Incinerator

Patent · Tue Mar 24 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6650368

Erlandsson, K I; Di Fonzo, M A; Howald, P

This patent describes an incinerator comprising: a housing defining a combustion chamber in which waste material is to be burned; a stack connected to the upper portion of the combustion chamber for discharging waste gases of combustion; means comprising vertically extending passages disposed along the inner surface of the housing, the passages each having an entrance end and an exit end, air being passed through the passages from the entrance end to the exit end to pre-heat the air, conduit means communicating with the exit ends of the passages for supplying pre-heated air through the stack for secondary combustion of combustible materials in the waste gases; and return conduit means communicating with the exit end of the passages for returning a second portion of the pre-heated air to the lower end of the combustion chamber for primary combustion purposes.

• Assignee: Aqua-Chem, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
• Patent Number(s): US 4651654
• OSTI ID: 6650368
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CIRCULATING SYSTEMS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DESIGN
ENERGY RECOVERY
FLUE GAS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
GASEOUS WASTES
HEAT RECOVERY
HEATING
INCINERATORS
OPERATION
OXIDATION
RECOVERY
SOLID WASTES
STACKS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES