| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 110235000 | REFUSE INCINERATOR | 83 |
| 20090056602 | RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of recycling non-hazardous waste materials is provided, wherein the method first comprises reducing the size of said non-hazardous waste materials. The method further includes incinerating the non-hazardous waste material within an incineration unit having at least one hearth and a flue gas stack, and transferring the non-hazardous waste liquids and the water to a storage tank. The method further comprises providing a clean water source to a steam generation unit, wherein the steam generation unit receives heated flue gas from the incineration unit, and operating the steam generation unit to produce steam. The steam is directed through one or more heating coils within the storage tank and transfers heat from the steam to the storage tank. Additionally, the non-hazardous waste liquids and water can be recirculated through an evaporator to progressively remove undesired substances from the non-hazardous waste liquid and water, and a first portion of the non-hazardous waste liquid and water can be redirected to the incineration unit to control temperature within the incineration unit. Finally, steam and undesired substances from the evaporator can be redirected to the flue gas stack to flash off undesired substances. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100199895 | BATCH WASTE GASIFICATION PROCESS - The present invention relates to a regulated two stage thermal oxidation of waste and applications to use such a process for energy generation. A system and a method are provided comprising a set up of one or more gasification chambers, which are connected via ductwork to a combustion chamber to burn the waste material. The waste is loaded into the gasification chamber(s) and ignited there and the gas, which is generated by the sub-stoichiometric combustion in the gasification chamber is fully combusted in the secondary combustion chamber at a very high temperature. The time used for the burn down period is decreased and controlled by several air and gas flow factors of the system of the present invention. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100236459 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FOSSIL FUEL CONTENT IN A FUEL STREAM, AS WELL AS AN INCINERATION FURNACE - Method and device for determining the fossil fuel content in a fuel stream fed to an incineration furnace. According to the method, the waste gas is sampled and the amount of “new” and “old” carbon present in the CO | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100251944 | Method for Processing Industrial and Domestic Wastes - The invention relates to chemical technology and equipment, in particular, to methods and apparatuses for pyrolysis (gasification) in molten salts and/or alkalis of organic household and industrial waste. The task of the invention is to increase quality and quantity of obtainable pyrolysis gas. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100313797 | Three Step Ultra-Compact Plasma System for the High Temperature Treatment of Waste Onboard Ships - An apparatus for thermal processing of waste having organic and inorganic components comprises at least a treatment station, a cooling station and a treated material-removal station, and at least three crucibles. The treatment station is adapted to thermally treat the organic components and/or inorganic components located in a given one of the crucibles located at the treatment station. The so-treated components in this given crucible are adapted to then be cooled at the cooling station, before the treated components located in the given crucible are removed therefrom at the treated material-removal station. The three crucibles are mounted on a turntable so that the three crucibles are each at one of the stations, before synchronously all moving to each crucible's next station. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110030591 | Incineration plant with heat insulating layer on the wet slag - An incinerator including a wet slag remover for discharging combustion residues that includes a tank configured to provide a water bath having a water surface adapted to receive the combustion residues. A heat insulation layer is configured to float on the water surface. The heat insulation layer includes a plurality floating bodies that are movable relative to one another. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110061577 | Combustible energy recycling system and method thereof - In a combustible energy recycling system and its method, the system includes an airtight incinerator body, a gas intake module and a blower. The incinerator body is filled with a combustible waste material, and the gas intake module installed in the incinerator body includes gas intake pipes, and one of the gas intake pipes is an ignition pipe for igniting the waste material in the incinerator body for a smoldering combustion, and an air outlet pipe of the blower is interconnected to the gas intake module for guiding outside air into the incinerator body, such that the outside air can move slowly upward with a high-temperature dense smoke produced in the smoldering combustion and surround every cross-section in the incinerator body for a uniform smoldering combustion, and a gas containing combustible energy in the dense smoke can be guided to a gas recycling mechanism for recycling and reusing the gas. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110271882 | Piggybacked Pyrolyzer and Thermal Oxidizer With Enhanced Exhaust Gas Transfer - A waste treatment system is disclosed having: (1) a pyrolyzer comprising an inner and outer chamber, wherein the inner chamber further comprises a syngas outlet; (2) a thermal oxidizer comprising an elongated combustion chamber; (3) an exhaust gas transfer duct fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber of the thermal oxidizer and the outer chamber of the pyrolyzer; and (4) a particulate separator for removing particulates from the syngas. In preferred embodiments the pyrolyzer and the thermal oxidizer are aligned in piggybacked configuration, such that the hot exhaust gases from the thermal oxidizer are shunted back to the outer chamber of the pyrolyzer. Preferred thermal oxidizer and the exhaust gas transfer duct are configured to allow a three second residence time of the syngas, such that the system operates at an efficiency of at least 15 therms (thm) per ton of municipal waste. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110303134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SOLID WASTES - Waste burning means, gas treating means in communication with said waste burning means and gas separating means in communication with said gas treating means and waste burning means, said waste burning means includes a burning chamber and pressurized pyrolysis chamber, wherein burning chamber is being made such that it is capable of burning completely organic wastes thereof, whereby gas products of combustion are produced, and said pyrolysis chamber being made such that it is capable of converting plastic wastes into synthesis gases through utilization of heat from the burning chamber, heat exchanging means disposed within the burning chamber being arranged in a manner wherein water from a water source is capable of conversion into steam thereof through utilization of heat in the burning chamber, said gas treating means includes a secondary treatment chamber in communication with the burning chamber, wherein high temperature gas products of combustion coming from the burning chamber is capable of mixing with low temperature steam, said gas separating means being arranged such that the gas products mixed with steam coming from the gas treating means is capable of swirling cyclonic motion thereof, thereby allowing the lighter gases to be discharged to the atmosphere and be separated from particulates and heavier gases which are subsequently recycled and feed back into the burning chamber, and steam and synthesis gas lines provided in the waste burning means being arranged such that it is capable of introduction to the burning chamber the steam produced by the heat exchanging means and synthesis gas coming from the pyrolysis chamber. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120090516 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND DISPOSING WASTE - Apparatus for pet waste disposal including a portable waste collection receptacle disposed on a handle. A heat source is mounted together with the waste collection receptacle, capable of incinerating waste disposed in the waste collection receptacle. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120312204 | SYSTEM FOR GASIFYING BIOMASS AND OTHER WASTE - A gasifier for disposing of biomass and other waste materials through a gasification and combustion process. The gasifier includes a primary chamber for receiving and holding biomass or a selected waste product. A heat transfer chamber is disposed adjacent the primary chamber. A burner is associated with the gasifier for generating heat and heating the gasifier during various phases or portions of the gasification and combustion process. In the gasification process, the heat transfer chamber is heated and the heat is transferred to the primary chamber where the biomass is heated. During the gasification process, biomass material is volatized generating fumes and gases that later react and release heat through exothermic reactions. Once the gasification process has been concluded, the process enters a combustion phase where the biomass is actually burned. During the gasification-combustion phases, the amount of heat supplied by the burner will vary. Generally the amount of energy or heat supplied by the burner will decrease throughout the process because the biomass itself will supply substantial amounts of heat through exothermic reactions. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130061788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING CEMENT AND CEMENT DERIVED THEREFROM - Integrated cement production systems and methods implementing the systems are disclosed, where the integrated cement production systems include a burnable fuel supply subsystem, a cement raw material supply subsystem, a kiln subsystem and a cement clinker composition storage subsystem. The burnable fuel supply subsystem is adapted to receive one or a plurality of used and/or unused healthcare materials. The burnable fuel supply subsystem can feed the materials directly into the kiln subsystem, can convert the materials into different form and feed the different form to the kiln subsystem or feed a combination of the materials, different forms and optionally conventional fuels to the kiln subsystem. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130305970 | SCRUBBER - A scrubber includes: a first body for burning toxic gas introduced into a combustion chamber, using a flame generated by a cathode electrode and an anode electrode, and auxiliary gases including hydrogen and oxygen; a second body which is connected with the first body and serves to induce complete combustion of the burned toxic gas in an in-chamber and indirectly cool the toxic gas; and an electrolysis unit serving to produce hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis and supply the produced hydrogen and oxygen as auxiliary gases to the first body. In the scrubber, a high combustion rate can be achieved even at relatively low power by a combination of high energy, obtained by the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen, with combustion heat caused by plasma, and toxic gas can be more efficiently treated by increasing treatment temperature. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20150047540 | Gasification and/or Pyrolysis - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for gasifying/pyrolysing material containing organic matter including introducing the material into a treatment chamber ( | 02-19-2015 |
| 110236000 | Means for cleaning by combustion | 3 |
| 20090120336 | IMPULSE COMBUSTION CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system comprises a vessel having a surface to be cleaned. A impulse cleaning device defines a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce supersonic combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel. A sensor is associated with the impulse cleaning device. The sensor is for detecting a condition within the impulse cleaning device and generating a signal in response to a detected condition. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110113994 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF AIR FILTERS - A device for cleaning particle filters, includes an enclosure in which at least a number of particle filter can be placed, heating elements for heating the enclosure, elements for supplying air into the interior of the filters to be cleaned, heat exchange elements arranged in the enclosure for heating the air that is supplied to the particle filters, which air is used for burning of particles in the filters. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20140060400 | DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING HARMFUL SUBSTANCE - This invention relates to a device for effectively removing organic compounds from air by a carbon nanotube-catalyst composite having the two functions of an adsorption/catalytic incineration agent. The carbon nanotube-catalyst composite simultaneously adsorbs the organic compounds and completely decomposes them by a catalytic reaction, and the optimal reaction active temperature by catalytic incineration is low. The carbon nanotube-catalyst composite has a large surface area and has high adsorption performance and catalytic decomposition activity, and is thus applicable to filters that use the methods of adsorption and/or catalytic incineration. The device for removing organic compounds from air includes an adsorption/catalytic incineration reactor including the carbon nanotube-catalyst composite to remove organic compounds from air. | 03-06-2014 |
| 110237000 | For explosive or radioactive material | 1 |
| 20090158977 | Sealed Upscale Total Containment Vessel - Disclosed is a blast containment vessel. A body has an opening. An external door is configured to form a seal surrounding the opening when the external door is in a closed position. A yoke is configured to retain the door in the closed position. A first automatic system is configured to automatically move the external door into and out of the closed position. A second automatic system is configured to automatically move the yoke when the external door is in the closed position. During and after a blast event, the body and the external door contain products of the blast event and the seal remains intact. | 06-25-2009 |
| 110238000 | For liquid refuse | 8 |
| 20080236459 | RECOVERY BOILER COMBUSTION AIR SYSTEM WITH INTERMEDIATE AIR PORTS VERTICALLY ALIGNED WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF TERTIARY AIR PORTS - A combustion air system particularly useful for Kraft process recovery boilers or soda process recovery boilers has a level of liquor air ports located above the black liquor guns, and multiple levels of tertiary air formed by substantially vertically aligned tertiary air ports located above the black liquor guns. The liquor air ports and the tertiary air ports are on the same opposing walls of the furnace and are substantially vertically aligned with air ports in the same wall at different levels. The liquor air ports are located just above the black liquor guns, within a range of about ½ foot to about four feet. The tertiary air ports are laterally offset with respect to the tertiary air ports on the opposing wall of the furnace. The first tertiary air level is located a vertical distance in the range of about four feet to twelve feet above the elevation of liquor air ports, and the second and any additional tertiary air levels are located and spaced from an adjacent tertiary air level at regular spaced vertical intervals in the range of about four feet to eight feet. The vertically aligned and laterally offset tertiary air ports form a combustion air pattern of vertical sheets which travel across the width of the furnace to the opposing wall to carry smaller liquor particles to the walls of the furnace and reduce carryover and improve combustion efficiency. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080236460 | Method and Device for Charging Processing Plants - A device and method for charging processing plants, in particular, combustion furnaces ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100101463 | COMBUSTION AIR SYSTEM FOR RECOVERY BOILERS, BURNING SPENT LIQUORS FROM PULPING PROCESSES - An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls on one or several levels of the furnace. A plurality of air ports are located at several horizontal elevations for introducing air into the furnace from an air supply. In the arrangement for the secondary air flows, at least two horizontal air levels at different elevations are arranged above the lower primary levels and below the black liquor sprayer. Secondary air is supplied from two opposite walls. The secondary air ports on each of said first and second horizontal elevations comprise air ports for each horizontal elevation that project a pattern of large air jets into the furnace from said opposite walls and said secondary air ports further comprise a plurality of secondary air ports on at least one of the elevations that project smaller air jets into the furnace. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100192815 | Process and Related Equipment for Burning Industrial Plant Waste - The present invention is directed to a process for burning industrial plant waste, equipment for burning such waste, and a steam-generating boiler that uses the calorific power of the waste for generating energy without polluting the atmosphere. The present process is carried out by controlling the viscosity of the waste, thus burning same out, and the generated steam is advantageously used for the generation of energy through a generator. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100192816 | FLUIDIZED BED INCINERATOR AND FLUIDIZED BED INCINERATING METHOD FOR SLUDGE USING THE SAME - An inside of an incinerator body into which sludge is fed is divided into a lower portion, a portion above the lower portion, and a top portion in a height direction. The lower portion serves as a pyrolysis zone for supplying fluidizing air having an air ratio of 1.1 or less together with fuel to thermally decompose the sludge while fluidizing the sludge. The portion above the lower portion serves as an over bed combustion zone for supplying only combustion air having an air ratio of 0.1 to 0.3 to form a local high temperature place to decompose N | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110000407 | Waste Oil Electrical Generation Systems - An on-site electrical power generation system utilizing environmentally hazardous waste oils as a combustible fuel. The disclosed invention utilizes the combustion of environmentally hazardous waste oils to drive a heat engine and electrical generator. In addition, the system is adapted to provide local space heating and hot water as a byproduct of the combustion process. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20120125241 | Waste Oil Furnace - A waste oil furnace for burning waste oil may include a fire container to burn the waste oil, an ignition burner to ignite the oil and an afterburner being connected to the flame container to burn the waste oil. The afterburner may include a venturi, and the afterburner may include a induction air port. The ignition burner includes an oil nozzle and the ignition burner may include nickel cadmium (CAD) cell. The ignition burner may include an ignition electrode, and the ignition burner may include a fuel ignition nozzle. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20160138804 | RECIRCULATION AND DISPOSAL OF AQUEOUS CATALYST SOLUTIONS IN AMINE CATALYTIC PROCESSES - The present invention relates to the oxidative combustion of amine-containing wastewaters, especially in a process for preparing methacrolein. Methacrolein is used in chemical synthesis particularly as an intermediate for preparation of methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, or else of active ingredients, odorants or flavorings. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oxidative combustion of the amine-containing wastewaters with only low nitrogen oxide formation. | 05-19-2016 |
| 110240000 | Vehicle mounted | 1 |
| 20090211501 | Roll-Off Firebox Apparatus - A firebox apparatus is adapted for transport on a vehicle having a roll-off hoist mechanism by providing parallel guides on the underside of a supporting skid assembly of the firebox apparatus for engaging siderails of a tiltable roll-off track of the hoist mechanism, and by providing reinforced front and rear portions connecting parallel longitudinal skid members to maintain an opening at the bottom of the firebox apparatus yet make the firebox apparatus sufficiently sturdy to withstand loads encountered during loading an unloading from the transport vehicle. The firebox apparatus includes an air curtain system for limiting pollution resulting from incineration of waste. The present invention enables easy installation and removal of the firebox apparatus in crowded environments, such as urban environments, to cleanly burn waste. | 08-27-2009 |
| 110241000 | Portable | 2 |
| 20100242812 | CYCLONIC INCINERATOR - Incinerators are used to burn off waste gases in order to make them less harmful when released to the atmosphere. A cyclonic incinerator ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20140238282 | BONFIRE OVEN - A bonfire oven has a body placeable on the ground. The body has a combustion cabinet and an auxiliary equipment cabinet. A burner contained in the combustion cabinet has a fire grate, a side plate extending upward from the fire grate, a top plate opposite to the fire grate, a blowing space beneath the fire grate, and a hearth defined by the fire grate and the side plate. A fuel supply mechanism, an electrical equipment and an air blower is contained in the auxiliary equipment cabinet. The bonfire oven further has a flame portion on the top which is a flame roaring space formed by at least one piece of high temperature resistant glass. | 08-28-2014 |
| 110243000 | Refuse suspended in or supported by a fluid medium | 22 |
| 110244000 | Suspended in a gaseous medium | 22 |
| 20090199748 | Apparatus and methods for incinerating sludge in a combustor - A method of incinerating sludge in a combustor is disclosed including establishing at least one target performance characteristic of the combustor; introducing the sludge into the combustor as primary fuel; monitoring at least one performance parameter of the combustor; calculating an actual performance characteristic based on the performance parameter; and adjusting the quantity and/or quality of fuel introduced into the combustor in response to a monitored performance characteristic to substantially maintain the target performance characteristic. The apparatus for incinerating sludge includes a combustor adapted to receive sludge as fuel and incinerate the sludge; a sensor that monitors at least one performance parameter of the combustor; and a controller connected to the combustor and the sensor that 1) establishes at least one target performance characteristic of the combustor, 2) calculates an actual performance characteristic based on the performance parameter and 3) adjusts quantity and/or quality of fuel introduced into the combustor in response to a monitored performance characteristic to substantially maintain the target performance characteristic. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100071602 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY UNDISRUPTIVE DISPOSAL OF FOOD WASTE - A processing facility can dispose of food waste in environmentally undisruptive manners. The processing facility can convert the food waste into bio-energy and bio-fuel products, such as bio-diesel, ethanol, and electricity. The processing facility can sort the food waste based on the fats or carbohydrates content of the food waste, and the processing facility can include a fluidized bed combustion module for combusting portions of the food waste. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110100272 | Vortex incinerator - An incinerator for burning waste material includes a horizontally extended combustion chamber through which a mixture of waste material and air is introduced under pressure tangentially for establishing a vortical movement of the waste material toward one of the end walls. The waste material is ignited during its vortical movement. A second discharge port extends for discharging from the chamber non-combustible material entrained in the outer region of the vortex. The discharged material is conveyed through a conduit to a separator which separates the discharged gases and solid material. A baffle is mounted on the flue adjacent its open end for deflecting outwardly toward the side wall solid material which moves from adjacent the one end wall toward the open end of the flue. Additionally, control means are provided for the use of specialized sensors to monitor the temperature, air flow and volume of the chamber. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20160033127 | Vortex combustor - A combustor for burning waste material includes a horizontally extended combustion chamber through which a mixture of waste material and air is introduced under pressure tangentially for establishing a vortical movement of the waste material toward one of the end walls. The waste material is ignited during its vortical movement. A second discharge port extends for discharging from the chamber non-combustible material entrained in the outer region of the vortex. The discharged material is conveyed through a conduit to a separator which separates the discharged gases and solid material. A secondary air manifold supplies air through controlled and automated dampers at portals positioned at intervals along the length of the chamber. An adjustable baffle is mounted on the flue adjacent its open end for deflecting outwardly toward the side wall solid material which moves from adjacent the one end wall toward the open end of the flue. A recuperator is mounted externally to the chamber on the exhaust flue, supplying heated air to the secondary air manifold and to the primary air and waste feed intake. Additionally, control means are provided for the use of specialized sensors to monitor the temperature, air flow and volume of the chamber, integrated into a process automation system that allows for control of individual components, stages, regions, as well as the entire process. | 02-04-2016 |
| 110245000 | Fluidized bed of noncombustible particles | 18 |
| 20080223267 | DIRECT SORBENT PREPARATION/FEED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER SYSTEMS - A sorbent conditioning and feed apparatus for a circulating fluidized bed combustion system includes a dryer apparatus configured to dry unprocessed sorbent material transported thereto from a raw storage container; a sorbent crushing device configured to reduce the particle size of dried sorbent material discharged from the dryer apparatus; and a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler configured to receive processed sorbent material conveyed from the sorbent crushing device; wherein the dryer apparatus utilizes an untempered hot air source diverted directly from a primary air stream input to the circulating fluidized bed boiler. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090020048 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDE ON THE PRIMARY SIDE IN A TWO-STAGE COMBUSTION PROCESS - Method of reducing the nitrogen oxide formation (NO | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090056603 | Control of CFB boiler utilizing accumulated char in bed inventory - A boiler control method and system. A BFI (bed fuel inventory) value associated with a boiler can be estimated by detecting data from the boiler utilizing an inferential sensor. The bed fuel inventory value can then be stabilized at a particular value utilizing a feedback controller electrically connected to the inferential sensor, in order to optimize the bed fuel inventory value for varying operating conditions of the boiler, thereby permitting a thermal power associated with the boiler to be increased or decreased faster by respectively increasing or decreasing a primary air supply rate associated with the boiler. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090084293 | Double Wall Extension - The invention concerns a fluidised bed reactor ( | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100018444 | FUEL FLUIDIZING NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - A grate assembly for a fluidized bed reactor includes a plurality of parallel air ducts extending side-by-side in a substantially horizontal plane and defining spaces therebetween through which coarse material from the fluidized bed descends. A plurality of nozzle assemblies is attached to each air duct for supplying fluidizing air from within the air duct into the fluidized bed. Each of the nozzle assemblies includes a nozzle formed from a tube having an inlet end in fluid communication with the air duct, and an outlet end in fluid communication with the inlet end. An orifice is disposed at the outlet end of the nozzle, and the nozzle is bent proximate the outlet end to direct a primary direction of a stream of fluidizing air flowing from the orifice toward the air duct such that an angle θ between the primary direction and the substantially horizontal plane formed by the air ducts is between about 30 to about 90 degrees. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100307389 | REACTOR SYSTEM AND SOLID FUEL COMPOSITE THEREFOR - A reactor system includes a fluidized-bed. A fuel and a sulfur absorbent material are eluted through the fluidized-bed. The reactor system may include a heat exchanger having a heat-exchanging portion within a heating zone of the reactor that is hermetically sealed from the heating zone. The reactor may include loose particles of an inert bed material for forming the fluidized-bed. A feed system may be provided to inject a solid fuel composite that includes a mixture of a solid, carbonaceous fuel and a solid reagent into the reactor. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110174203 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR THE LOOPING-TYPE COMBUSTION OF SOLID CARBON-CONTAINING FUELS - The invention relates to a plant and a process for the looping-type combustion of solid carbon-containing fuels with a carbon dioxide (CO | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110232546 | Fluidized bed - A fluidized bed is described and which includes a multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds positioned in spaced relation one relative to the others; an enclosure positioned in gravity receiving relation relative to the multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds and which has an intake and a discharge end, and wherein particulate matter received in the fluidized bed moves under the influence of gravity from the intake end to the discharge end, and a moveable gate is mounted on the second discharge end of the enclosure and which is operable to selectively occlude a discharge aperture and which further facilitates the selective removal of particulate matter and waste material entrained with same, and which moves under the influence of gravity to the discharge end thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120167808 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING FUEL MATERIALS - The invention is related to a system ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120180708 | BOILER GRATE AND A BOILER - A boiler grate including air channels for supplying primary air to a furnace of a boiler. At least one channel, which is open on top, is arranged to collect ash and material from the furnace. At least one removal element is arranged in the channel and to mechanically move ash and material along the channel. A boiler includes a grate, a furnace which is limited by the walls of the furnace and the grate, and an ash chute, which is arranged to remove ash and material from the furnace. The ash removal elements is arranged to move ash and material towards the air chute. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120272874 | Biomass Fuel Internal Circulation Mechanical Fluidized-Bed Corner Tube Intelligent Boiler - The present invention discloses a biomass fuel internal circulation mechanical fluidized-bed corner tube intelligent boiler which is highly effective in energy-conservation and emission-reduction, which comprises a primary combustion chamber, a secondary combustion chamber, a burning-out chamber, a high temperature multi-tube cyclone dust collector, a heat convection pipe bundle, the hearth of the primary combustion chamber consists of a square membrane water-cooled wall and a profiled seat with a square top and a circular bottom, at the four corners of the seat, there are mounted Venturi tube internal circulators, at the bottom of the hearth, there is mounted a mechanical fluidizing machine; the profiled cyclone separation hearth of the secondary combustion chamber consists of a square membrane water-cooled wall, a profiled seat with a square top and a circular bottom, a profiled fume-venting tube, at the bottom of the hearth, there is mounted a mechanical fluidizing machine; the burning-out chamber is connected with the inlet of the high temperature multi-tube cyclone dust collector; and the outlet of the high temperature multi-tube cyclone dust collector is connected with the heat convection pipe bundle. With the boiler of the present invention, the combustion intensity is high, the combustion is sufficient, no slag formation occurs, the thermal conversion efficiency is high, the pollution of the thermal convection is reduced and the boiler is capable of running stably for a long time, has a wide range of adjustment and is capable of intelligent self-control. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130055936 | Oxycombustion In Transport Oxy-Combustor - A pressurized transport oxy-combustor with different configurations is disclosed. Substantially pure oxygen is fed to the transport oxy-combustor under pressure to combust fossil fuels, generating steam for power generation. The end product is the flue gas containing substantially pure CO | 03-07-2013 |
| 20140102342 | IN-BED SOLIDS CONTROL VALVE WITH IMPROVED RELIABILITY - A non-mechanical valve arrangement for use with circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers has a CFB reaction chamber and a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) within an enclosure in the lower portion of the CFB reaction chamber, the BFB containing an in-bed heat exchanger (IBHX). Solids flowing from the BFB enclosure to the CFB reaction chamber may be controlled using one or more non-mechanical valves. Each non-mechanical valve is independently controlled using independently controlled fluidizing means. The non-mechanical valve has collectors to collect solids backsifting into the fluidizing means of the valve. Agglomerates are removed which could block the valve. Channel walls parallel to the direction of solids flow through the valve opening may be provided to reduce external interference with local fluidization to maintain the proper functionality of the non-mechanical valve. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140299027 | LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER - A large-size circulating fluidized bed boiler, comprising: a furnace having a vertical furnace center line; and at least two groups of cyclones, each cyclone of each group of cyclones having an inlet gas pass communicated with the furnace. A furnace cross section formed by outer sidewalls and located at the inlet gas pass of the cyclone is a polygon having 2×n sides, and n is a positive integer greater than 1. The polygon is axially symmetric with respect to a perpendicular bisector of each side of the polygon, and when n is 2, the polygon is a square. Triangles formed by two endpoints of an inlet of the inlet gas pass of each cyclone at the cross section and an intersection of the furnace center line and the cross section are congruent. A single flow field in communication with each of the inlet is formed in the cross section. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150369474 | Pressurized Incineration Facility and Pressurized Incineration Method - A pressurized incineration facility ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160123574 | FLUIDIZED BED BOILER WITH A SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION FOR A PARTICLE SEPARATOR - A fluidized bed boiler with a support construction for a particle separator. The fluidized bed boiler includes a bottom-supported furnace in which at least one particle separator with a support construction is in gas flow connection with an upper portion of the furnace and includes a furnace side portion, an outer portion opposite to the furnace side portion, and a conical lower portion. At least two bottom-supported downcomer pipes are in fluid connection with a steam drum and adjacent to the outer portion of the particle separator. The support construction includes a frame-like supporting member surrounding at least a portion of the conical lower portion, and an outboard portion of the supporting member is attached to the at least two downcomer pipes to support the at last one particle separator. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160146452 | FLUIDIZED-BED BOILER INTEGRATING MULTIFUNCTIONAL INERTIA-GRAVITY SEPARATOR WITH MULTIPLE FURNACE PROFILES - A fluidized-bed boiler integrating a multifunctional inertia-gravity separator and a plurality of models of boilers, the fluidized-bed boiler being a steam boiler, a hot-water boiler or a phase-transformation boiler, the fluidized-bed boiler comprising a hearth, a single/double horizontal drum, a vertical single-drum/double-drum, vertical and horizontal headers, vertical and horizontal membrane wells, a primary high-temperature inertia-gravity water-cooling separator, a secondary low-temperature inertia-gravity water-cooling separator(a double-stage inertia-gravity water-cooling separator), a single-stage high-temperature water-cooling inertia-gravity separator, an equalizing, separating and heat storing device, a membrane water-cooling wall shaft, a shell shaft and a dry-wall shaft, the primary, secondary and single-stage inertia-gravity separators comprising a guiding gas-solid directly-raising storage bin water-cooling wall, a guiding fume directly-raising storage bin spacer, a downward flue, an upward flue, a turning passage, a large capacity-capacity-expanding space, a storage bin and a back-feeding device, characterized in that the primary high-temperature water-cooling inertia-gravity separator is disposed in a space between the rear wall of the hearth and the front wall of the shaft; the secondary low-temperature water-cooling inertia-gravity separator is disposed at the height-equal border of the lower end of a multi-stage over-heater or coal economizer within the shaft and a bending point of the lower end of a vertical segment of the rear wall of the primary high-temperature separator, and extends downward; a fume inlet is separately provided in the front upper part of each of the two-stage separators, and a fume outlet is separately provided in the rear upper part thereof; and the front sidewall and a rear sidewall are a heated water-cooling wail and an insulating wall, which are integrated to the main body of the boiler. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20170234526 | POWER BOILER HAVING VERTICALLY MOUNTED CYLINDRICAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER | 08-17-2017 |
| 110248000 | Refuse supported above grate | 2 |
| 20130000531 | METHOD FOR SUPPLYING COMBUSTION AIR IN VERTICAL INCINERATOR AND VERTICAL INCINERATOR - A method for supplying combustion air in a vertical incinerator according to one embodiment of the present invention is such that during incineration treatment by the vertical incinerator | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140208996 | HIGH PERFORMANCE BURNER - A high performance burner has a shell, a burning chamber contained in the shell, an ignition bar installed in the shell, and a fuel feeding means passing through the shell and being in communication with the burning chamber. The burning chamber has a first burning zone in communication with the exit of the feeding pipe, a second burning zone next to the first burning zone, and a third burning zone next to the second burning zone and in communication with the rear opening of the shell. The burner is able to effectively reduce fuel congestion, scorification and back fire and increase combustion efficiency. | 07-31-2014 |
| 110250000 | With electric heater | 4 |
| 20090020049 | WASTE DISPOSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a waste disposing apparatus that, rather than using incineration, uses a system wherein heat is applied to a magnetic field generated by compounded granulated ores to promote the occurrence and activation of plasma, resulting in the maintenance of a high temperature in the disposing apparatus that is sufficient to subject to a high heat consumption disposing the waste placed therein. The waste disposing apparatus of the present invention comprises a main body of a rectangular shaped waste disposing apparatus, a waste input port and a shutter located on top thereof, an opening located near the bottom of a side face of the main body for inserting a heating material there into, and a plurality of pipe-inserting holes located in peripheral side faces thereof; wherein a plurality of pipes are inserted and fitted to all of the pipe-inserting holes in the direction of a hollow inside of the main body; and compounded granulated ores generating a magnetic field are placed on the base of the plurality of pipes located on the outside of side walls of the main body and on the bottom face of the main body. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090056604 | Apparatus and Method of Electric Arc Incineration - A method and apparatus for incinerating a medical waste material. The method includes introducing a volume of the medical waste material into a plasma zone of a non-thermal plasma generator. The method also includes introducing a volume of oxidizer into the plasma zone of the non-thermal plasma generator. The method also includes generating an electrical discharge between electrodes within the plasma zone of the non-thermal plasma generator to incinerate the medical waste material. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110079171 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING WASTE - A waste treatment system processes waste upon the application of energy. The system includes a vessel that contains an open space. A waste feed system feeds inorganic and/or organic waste into the open space of the vessel. One or more pairs of electrodes are within the vessel and may be supported above a bottom of the vessel. The electrodes generate energy that heats the vessel's open space, and melts inorganic portions of the waste and gasifies and dissociates organic portions of the waste into elemental components. These elemental components may be reformed into a synthesis gas which may be conditioned and cleaned to recovery a non-hazardous product. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120079971 | WASTEWATER EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for evaporating a liquid and incinerating pollutants present in the resulting vapor. The system comprises a chamber for containing a liquid, a floatable pan in the chamber comprising at least one opening to allow a portion of the liquid to enter into a basin of the pan, a heating element at least partially sumergeable in the liquid in the basin of the pan for evaporating the liquid, and a blowing burner to incinerate pollutants present in the evaporated liquid. | 04-05-2012 |
| 110251000 | Including air supply means extending vertically within refuse | 4 |
| 20130167760 | METHOD FOR INCINERATING CARBON-CONTAINING DRY METALLIC ASH - The invention relates to a method for incinerating carbon-containing dry metallic ash and a pertinent device. The method comprises the steps of
| 07-04-2013 |
| 110252000 | With supplementary burner | 3 |
| 20110290162 | CARBON TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING DECOMPOSITION HEAT TO WASTE TIRES - The present invention relates to a carbon treatment system for supplying decomposition heat to waste tires. The carbon treatment system of the present invention comprises: a carbon storage tank which receives carbon separated from a thermal decomposition furnace for thermally decomposing waste tires and which stores the received carbon; a burner which receives oil or gas contained in the steam generated during a process of thermally decomposing waste tires, and burns the received oil or gas; and a combustion furnace arranged at one side of the burner to burn the carbon supplied by the carbon storage tank using the burner as an ignition source and to supply heat generated during the combustion to the thermal decomposition furnace. The thus-configured system of the present invention completely burns the carbon separated from waste tires to prevent contamination and reutilizes the heat generated during combustion to maximize the economical operation thereof, and therefore is of great industrial usefulness. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20140216308 | Ammonia Stripper - This invention provides a system for removing ammonia from landfill leachate. The system comprises: an economiser | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160195269 | COMBUSTION SYSTEM | 07-07-2016 |
| 110255000 | With means for advancing or handling refuse or residue | 22 |
| 20090293783 | PYROLYSIS APPARATUS - Apparatus for the pyrolysis of solid waste material includes a thermal reactor including an elongate hollow housing with a reaction chamber disposed within the housing. The thermal reactor is vertically oriented in order to cause solid waste material fed thereinto to pass through said reaction chamber by the force of gravity and a plurality of vanes are disposed for both conducting heat into said reactor chamber and for tumbling said solid waste material as said solid waste material passes through said reaction chamber. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100294179 | GASIFICATION COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A two stage refuse gasification combustion system for processing refuse is disclosed. The system may contain features such as an advancer, a first and second gasifier, a drier, a gas regulator, and a post combustor. Additionally, methods for regulating gas and advancing refuse through a two stage refuse gasification combustion system are disclosed. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100307390 | Method and Apparatus for Incineration of Combustible Waste - A method and apparatus for incinerating different types of combustible waste in a cement manufacturing process. Two combustion chambers for incinerating waste are arranged in series, with first combustion chamber being a down draft chamber in which there is a downward flow of combustion gas and waste fuel to a waste and gas outlet. The second chamber is adaptable to support waste on a supporting surface incorporated in the compartment, wherein the waste is transported through the compartment from a waste inlet to a waste outlet along a circular path. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110209646 | ENERGY AND STEEL RECOVERY SYSTEM - An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension supports operably disposed therein wherein the supports are spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires and other wastes with an energy value onto one of the supports and feeding the tires to an adjacent downwardly disposed support to further gasify the same under low oxygen to preclude combustion. The column is configured to provide for a number of zones including heating, drying, volatizing, and fixed carbon formation which are collectively referred to herein as a “fractionation process.” | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110247534 | WASTE RECYCLING APPARATUS - A waste recycling apparatus includes a temporary storage tank, a pyrolyzing furnace, a first blower, a material storage tank, a second blower, and a rotary valve and a magnetic device. The temporary storage tank carries a waste. The pyrolyzing furnace decomposes the waste into a non-iron material and an iron material. The first blower produces winds to blow the waste into the pyrolyzing furnace. The material storage tank stores the non-iron material and the iron material and includes an outlet. The second blower produces winds to blow the non-iron material and the iron material into the material storage tank. The rotary valve controls a discharge quantity of the non-iron material and the iron material. The magnetic device is installed on a side of the outlet, and the magnetic device attracts the iron material to separate the non-iron material and the iron material. The waste recycling apparatus can recycle wastes automatically. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20130327258 | GARBAGE SUPPLY DEVICE - A garbage supply device, which supplies waste to a gasification furnace that gasifies waste, includes a casing, two feed screws provided in the casing, and a middle shaft that is provided between the two supply screws, has a plurality of protrusions, and is repeatedly rotated forward or backward. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140000496 | WASTE MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND WASTE MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 110257000 | Continuous advance | 6 |
| 20130008357 | WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT WITH MODULAR FRAME AND GUIDE ASSEMBLY - A waste disposal plant includes a combustion chamber ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014679 | WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT WITH MODULAR FRAME AND GUIDE ASSEMBLYAANM Corbani; EmanueleAACI La SpeziaAACO ITAAGP Corbani; Emanuele La Spezia IT - A waste disposal plant includes a combustion chamber ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130014680 | WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT WITH MOVABLE FRAMEAANM Corbani; EmanueleAACI La SpeziaAACO ITAAGP Corbani; Emanuele La Spezia IT - A waste disposal plant includes a combustion chamber ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130192500 | FIRE GRATE TYPE INCINERATION APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a fire grate type incineration apparatus, which includes movable fire grates and fixed fire grates alternatively arranged in a step pattern and incinerates waste while moving the waste to a discharge hole by the operation of the movable fire grates, wherein a channel is formed in the fixed fire grates so that a coolant cools the fixed fire grates while flowing along the channel, wherein the air introduced into the movable fire grates cools the movable fire grates and then is preheated and supplied into the incineration apparatus through an exhaust hole formed in the movable fire grates. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140290542 | BURNER SYSTEM FOR CONSUMPTION OF WASTE FUEL - A burner system for consumption of waste fuel comprises a screw conveyor having a longitudinal hollow interior for air distribution and radially disposed air intake orifices connecting the hollow interior to a plurality of combustion chambers, which includes a first combustion chamber disposed centrally around the screw conveyor and at least one orifice; a second combustion chamber disposed concentrically around the first combustion chamber, receiving burning waste fuel from the first combustion chamber, and in fluid communication with the air intake orifice to provide air from an air blower through the orifice; and a third combustion chamber disposed concentrically around the second combustion chamber, receiving waste fuel from the second combustion chamber, and in fluid communication with the air intake orifice to provide air from the air blower. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140290543 | BURNER SYSTEM FOR CONSUMING WASTE FUEL - A burner system for consuming waste fuel comprises a combustion unit having at least three combustion chambers arranged concentrically around a variable speed conveyor screw for directing the waste fuel along a fuel consumption path through the combustion chambers; an air chamber surrounding the combustion chambers to facilitate preheating combustion air delivered to the combustion chambers and to facilitate insulating the combustion chambers against thermal losses to the environment; a boiler in fluid communication with the combustion chambers for heating fluid to facilitate an energy conversion process; and an intelligent control system for controlling operation of the burner system. The control system controls operating parameters of the boiler including pressure, temperature and fluid level and activates an emergency stop alarm if any one of the operating parameters is outside a predetermined range of operating values. | 10-02-2014 |
| 110258000 | Refuse agitating | 2 |
| 20090272302 | APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION OF BIOFUELS - An apparatus for combustion of biomass is provided. The apparatus generally includes opposingly paired sidewalls, a fixed panel traversing the opposingly paired sidewalls, an actuatable panel opposite the fixed panel, and a fuel platform supported by a panel of either of the panels. A portion of the fuel platform is reversibly receivable through a portion of a panel opposite the panel supporting the fuel platform in furtherance of fuel conditioning upon actuation of the actuatable panel. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20110271883 | WASTE TREATMENT - A process and related apparatus for the treatment of hazardous waste and an initially separate waste stream, the process comprising gasifying the waste stream in a gasification unit to produce an offgas and a char material; and plasma treating the offgas, and optionally the char material, in a plasma treatment unit to produce a syngas; and blending hazardous waste with the waste stream at a point in the process determined by the relative chemical and/or physical properties of the hazardous waste and the waste stream. | 11-10-2011 |
| 110259000 | Residue handling; e.g., ash, etc. | 7 |
| 20080282944 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR CARPET/WOOD ASH - A method and system transfer, cool, store, and load an ash waste product of a gasification process. Hot ash is moved toward a storage silo via one or more augers and/or conveyors. Ash may be sent through a means for reducing the size of any ash chucks, such as roller crushers. The ash may be transferred via a first auger affixed with a glycol/water indirect cooling means. The ash may then be transferred to a second auger, also having a glycol/water indirect cooling means, but further being operable to blanket the ash with an inert gas, such as slightly pressurized nitrogen. Then, the ash may be transferred to a storage silo via a continuous flow bucket conveyor. The silo and conveyor may be operable to maintain the ash blanketed with inert gas. Subsequently, the ash may be unloaded from the silo, such as into a vehicle, via a retractable spout. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090031930 | APPARATUS FOR INCINERATING WASTE AND PROCESS FOR COMPREHENSIVE UTILIZATION OF WASTE - The present invention relates to apparatus for incinerating dangerous waste, and in particular, apparatus for incinerating dangerous waste in various forms. It comprises a continuous feeding device, an incineration furnace, a flue gas quenching device, a flue gas treating device, and an online monitoring system. The continuous feeding device includes device for feeding paste, powder, and solid device. The quenching device is connected to a steam boiler and a thermal oil tank, thus achieving comprehensive utilization of the thermal energy generated during incineration of the waste. Apparatus for incinerating dangerous waste according to the present invention enables sufficient combustion of the waste, recycling of the metal oxides or noble metals from the combustion flue gas and/or sinters and/or furnace ashes, effective elimination of the concurrent degradation and re-forming of dioxins. In addition, users can purchase one set of the apparatus for incinerating dangerous waste of the present invention for treating various forms of waste, thus substantially reducing the related capital cost. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090266277 | Method and device for emptying the floor of a soda recovery boiler - The invention is related to a method for emptying a furnace floor in a soda recovery boiler when the soda recovery boiler is being shut down. The emptying may be started while smelt is still flowing in smelt spouts. The floor is emptied by sucking smelt from the furnace with a smelt eductor. The invention is also related to a device for removing smelt and wash water from a furnace of a soda recovery boiler by means of suction. Negative pressure is generated in the device by conducting pressurized gas into a suction pipe of the eductor so that the pressurized gas is discharged in the discharge direction of smelt and wash water. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120017811 | ENCLOSED GRANULAR FUEL BURNING BOILER - There is illustrated a fuel fired brazier for an enclosed granular fuel burning boiler. The brazier has an apertured grate-like brazier base. The brazier base is moved by an actuator from an operative position, retaining fuel in the brazier to a discharge position where ash can fall through a hole. At the same time, fragmentation means, formed by crushing teeth, move across the brazier to trap, for example, a large piece of clinker, between it and the opposed distal wall of the brazier. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20130092064 | FLUIDIZED BED FURNACE AND WASTE TREATMENT METHOD - A waste treatment technique includes: blowing a fluidizing gas from around a non-combustible substance discharge port toward fluidizable particles to form a first fluidization region, while blowing a fluidizing gas between the first fluidization region and a front wall at a flow velocity less than that in the first fluidization region to form a second fluid region having a relatively low degree of fluidization of fluidizable particles; returning fluidizable particles discharged from the non-combustible substance discharge port to a fluidized bed from the side of the front wall to form, in the fluidized bed, a flow of fluidizable particles directed from the front wall to the non-combustible substance discharge port; supplying waste from the front wall onto the fluidized bed to cause the waste to be accumulated on the second fluidization region while causing the accumulated waste to be moved into the first fluidization region step-by-step and gasified. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20150053122 | PELLET BOILER WITH REMOVABLE GRATE - The present invention relates to burners and boiler structures of heating systems which work with solid fuel or which work especially with wood pellets, olive stones and other similar propellants. The burner has a “C”-shaped grate structure comprising a grate mount ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150308680 | MELTING FURNACE USING ANION OXYGEN - A waste melting furnace comprises: a furnace main body; an injection hole door; a discharge hole door; a dust collector; a punched plate; and an anion oxygen supply unit. The furnace main body has a waste injection hole and a cracked gas discharge hole which are formed in the top surface thereof and at least one ash discharge hole which is formed in a side surface. The injection hole door opens or closes the waste injection hole. The discharge hole door opens or closes the ash discharge hole. The dust collector is arranged in the cracked gas discharge hole and collects ashes which are contained in the cracked gas in the furnace main body so as to recover the same. The punched plate is disposed at a distance from the bottom surface of the furnace main body in the furnace main body. The anion oxygen supply unit supplies magnetized anion oxygen towards the upper side area of the punched plate which is disposed in the furnace main body. | 10-29-2015 |
