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Dry ash handling system for an incinerator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6223034
This patent describes an ash handling system, comprising: a sealable vehicle chamber openable at two ends and including a burn-out chamber with an air opening; an ash chute entering the vehicle chamber and having a negative air pressure; and an ash car positionable under the ash chute in the vehicle chamber, receiving ash from the chute and having an air entrance tube abutting the air opening when in the burn-out chamber, no ash being deposited in the car when in the burn-out chamber and the tube having air slots allowing air to move through the ash into the chute while the car is in the burn-out chamber.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Patent Number(s):
US 4790250
OSTI ID:
6223034
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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