contains a sulphur absorbent. A bottom (14) divides a bed vessel (12) into an upper combustion chamber (15) and a lower conical or pyramid-shaped ash discharge ... | 02/21/1989 |
