Abstract:
A forced draft burner apparatus for burning a gaseous fuel while producing low levels of NOx, CO and hydrocarbon emissions comprising: a cylindrical inner burner having a tubular wall; a generally cylindrical body mounted inside the tubular wall of the inner burner; an annular flow channel (110) being defined between said body and the inner wall of said tubular section, said channel constituting a throat for oxidant gases, and having a downstream outlet for the inner burner; means (102, 106) for supplying oxidant gases to said throat of the inner burner; a divergent quarl (116) for said inner burner having its smaller end connected to said outlet of said inner burner, and exiting into a combustion chamber; a plurality of curved axial swirl vanes (112) being mounted in said annular flow channel of the inner burner to impart swirl to said oxidant gases flowing downstream in said throat; inner burner fuel gas injection means for the inner burner being provided in said annular channel proximate to said swirl vanes for injecting said gas into the flow of oxidant gases at a point upstream of said outlet end; an outer burner surrounding at least a portion of said inner burner and including a wall spaced from the outer wall of the inner burner to define an outer burner flow channel (120) having a downstream outlet end for gases provided to said channel; means for providing a flow of oxidant into the outer burner flow channel (104, 108); and outer burner fuel gas injection means (126, 128) for the outer burner being provided in said outer burner flow channel, upstream of the outer burner outlet end.
Abstract:
A process and system for low NOx cogeneration to produce electricity and useful heat. Fuel and oxygen are provided to an internal combustion engine (10) connected to drive an electric generator (9), thereby generate electricity. An exhaust stream is recovered from the engine. Fuel is added to the exhaust stream to create a fuel-rich mixture. The fuel enriched stream is provided to an afterburner (18) to provide a heated oxygen-depleted stream. The oxygen-depleted stream is cooled in a first heat exchanger (22). Conversion oxygen is admixed with the cooled stream which is then passed over a catalyst bed (25) under overall reducing conditions. The stream from the reducing catalyst bed is cooled and air is added to produce a further cooled stream and the further cooled stream is passed over an oxidizing catalyst bed (26) to oxidize remaining combustibles.
Abstract:
A method for improved slurry-phase bioremediation treatment of organic sludge and mixtures of organic sludge and organics-contaminated soils by dissolving the contaminants into an aqueous phase and microbially degrading same. A high solids slurry of the sludge and soils is formed with water and an active bioslurry consisting of large populations of acclimated hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria and small amounts of biodegradation residue. The slurry is passed through a plurality of in-series bioreactors in each of which a low hydraulic shear is maintained to promote the development of a large population of microorganisms that will form flocculent suspensions. The output from the series of bioreactors is flowed continuously or semicontinuously to a liquid-solids separator to partition the mixed liquor bioslurry from the biodegraded waste residue The mixed liquor bioslurry containing small amounts of biodegradation residue is returned to the slurry being processed for recycling. Off-gas components from the system are recirculated back to one or more of the bioreactors, to return high volatility toxic constituents for increased microbial degradation and control of volatile toxic constituent emissions from the process. The related system is also disclosed and claimed.
Abstract:
A process for low NOX combustion which involves combusting an oxygen-containing combustible gas stream having fuel material in excess of the oxygen in the combustible gas stream, whereby the combustible gas stream is combusted in a reducing atmosphere to produce a heated oxygen-depleted gaseous stream, converting at least a portion of the heat in the oxygen-depleted stream into steam, adding air to the oxygen-depleted stream to produce a stoichiometric excess of oxygen in the resultant stream relative to fuel material present in the resultant stream, passing the resultant stream over an oxidizing catalyst to produce an oxidized gaseous stream, optionally removing heat from the oxidized stream, and venting the resultant cooled stream. A system for carrying out the foregoing process is also provided.
Abstract:
Procédé permettant de contrôler et contenir un matériau organique par sorption dans une organo-argile. Un matériau de déchets solides ou liquides ou un matériau de déchets dans une solution aqueuse contenant un matériau organique est combiné avec une quantité suffisante d'organo-argile pour sorber et contenir le matériau organique dans l'organo-argile.
Abstract:
Une technique permettant de déterminer le degré de saturation d'une solution (10) comprenant un solvant ainsi qu'un composé à solubilité limitée, comprend les étapes consistant (a) à diluer une solution de base (10) du composé à solubilité limitée, (b) à passer un échantillon de la solution de base (10) à travers un lit d'une solution solide (28) du composé ainsi que d'un indicateur, ledit indicateur était intrinsèquement incorporé dans la structure cristalline du composé, de sorte que ladite solution de base diluée (10) testée devient saturée du composé par dissolution d'une partie de la solution solide (30) dans le lit, (c) à mesurer la concentration de l'indicateur dans l'échantillon après passage dans le lit de solution solide (28), mesurant ainsi la quantité du composé dissous provenant de ladite solution solide (30) pour saturer la solution de base diluée (10), et (d) à déterminer le degré de saturation du composé dans ladite solution de base (10) à partir des valeurs mesurées.
Abstract:
A process for low NOX combustion which involves combusting an oxygen-containing combustible gas stream having fuel material in excess of the oxygen in the combustible gas stream, whereby the combustible gas stream is combusted in a reducing atmosphere to produce a heated oxygen-depleted gaseous stream, converting at least a portion of the heat in the oxygen-depleted stream into steam, adding air to the oxygen-depleted stream to produce a stoichiometric excess of oxygen in the resultant stream relative to fuel material present in the resultant stream, passing the resultant stream over an oxidizing catalyst to produce an oxidized gaseous stream, optionally removing heat from the oxidized stream, and venting the resultant cooled stream. A system for carrying out the foregoing process is also provided.