Combustor for waste gases
AssigneeCombustion Unlimited Incorporated
InventorJohn F. Straitz, III
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Abstract
A combustor is described for use in populated areas which may be elevated, and mounted on the roof of a building or which may be mounted on the ground, the combustor being adapted for waste gas having a very low btu content, or is a very dirty gas containing tars and particulate material, or is a very low pressure gas which has insufficient kinetic energy to mix readily with air, an upright combustion chamber open at the top being employed surrounded by an acoustical fence to reduce transmission of noise from the combustion and from secondary air supplied over the fence to reduce wind effect, and to reduce light transmission from the combustion process, the burners being disposed beneath a radiation floor and being independent and separately removable for cleaning without shut down of the combustor.
Claims10
Apparatus for the combustion of waste gases which comprises,
- a combustion chamber bounded by vertical walls and open at the top and having openings at the bottom of the vertical walls for entry of air,
- said combustion chamber having a bottom closure,
- an acoustical fence surrounding said combustion chamber at the bottom thereof and spaced from said vertical walls for entry of air for combustion through said openings,
- said bottom closure having a plurality of burner blocks extending therethrough with vertical openings in the burner blocks for burning waste gas,
- waste gas burners disposed below and concentric with each of said burner blocks,
- a waste gas supply connection,
- valve members for controlling the supply of waste gas from said supply connection to each of said waste gas burners,
- a supply connection for air under pressure,
- branch ducts for each of said waste gas burners connected to said air supply connection for supplying primary air for combustion to each of said waste gas burners,
- members for controlling the flow through each of said ducts,
- each of said waste gas burners being removably mounted with respect to its burner block and its branch duct for inspection and cleaning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.