Furnaces – Including means to feed solid fuel – Movable grate
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-03
2006-01-03
Rinehart, Kenneth (Department: 3749)
Furnaces
Including means to feed solid fuel
Movable grate
C110S1010CD
Reexamination Certificate
active
06981455
ABSTRACT:
In a two-stage wet waste burner, a first-stage combustion chamber has a symmetrical grate arrangement. The grate comprises spaced individual upright air supply tubes with flat horizontal upper surfaces swept by ash-removal plates. The height and width of the air supply tubes are selected to provide an upper surface profile approximating the natural angle of repose of the waste. Twin waste feed distribution augers span the chamber and rotate in mating troughs. The axis of rotation of each auger is sloped so that the discharge end of the auger is higher than the feed inlet end, and the trough sidewalls are inclined downwardly from the inlet end to the discharge end; these attributes promote even discharge of waste across the span of the chamber. Vertical walls of the air supply tubes are provided with air ports for supplying combustion air, the vertical orientation of the apertures and a degree of shielding of the upper surfaces of the air supply tubes inhibit clogging of the air ports. Drivers for the ash-removal plates comprise pendular arms each pivoting about an upper pivot point lying substantially in the vertical plane of symmetry, each arm being pivotally connected directly or indirectly to the ash removers. A burner of the foregoing type may be combined with a dryer for drying a portion of the waste and with a mixer that mixes dried waste with raw wet waste and feeds the mixed waste to the burner. The mixed waste can be efficiently burned yet can be efficiently conveyed. Such combination is particularly suitable for combustion of sewage sludge.
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Barrigar Robert H.
Rinehart Kenneth
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