Furnaces – Process – Treating fuel constituent or combustion product
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2007-07-31
Rinehart, Kenneth (Department: 3749)
Furnaces
Process
Treating fuel constituent or combustion product
C110S347000, C110S203000, C095S134000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10866239
ABSTRACT:
A method for capturing mercury in a flue gas formed by solid fuel combustion including: combusting coal, wherein mercury released during combustion is entrained in flue gas generated by the combustion; generating a thermally activated carbon-containing sorbent by partially gasifying a solid fuel in a gasifier local to the combustion of solid fuel; injecting the gasified gas products into the combustion of coal; injecting the thermally activated sorbent in the flue gas, and collecting the injected sorbent in a waste treatment system.
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Ho Loc
Lissianski Vitali Victor
Maly Peter Martin
Seeker William Randall
General Electric Company
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
Rinehart Kenneth
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