Secondary combustion chamber for an incinerator
This patent describes in an incinerator apparatus, an incinerator to burn waste material, a stack connected to the incinerator for discharging waste gases of combustion, a housing defining a secondary combustion chamber having an inlet connected to the upper end of the stack and having an outlet, at least one tube formed of ceramic material extending transversely of the chamber. The tube having an outer end connected to the housing and having a closed inner end. The tube extending more than one half the cross sectional dimension of the chamber, means for supplying air to the outer end of the tube. The tube having a plurality of outlet ports with the axes of the ports disposed generally normal to the flow of waste gases through the chamber, air introduced into the tube being discharged through the ports to provide an air curtain extending, generally transversely across the chamber.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-90-008332; EDB-90-079558
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4883003; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-249333--A
- OSTI ID:
- 7005561
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 26 Sep 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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