Furnace afterburner

Patent · Tue Jan 13 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6902495

Angelo, II, J F

An afterburner is described for the exhaust effluvia of a furnace, which exhaust contains combustible material, the afterburner comprising: a. an elongated, generally cylindrical combustion chamber having an inlet for the exhaust at or adjacent one end thereof, and an outlet at or adjacent its other end, b. means operable to induce a draft through the combustion chamber from its inlet to its outlet, c. a series of air nozzles disposed to direct jets of air into the interior of the combustion chamber. Certain nozzles are arranged to direct air jets into the combustion chamber substantially tangentially thereto in a clockwise direction, and the remainder of the nozzles and arranged to direct air jets into the chamber substantially tangentially thereto in a counter-clockwise direction, whereby to induce turbulence within the chamber to intermix the air and the exhaust thoroughly, and d. means operable to deliver air to the air nozzles.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-87-043499; EDB-87-039883
• Patent Number(s): US 4635568
• OSTI ID: 6902495
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AFTERBURNERS
AIR FLOW
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
CONTROL
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
FURNACES
GAS FLOW
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
INTAKE STRUCTURES
JETS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NOZZLES
OPERATION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
TURBULENCE
WASTES