Pollution reduction smokeless auto incinerator
OwnerRoy Weberinventor
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Abstract
A smoke control device for use in motor vehicle incineration. Smoke from burning vehicles in an incineration area is directed into a collecting chamber by controlled air flows and flaps. Updrafts evacuate the chamber and force the smoke into a combustion stack. The column of smoke in the stack is raised to combustion temperature by heaters mounted on the stack. The superheated smoke is combined with heated air in the vicinity of an open flame causing combustion resulting in a clear stack discharge.
Claims24
A smokeless motor vehicle incinerator apparatus comprising vehicle confining means for receiving and holding motor vehicles to be incinerated, igniting means adjacent the vehicle confining means for inflaming vehicles held by the vehicle confining means, smoke guiding means adjacent the vehicle confining means for directing smoke generated by incineration of vehicles held by the vehicle confining means to smoke control means, smoke control means ajacent the vehicle confining means for receiving smoke generated by incineration of vehicles held by the vehicle confining means converting substantially all of the received smoke to heat and expelling heat into the environment, the smoke control means comprising a smoke collecting chamber adjacent the vehicle confining means for receiving smoke from the vehicle confining means and communicating received smoke to smoke elimination means, smoke elimination means connected to the smoke collecting chamber for receiving smoke from the smoke collecting chamber comprising smoke heating means for heating received smoke, smoke combustion means for converting received smoke into heat through combustion, and expelling means for releasing the heat into the environment,
- further comprising first moving means connected to the smoke control means and the ground to enable lateral movement of the smoke control means, second moving means connected to the ignition means, smoke guiding means and the ground to enable lateral movement of the ignition means and smoke guiding means, the first and second moving means longitudinally spaced and parallel, enclosing means connected to the smoke control means, the ignition means and the smoke guiding means for enclosing the longitudinal space between the first and second moving means, the vehicle confining means comprising the longitudinal space and the enclosing means.
A smokeless motor vehicle incinerator apparatus comprising vehicle confining means for receiving and holding motor vehicles to be incinerated, igniting means adjacent the vehicle confining means for inflaming vehicles held by the vehicle confining means, smoke guiding means adjacent the vehicle confining means for directing smoke generated by incineration of vehicles held by the vehicle confining means to smoke control means, smoke control means adjacent the vehicle confining means for receiving smoke generated by incineration of vehicles held by the vehicle confining means converting substantially all of the received smoke to heat and expelling heat into the environment, the smoke control means comprising a smoke collecting chamber adjacent the vehicle confining means for receiving smoke from the vehicle confining means and communicating received smoke to smoke elimination means, smoke elimination means connected to the smoke collecting chamber for receiving smoke from the smoke collecting chamber comprising smoke heating means for heating received smoke, smoke combustion means for converting received smoke into heat through combustion, and expelling means for releasing the heat into the environment,
- wherein the smoke elimination means comprises side wall means formed about a vertical axis bounding an open interior column having a lower open smoke receiving end connected to the smoke collecting chamber and an upper open heat expelling end, smoke heating means comprising a source of pressurized flame gun operating fuel, flame guns mounted radially on the side wall means having inward open ends projecting into the open interior column for injecting smoke heating ignited fuel into the column and having outward ends configured for connection to fuel supply lines, fuel supply lines connected to the outward ends of the flame guns and the source of fuel for communicating fuel from the source to the flame guns, flame gun igniting means connected to the flame guns for igniting the initial fuel injected into the column, smoke combustion means comprising choke support means connected to the side wall means for movably supporting choke means in the open upper end of the column, choke means connected to the choke support means for diffusing smoke heating flame from the flame guns to circular shape adjacent the inner surface of the side wall means opposite the choke means and for providing a limited restriction in the column to facilitate sufficient smoke heating, a source of pressurized air, air heating means comprising air tubes coiled around the outer surface of the side wall means adjacent the circularly deflected flame for heating combustion aiding air in the tubes, air supply lines connected to the source of compressed air and the air heating means for communicating air from the source to the air heating means, air injection means connected to the air heating means and the side wall means adjacent the upper end for communicating heated air from the air heating means to the interior column and combining the heated air with the heated smoke and the flame from the flame gun in the column thereby forming an intense flame in the column adjacent the upper end which ignites the smoke in the column and converts that smoke to heat, expelling means for expelling heat from the interior column into the environment comprising side wall extension means connected to the upper end of the side wall means forming a flame vortex space adjacent the upper open end of the interior column providing contact between the intense smoke igniting flame and the environment to maintain the ideal combustion environment for combustibles in the smoke and to expell heat from the smoke igniting flame into the environment.
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