Furnace with oscillating grate

Patent · Tue Apr 14 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6485757

Flickinger, D M; Flickinger, M D

This patent describes a hot air furnace for burning solid fuel comprising: a furnace cabinet having walls defining a first furnace burner chamber; a heat exchanger in heat conducting relation to the first chamber and having a heated air outlet; wall means defining a second chamber, including an inclined wall extending diagonally upwardly and across the first burner chamber from one side wall to the other; a blower in the second chamber having a discharge opening leading to the heat exchange passageway and an intake open to the second chamber; at least one baffle in the burner chamber forming a third chamber portion overlying the diagonal wall and defining a serpentine path for products of combustion into the third chamber portion; a discharge stack leading from the third chamber; and intake air duct means formed through the third chamber and having outer surfaces open to the third chamber and opening through the diagonal wall to the second chamber for permitting intake air for the blower to be taken from outside of the furnace into the second chamber.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-87-104263; NOV-87-059048
• Patent Number(s): US 4656956
• OSTI ID: 6485757
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
BAFFLES
BLOWERS
BURNERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DUCTS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FUELS
FURNACES
GAS FLOW
HEAT EXCHANGERS
OXIDATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLID FUELS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
WALLS