Electric controlled air incinerator for radioactive wastes

Patent · Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6311378

Hootman, H E; Warren, J H

A two-stage incinerator is provided which includes a primary combustion chamber and an afterburner chamber for off-gases. The latter is formed by a plurality of vertical tubes in combination with associated manifolds which connect the tubes together to form a continuous tortuous path. Electrically-controlled heaters surround the tubes while electrically-controlled plate heaters heat the manifolds. A gravity-type ash removal system is located at the bottom of the first afterburner tube while an air mixer is disposed in that same tube just above the outlet from the primary chamber. A ram injector in combination with rotary magazine feeds waste to a horizontal tube forming the primary combustion chamber.

• Assignee: Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4259910
• Application Number: TRN: 81-014960
• OSTI ID: 6311378
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Jul 1979; Other Information: PAT-APPL-058420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
INCINERATORS
DESIGN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
COMBUSTION
AFTERBURNERS
TUBES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
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