Apparatus for incinerating hazardous waste
Abstract
An apparatus for incinerating wastes, including an incinerator having a combustion chamber, a fluidtight shell enclosing the combustion chamber, an afterburner, an off-gas particulate removal system and an emergency off-gas cooling system. The region between the inner surface of the shell and the outer surface of the combustion chamber forms a cavity. Air is supplied to the cavity and heated as it passes over the outer surface of the combustion chamber. Heated air is drawn from the cavity and mixed with fuel for input into the combustion chamber. The pressure in the cavity is maintained at least approximately 2.5 cm WC (about 1" WC) higher than the pressure in the combustion chamber. Gases cannot leak from the combustion chamber since the pressure outside the chamber (inside the cavity) is higher than the pressure inside the chamber. The apparatus can be used to treat any combustible wastes, including biological wastes, toxic materials, low level radioactive wastes, and mixed hazardous and low level transuranic wastes.
- Inventors:
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- Martinez, GA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869656
- Patent Number(s):
- 5374403
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23G - CREMATION FURNACES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23L - SUPPLYING AIR OR NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR GASES TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- apparatus; incinerating; hazardous; waste; wastes; including; incinerator; combustion; chamber; fluidtight; shell; enclosing; afterburner; off-gas; particulate; removal; emergency; cooling; region; inner; surface; outer; forms; cavity; air; supplied; heated; passes; drawn; mixed; fuel; input; pressure; maintained; approximately; cm; wc; gases; leak; outside; inside; treat; combustible; biological; toxic; materials; level; radioactive; transuranic; toxic materials; particulate removal; heated air; hazardous waste; combustion chamber; inner surface; outer surface; radioactive waste; radioactive wastes; level radioactive; shell enclosing; transuranic wastes; pressure inside; off-gas particulate; gas cooling; transuranic waste; incinerating hazardous; combustible waste; /422/110/
Citation Formats
Chang, Robert C. W. Apparatus for incinerating hazardous waste. United States: N. p., 1994.
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Chang, Robert C. W. Apparatus for incinerating hazardous waste. United States.
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"Apparatus for incinerating hazardous waste". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869656.
@article{osti_869656,
title = {Apparatus for incinerating hazardous waste},
author = {Chang, Robert C. W.},
abstractNote = {An apparatus for incinerating wastes, including an incinerator having a combustion chamber, a fluidtight shell enclosing the combustion chamber, an afterburner, an off-gas particulate removal system and an emergency off-gas cooling system. The region between the inner surface of the shell and the outer surface of the combustion chamber forms a cavity. Air is supplied to the cavity and heated as it passes over the outer surface of the combustion chamber. Heated air is drawn from the cavity and mixed with fuel for input into the combustion chamber. The pressure in the cavity is maintained at least approximately 2.5 cm WC (about 1" WC) higher than the pressure in the combustion chamber. Gases cannot leak from the combustion chamber since the pressure outside the chamber (inside the cavity) is higher than the pressure inside the chamber. The apparatus can be used to treat any combustible wastes, including biological wastes, toxic materials, low level radioactive wastes, and mixed hazardous and low level transuranic wastes.},
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