Baffle for controlled air incinerators

Patent · Tue Jul 30 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6469615

Kratz, R L; Kiser, D R; Smith, R S

A controlled air incinerator includes a primary and secondary combustion chamber. Combustion by-products from the primary chamber are exhausted to the secondary chamber. In the secondary chamber a source of auxilliary heat is provided to maintain the temperature in that chamber at a point which is sufficiently high to fully combust any particulate and unwanted gaseous matter. The secondary combustion vessel is provided with a baffle means for increasing the residence time of combustion by-products in the secondary chamber. The baffle means comprises an arch preferably oriented concave downwardly, the inlet to the secondary chamber being situated beneath the arch. The baffle means means increases residence time and increases the turbulence of gases passing through the secondary chamber.

• Assignee: American Energy Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 4531463
• OSTI ID: 6469615
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320604* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
42 ENGINEERING
421000 -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR FLOW
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
BAFFLES
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMBUSTION CONTROL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FUEL ECONOMY
GAS FLOW
GASEOUS WASTES
INCINERATORS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
TURBULENT FLOW
WASTES