Particulate waste wood firing system

Patent · Tue Mar 22 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6307244

Kolze, B A; Kolze, M W

A furnace for burning dry or wet wood waste products such as hogged bark and the like is provided with a grating therein comprised of aligned rows of bricks resting on supporting cross beams, with at least some of the rows of bricks maintained a uniform distance from other rows of bricks by spacers disposed between such spaced-apart rows of bricks. The furnace is charged by turbulent air entering both above and below the grating, with a select portion of such air being pre-heated. A temperature gradient is established between an area immediately beneath the grating and the area above the grating in the range of 2200/sup 0/ F and can be controlled by selected initial placement of the bricks and spacers to achieve an optimum cross sectional area for flow of heated, turbulent air through the grating to produce a temperature for efficient heating, drying and burning of wood waste products in an essentially pollution-free manner.

• Assignee: EDB-83-087043
• Patent Number(s): US 4377117
• OSTI ID: 6307244
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
BRICKS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
CONTROL
DESIGN
DRYING
FLUID FLOW
FURNACES
GAS FLOW
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OXIDATION
POLLUTION CONTROL
SOLID WASTES
SUPPORTS
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
WOOD WASTES