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US 2019/0137180 A1Published application
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.
Claims14
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.
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A method of finishing manufactured workpieces, the method comprising:
- transporting workpieces into an oven chamber of the 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 in the circulation system to scrub VOCs from the heated air, the VOC catalytic oxidizer giving off reaction heat into the circulation system for assisting in heating the oven chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.