Waste material treatment furnace

Patent · Tue Dec 20 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6870848

Leam, J A

A waste material treatment furnace includes a furnace chamber having an interior surface formed by a flexible sheet of an insulating fabric to minimize heat-up and cool-down time and to facilitate interior surface repair. The treatment furnace additionally includes an exhaust gas treatment facility for neutralizing and/or removing undesirable elements from an exhaust gas stream. The treatment facility includes a chamber having inlet and outlet openings, a conduit therebetween defined by wall members permeable to the passage of exhaust gas therethrough. A supply of a selected reactive material is provided in a compartment formed about the periphery of the permeable wall members, and means are provided to move the exhaust gas from within the conduit through the permeable wall members thereof into the selected reactive material within the compartment.

• Assignee: EDB-84-101696
• Patent Number(s): US 4421037
• OSTI ID: 6870848
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EQUIPMENT
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FLUIDS
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LIMESTONE
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MATERIALS
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MEMBRANES
PERMEABILITY
PH VALUE
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POROUS MATERIALS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES