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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181584 | On-line coal flow control mechanism for vertical spindle mills An improved apparatus for on-line coal flow control in vertical spindle mills comprising a plurality of independently adjustable flow control elements and positioning rods that adjust the positioning of those flow control elements. Each flow control element is posit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7938071 | Secondary air flow biasing apparatus and method for circulating fluidized bed boiler systems A secondary air flow biasing apparatus for a CFB combustion system includes a sorbent feed path configured to convey processed sorbent particles to a CFB furnace by utilizing a portion of secondary combustion air supplied to the furnace; a first air injection port d... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7047891 | Overfire air port and furnace system An Overfire Air (OFA) port design and method for use in a furnace system is disclosed. The OFA port design effectively reduces the amount of harmful pollutants emitted into the atmosphere upon discharge from an associated furnace. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013815 | Adjustable air foils for balancing pulverized coal flow at a coal pipe splitter junction An adjustable device installed at the inlet of conventional junctions/splitters (116) for on-line control of the distribution of coal among the outlet pipes is herein disclosed. The device includes a plurality of wake inducing airfoils (60) each positi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6976440 | Fuel distribution device for fuel feed ducts and method of operating distribution device A fuel supply duct, which supplies a mixed fluid of a solid fuel and carrier gas to one or more burners provided on the walls of a furnace, is provided with a branching part, and each of a plurality of branch ducts, which branch out from the branching part, is conne... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962118 | Incinerator An incinerator capable of fully preventing dioxins from being released, and has high fuel economy with less fuel consumption. The basic constitution of the incinerator is such that entire gas volume including unburned gas generated in a first combustion chamber (A) ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6899041 | Multi-spin mixer for particulate coal supply conduit A mixer having two or more concentric cylindrical flow channels is placed in a supply conduit for a combustion chamber to mix airborne particulate coal prior to entering a manifold supplying four parallel branch conduits. Vanes are mounted in the mixer channels for ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6789488 | Adjustable flow control elements for balancing pulverized coal flow at coal pipe splitter junctions An adjustable device installed at the inlet of conventional junctions/splitters (116) for on-line control of the distribution of coal among the outlet pipes is herein disclosed. The device includes a plurality of flow control elements (60) each positio... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6325000 | Waste incineration machine A waste incineration machine capable of rendering a waste gas occurring during the combustion of waste smokeless and odorless. A heat insulating wall to which a first far infrared ray radiator is fixed is provided so as to surround a combustion furnace an... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6192810 | Laminar flow air register A register for use in conjunction with kraft recovery boilers or bark-fired boilers utilizes a pair of shaped damper foils to reduce turbulence and induce laminar flow of air from an associated windbox through a port in the boiler. The foils are mounted f... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5415113 | Portable incineration apparatus The present invention is a portable incineration apparatus. The portable incinerator includes a box having four walls with a top and bottom opening. The inside of the walls are lined with a layer of refractory material to form a combustion chamber in comb... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5029534 | Wrap-around heat and smoke extractor This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the extraction of heat and smoke from a fuel burn in a firebox. The design is for the firebox exhaust area to be wrapped with its own hot exhaust gases, for smoke extraction, and then, for heat extracti... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4922889 | Pelletized fuel burning heater A heater for burning combustible pelletized fuel. The pelletized fuel is delivered at a controllable rate to a double-walled burn pot in an enclosed combustion chamber. Combustion air is injected into the combustion chamber at a pressure higher than the a... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4785747 | Gasifying burner for a solid fuel heating apparatus The present invention relates to a gasification burner for heating apparatus (boiler, hot air generator or the like) which uses solid fuel. The gasification burner is placed generally at the center of the hearth of the heating apparatus to achieve gasific... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4656956 | Furnace with oscillating grate A solid fuel furnace having an oscillating grate plate solid fuel burner therein wherein the grate plates are in a stepped arrangement and every other plate moves together, in an opposite direction from the adjacent plates so that the solid fuel is kept m... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4606284 | Underfeed stokers The underfeed stoker has a retort (6) which is located at a height `h`, an arch having a minimum width `w`. The ratio of the minimum width `w` to the height `h` is greater than 1.5 and less than 2.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4574711 | Granulated solid fuel burner A burner for use in burning granulated solid fuel including a burner head having a combustion chamber and inlet and outlet openings at opposite ends thereof communicated with the combustion chamber. Means is provided to deliver granulated solid fuel to th... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4531463 | Baffle for controlled air incinerators A controlled air incinerator includes a primary and secondary combustion chamber. Combustion by-products from the primary chamber are exhausted to the secondary chamber. In the secondary chamber a source of auxilliary heat is provided to maintain the temp... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4480558 | Adjustable air inlet control system A rectangular air inlet control plate is pivotably mounted in the air intake passage of a forced air furnace to control the air intake volume and, thereby, insure optimal combustion of the fuel in the furnace. The plate is adjustably counter-balanced to a... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4329930 | Draft air deflecting device A draft air deflecting device is mountable proximate to a window contained in a firebox and serves as a conduit which directs draft air across the inner surface of the window prior to its supporting combustion of the fuel in the firebox. In this respect, ... | 05/18/1982 |
