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US 10,794,633 B2Granted
Oven with internal VOC catalyst
AssigneeSST Systems, Inc.
InventorBradley M. Andreae
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Abstract
An industrial oven includes an oven chamber configured to receive a plurality of workpieces for drying or curing. A heater box of the oven has a heating element therein operable to heat air for delivery to the oven chamber. A circulation system of the oven is operable to force hot air from the heater box into the oven chamber. A VOC oxidation catalyst is provided in the circulation system.
Claims19
An industrial oven comprising:
- an oven chamber configured to receive a plurality of workpieces for drying or curing;
- a heater box having a heating element therein operable to heat air for delivery to the oven chamber;
- a circulation system operable to force hot air from the heater box into the oven chamber;
- and
- a VOC oxidation catalyst provided in the circulation system, wherein the VOC oxidation catalyst is positioned at least partially within the oven chamber.
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A method of finishing manufactured workpieces, the method comprising:
- transporting workpieces into an oven chamber of an industrial oven;
- heating air in a heater box of the industrial oven with a heating element;
- supplying the heated air through a circulation system to the oven chamber;
- recirculating at least a portion of the heated air from the oven chamber back to the heater box;
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- operating a VOC catalytic oxidizer at a portion of the circulation system that is within the oven chamber to scrub VOCs from the heated air, the VOC catalytic oxidizer giving off reaction heat to serve as a heat source from within the oven chamber.
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An industrial oven comprising:
- an oven chamber configured to receive a plurality of workpieces for drying or curing;
- a heater box having a heating element therein operable to heat air for delivery to the oven chamber;
- a circulation system operable to force hot air from the heater box into the oven chamber;
- a first VOC oxidation catalyst provided at a position along the circulation system at least partially within the oven chamber;
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- a second VOC oxidation catalyst provided at a second position along the circulation system at least partially within the heater box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.