Regenerative thermal oxidizer for the reduction or elimination of supplemental fuel gas consumption
OwnerJeffrey J. Grillinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a regenerative thermal oxidizer system, comprising: a recuperative heat exchanger that receives process exhaust gas from an anaerobic digestion process and boosts an inlet temperature of the gas to a second gas temperature; and a regenerative thermal oxidizer that receives the gas from the heat exchanger, further heats/combusts the gas to a third gas temperature, and feeds the gas back through the recuperative heat exchanger, which recoups heat from the gas such that the gas exits the heat exchanger at a fourth gas temperature.
Claims18
A regenerative thermal oxidizer system, comprising:
- a recuperative heat exchanger that receives process exhaust gas from an anaerobic digestion process and boosts an inlet gas temperature of the gas to a second gas temperature;
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- a regenerative thermal oxidizer that receives the gas from the heat exchanger, further heats the gas to a third exhaust temperature, and feeds the gas back through the recuperative heat exchanger, which recoups heat from the gas such that the exhaust exits the heat exchanger at a fourth gas temperature.
A regenerative thermal oxidizer system, comprising:
- a recuperative heat exchanger that receives process exhaust gas from a landfill gas system and boosts an inlet temperature of the gas to a second gas temperature;
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- a regenerative thermal oxidizer that receives the gas from the heat exchanger, further heats the gas to a third exhaust temperature, and feeds the gas back through the recuperative heat exchanger, which recoups heat from the gas such that the gas exits the heat exchanger at a fourth gas temperature.
A method for using a regenerative thermal oxidizer, comprising:
- receiving at a recuperative heat exchanger process exhaust gas from an anaerobic digestion process or a landfill gas system;
- boosting an inlet temperature of the gas to a second gas temperature;
- receiving at a regenerative thermal oxidizer the gas from the heat exchanger;
- further heating the gas to a third gas temperature;
- feeding the gas back through the recuperative heat exchanger;
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- recouping heat from the gas such that the gas exits the heat exchanger at a fourth gas temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.