Installation for burning-out scrap metal

Patent · Tue Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6529113

Gutschmidt, P

Disclosed is an installation for burning-out scrap metal goods for the purpose of reclaiming scrap metal, comprising at least one furnace wagon, which is capable of being loaded with the scrap metal goods to be burned out; at least one burning-out chamber into which the furnace wagon is movable for burning-out the scrap metal goods to produce scrap steel; means for heating the burning-out chamber to a temperature of at least about 600* C.; at least one afterburning chamber communicating with the burning-out chamber for afterburning flue gases produced in the burning-out chamber at a temperature from about 1100* to 1200* C.; a waste gas purifying plant communicating with the afterburning chamber for eliminating the flue gas impurities and for the scrubbing of the flue-gases originating from the afterburning chamber; and at least one cooling chamber arranged adjacent to and in selective communication with the burning-out chamber for cooling the burned-out material.

• Assignee: Orgatechna Treuhand Ag (Switzerland)
• Patent Number(s): US 4345530
• OSTI ID: 6529113
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 7 Feb 1979, Germany, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany); Other Information: PAT-APPL-119175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
EXHAUST GASES
SCRUBBING
FLUE GAS
AFTERBURNERS
SCRAP METALS
INCINERATORS
WASTE PROCESSING
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COOLING
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
PROCESSING
SCRAP
SOLID WASTES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
320305* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management