Countercurrent flow afterburner
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
InventorsRonald L. Leggett, Donald E. Presse, Carl J. Smith, Alton R. Teter
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Abstract
Afterburner apparatus for receiving from an incinerator products of combustion and distributing them through a domed distributor in counterflow manner throughout a housing, in opposition to a stream of combustible gas.
Claims6
Apparatus for treating products of combustion from an incinerator, comprising a housing having an end wall with inlet opening for receiving said products of combustion and an oppositely disposed generally conical end portion, a dome member extending over said inlet opening having throughout its area penetrating apertures for directing said products of combustion toward said end portion and throughout said housing intermediate said dome and end portion, gas supply means carried by said end portion for directing combustible gas toward said dome and throughout said housing intermediate said dome and said end portion, and a plurality of outlet conduits penetrating said end portion for conducting gases and products of combustion from said housing.
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