公开(公告)号：US4925532A

公开(公告)日：1990-05-15

申请号：US342056

申请日：1989-04-24

申请人： William E. Meuser ,  Gary W. LaRue ,  Windel L. Harris ,  James A. Donahue ,  L. H. Bonney ,  Gene W. Glanton

发明人： William E. Meuser ,  Gary W. LaRue ,  Windel L. Harris ,  James A. Donahue ,  L. H. Bonney ,  Gene W. Glanton

IPC分类号： B09B3/00 ,  C10B7/06 ,  C10B7/14 ,  C10B49/14 ,  C10B53/00 ,  C10B53/07 ,  C10G1/00 ,  C10G1/10

CPC分类号： C10B7/14 ,  C10B49/14 ,  C10B53/00 ,  C10B53/07 ,  C10B7/06 ,  Y02E50/30 ,  Y02P20/143

摘要： A method and apparatus for the thermal conversion of organic waste materials includes a tank having a molten metal bath, preferably lead, through which apertured containers are transported by primary conveyer members in a plane intermediate two arrays of heating devices. Buoyancy of the waste-filled containers is resisted by abutment members within the tank while alignment elements on the containers prevent the containers from becoming askew during their travel through the tank. The abutment members may comprise fixed rails or secondary coveyor members spaced atop the primary conveyor members. Agitation devices within the tank assist in maintaining maximum heat distribution throughout the bath. Produced hydrocarbons are collected by a main hood overlying the major portion of the tank bath surface while separate shroud assemblies overlie other, individual isolated bath surfaces at the entrance and exit of the tank. Inorganic and/or products not converted by the elevated temperature of the bath (over 650 degrees F.), accumulate on the surface and are periodically removed by a skimmer apparatus, communicating with the exterior of the hood. A continuous process is achieved by utilizing conveyors to deliver and retrieve the containers to and from the tank, respectively.

公开(公告)号：US5085738A

公开(公告)日：1992-02-04

申请号：US520025

申请日：1990-05-07

申请人： Windel L. Harris ,  James R. Donnohue

发明人： Windel L. Harris ,  James R. Donnohue

IPC分类号： C10B7/06 ,  C10B7/14 ,  C10B49/14 ,  C10B53/00 ,  C10B53/07

CPC分类号： C10B53/00 ,  C10B49/14 ,  C10B53/07 ,  C10B7/06 ,  C10B7/14 ,  Y02P20/143

摘要： An apparatus for the thermal conversion and recovery of organic waste materials includes an oxygen-free chamber filled with molten lead and a method of use of the apparatus. The chamber is elongate and inclined so that organic material introduced in a lower portion of the chamber migrates through the molten lead to a higher portion of the chamber due to the organic material having a specific gravity less than that of lead. As the organic material migrates through the molten lead, the material is thermally converted to gaseous and vapor hydrocarbons that are captured in a condenser. The gaseous hydrocarbons are utilized to heat the lead in the chamber and the vapor is condensed to liquid hydrocarbons in the condenser. Residual solids flow to a reservoir connected to the chamber. Light carbon black is drawn into a receiver by a vacuum line located near the top of the reservoir and all other residual solids flow over a reservoir wall.

摘要翻译： 用于热转化和回收有机废料的装置包括填充有熔融铅的无氧室和使用该装置的方法。 室是细长的和倾斜的，使得引入室的下部的有机材料由于比重小于铅的比重的有机材料而通过熔融的铅迁移到室的较高部分。 当有机材料通过熔融铅迁移时，材料被热转化成在冷凝器中捕获的气态和蒸气烃。 气态碳氢化合物用于加热室中的铅，蒸气冷凝成冷凝器中的液态烃。 残留的固体流到连接到室的储存器。 轻质炭黑通过位于储存器顶部附近的真空管线吸入接收器中，并且所有其它残留固体流过储存器壁。