Heating unit

Patent · Tue Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5488330

Gamroth, A P

An improved heating unit comprises a combustion chamber which includes a fuel-supporting perforated burning platform located a distance from the bottom of the combustion chamber. A perforated air plenum is disposed within the combustion chamber a short distance from the combustion chamber top wall to overly a portion of the burning platform. A blower forces air upwardly through the perforations in the burning platform to facilitate waste material combustion and the blower also forces air downwardly through the plenum perforations against the burning platform to further oxygenate the flames and thereby achieve nearly complete combustion. The pressure of incoming air into the combustion chamber forces the exhaust gases through the air passageway above the plenum and out through an exhaust pipe. A heat exchanger, taking the form of a water jacket, surrounds the combustion chamber to cool the combustion chamber and to recover the heat radiated upon combustion of the waste combustible material.

• Assignee: EDB-85-115158
• Patent Number(s): US 4493270
• OSTI ID: 5488330
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BLOWERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DESIGN
ENERGY RECOVERY
EXHAUST GASES
FLAME PROPAGATION
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT RECOVERY
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
RECOVERY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES