Incinerator, incineration system and method
AssigneeEcologenics Corporation
InventorJack C. Adams
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Abstract
Comminuted waste material is inserted into an upper section of a vertically directed incinerator. The incinerator includes a plurality of vertically contiguous zones. A blower is connected to an outlet port of the incinerator to adjust the flow rate of combusting gases within each of the incineration zones. The blower provides a force on the combusting gases opposite to a thermal updraft force which permits control of the flow of the gases in a manner resulting in spontaneous combustion of the waste material.
Claims27
A waste material incineration method including the step of:
- a. comminuting said waste material to a predetermined size;
- b. inserting said comminuted waste material to a vertically extending incinerator;
- and
- c. applying a pressure differential to said incinerator throughout said vertical extension of said incinerator to control a flow rate of said comminuted waste material combustion gases through a plurality of vertically contiguous zones within said incinerator to provide spontaneous combustion of said comminuted waste material within said incinerator.
An incinerator for combusting waste material, comprising:
- a. waste material combustion means forming a vertically extending enclosed chamber having a plurality of vertically contiguous combustion zones;
- and,
- b. means for applying a predetermined pressure differential across said contiguous combustion zones within said combustion means for controlling a flow rate of said combusting waste material through said combustion zones to provide spontaneous combustion of said waste material within said combustion means.
A waste material incineration system comprising:
- a. means for comminuting said waste material to a predetermined size;
- b. incinerator means connected to said comminution means for receiving said comminuted waste material at an upper section;
- and,
- c. means for adjusting a flow rate of said comminuted waste material combustion gases through a plurality of vertically contiguous zones within said incinerator means by applying a predetermined pressure differential across said contiguous zones for providing a thermodynamic environmental condition receptive to spontaneous combustion of said comminuted waste material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.