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US 2017/0226906 A1Published application
Method, system, and device for decontaminating polluted combustion gas using volcanic rock
AssigneeMcguire Stove & Technologies, LLC
InventorAlex Johnson
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Abstract
The present disclosure encompasses methods and systems for decontaminating polluted gas using heated volcanic rock.
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A device for removing at least one pollutant from a combustion gas comprising:
- A single combustion chamber having an inside and an outside, said inside including a single heat source therein, said heat source generating a combustion gas that includes pollutants therein;
- An exhaust passageway having an entrance inside said single combustion chamber and an exit outside said single combustion chamber and connecting said single combustion chamber inside with said single combustion chamber outside;
- A quantity of volcanic rock positioned inside said single combustion chamber, said volcanic rock being spaced from said heat source and positioned between said heat source and said entrance to said exhaust passageway;
- wherein all of said combustion gas contacts said volcanic rock prior to entering said entrance to said exhaust passageway thereby removing at least one pollutant from said combustion gas prior to entering said exhaust passageway and exiting the inside of said single combustion chamber.
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A system comprising:
- An internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber therein, said combustion chamber including a fuel burning area which generates exhaust that is vented to the outside environment when a fuel is being burned;
- An exhaust port having a first end in proximity to said fuel burning area and a second end in communication with said first end, wherein said second end is in proximity to the outside environment outside said internal combustion engine;
- A quantity of volcanic rock disposed between said fuel burning area and said first end of said exhaust port for removing at least one pollutant from the exhaust of an internal combustion engine;
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- An air current generator positioned between said first end of said exhaust port and said second end of said exhaust port.
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A method of decontaminating polluted combustion gas comprising a step of:
- contacting all of said polluted combustion gas with volcanic rock located in a single combustion chamber comprising a container having walls separating the inside from the outside, the inside having a volume defined by the walls and further comprising a heat source inside of the single combustion chamber, said volcanic rock being spaced from the heat source used in the single combustion chamber for a time sufficient to remove at least one pollutant from said polluted combustion gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.