Abstract:
An animal carcass incineration process comprising the steps of: providing a large hopper with a large spring loaded trap door at the top, a series of stationary and rotating blades in the center and a second set of spring loaded doors below. The hopper features a double walled construction which serves to keep the blade drive gears and rollers away from the carcasses as they are being processed through the rotating blades. The carcass hopper blade assembly incorporates a slide out drawer allowing the entire unit to slide out for maintenance and cleaning. A ramp is provided that leads to the top of the hopper to allow a rendering truck to dump carcasses directly into the hopper. A large pipe is provided with an opening beneath the bottom of the hopper and includes a hydraulically driven auger for forcing the shredded carcasses upward along the pipe. A very hot exhaust gas pipe is vented into the auger pipe and is used for removing moisture from the carcass to be burned. Once the carcass remains have reached the top of the auger pipe they are dumped into an incinerator unit that is driven by a hot blower induced oil fire. Heavy smoke and ash from this first stage burning then enters a secondary incineration area that incorporates burning via natural gas. The remaining exhaust gases enter a multi-level filter to catch remaining particles.
Abstract:
Combustible gases from a solid fuel are produced by pyrolyzing the fuel in a pyrolyzer which also produces carbonaceous material. The carbonaceous material from the pyrolyzer is combusted in a furnace to produce combustion products that include hot flue gases and ash particulate. The combustion products are separated into a plurality of streams, one of which contains flue gases, and another of which contains hot ash which is directed into the pyrolyzer. Finally, the stream of flue gases from the furnace is used to dry the fuel that is supplied to said pyrolyzer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for the reduction and recycling of papermaking sludge. Papermaking sludge is incinerated in a rotary heater, typically a rotary cement kiln, asphalt dryer, or specially designed rotary kiln or incinerator. Aggregate may be combined with the sludge to provide better dispersion of the sludge within the heater, and to facilitate heat transfer. Once in operation, the heat of sludge combustion is added to the process heat, resulting in markedly reduced energy requirements. Papermaking sludge is typically fed continuously into said rotary heater while temperatures in the combustion zone are maintained in the range of approximately 800.degree. to 3500.degree. F. During incineration, mixing catalysts (typically casein or soy protein) and wood fibers are burned, while moisture is evaporated. The resulting product consists essentially of carbonate particles which are collected for subsequent use.
Abstract:
A distillation type incinerator generates gas containing much combustible gas owing to restricted air introduction at feeding the combustible matters thereto and minimum necessary supply of air for combustion and dry distillation, and generates residue which contains less unburned matters and can be taken out in lumps, so as to reduce the amount of waste and facilitate the recycle of useful metals. The dry distillation type incinerator comprises a feeding tower which is composed of a hopper and a body, the hopper composed of an inlet and a conveyor, the body which is composed of plural dampers, an inclined multistage furnace integrated with the feeding tower, the inclined multistage furnace composed of a first stage chamber, a middle stage chamber and a last stage chamber which are gradually inclined forward in the descending order, characterized in that a first gage is provided between the last stage chamber and the middle stage chamber and a second gate is provided at a discharge port of the last stage chamber, each chamber has furnace floor, which is inclined proportionally to the inclination of each chamber, and pushers which are provided for raking out unburned matters or residue along the inclined furnaces, the first stage chamber has an exhaust pipe fixed to an upper end thereof for exhausting a combustion gas, the second stage chamber has an air inlet for introducing air thereinto, the third stage chamber has an air inlet and a smoke duct for discharging the combusting gas.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for treating waste materials to produce aggregates wherein pellets comprised of a mixture of solids, liquid wastes and clay are dried by hot air in a dryer. The pellets are then fed to the pyrolysis zone of a rotary kiln wherein they are heated by hot gas from an oxidation zone of the kiln to drive off most of the volatile gases. Remaining volatile gases and the fixed carbon in the waste are oxidized in the oxidation zone, and the silicates in the clay are vitrified in a vitrification zone of the kiln to produce aggregates which are crushed and screened. Volatile gases given off from the pyrolysis zone are mixed with exhaust gases from the dryer to feed the burner for the vitrification zone and to supply oxygen to the oxidation zone.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for treating waste materials to produce aggregates wherein pellets comprised of a mixture of solids, liquid wastes and clay are dried by hot air in a dryer. The pellets are then fed to the pyrolysis zone of a rotary kiln wherein they are heated by hot gas from an oxidation zone of the kiln to drive off most of the volatile gases. Remaining volatile gases and the fixed carbon in the waste are oxidized in the oxidation zone, and the silicates in the clay are vitrified in a vitrification zone of the kiln to produce aggregates which are crushed and screened. Volatile gases given off from the pyrolysis zone are mixed with exhaust gases from the dryer to feed the burner for the vitrification zone and to supply oxygen to the oxidation zone.
Abstract:
A system is disclosed for incinerating fluid (liquid and/or gas) and solid waste including a first, second, and third combustion zones of successively larger interior volumes. Liquid wastes are introduced into the first combustion zone and solid wastes are introduced into the third combustion zone, whereby solid wastes are heated from conduction and/or convection by the first and/or the second combustion zone prior to the solid wastes being introduced into the third combustion zone.
Abstract:
Wet waste (1) is dried in a drier (3) by a blowing through of the flue gas (7) from the combustion of already dried waste and an appropriately amount of auxiliary air, and the heat from the combustion is generated by means of a scrubber (10) also cleaning the air for fume and dust particles, as well as certain nitrogen and sulphur and unpleasantly smelling compounds. Subsequently, the wash water releases the heat to a heat consumer through a heat exchanger (12), and impurities are precipitated in the clearing tank (15), while condensed water from the waste is carried away through a vent pipe (14).
Abstract:
A fluidized bed reactor where material from a prereactor is brought into contact with hot particles separated from flue gases. The particles when removed from the flue gases by a separator are passed to a prereactor having a gas supply and vapor removal port where the hot particles are mixed with fresh feed material and the mixture is passed to the fluidized bed reactor for chemical and/or thermal treatment.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a method of destroying waste by combustion. The waste is first gasified in a gas generator and the gaseous products then delivered to a combustion chamber for combustion thereof. Prior to delivery of the gaseous products to the combustion chamber, the water-soluble compounds are separated therefrom by means of a cooler and an electrostatic filter, and returned to the gas generator prior to combustion thereof.