Air curtain incinerator
AssigneeAir Burners, Inc.
InventorBrian M. O'Connor
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Abstract
A self-contained, transportable air curtain incinerator for combustion of low calorific value waste comprises a transportable frame supporting a firebox, a fuel supply tank, a fuel-burning electric power generator in communication with the fuel supply tank, at least one fuel-burning burner unit in communication with the fuel supply tank for directing a flame into a combustion chamber defined by the firebox, and an air curtain blower powered by the generator for providing a sheet of high velocity air flow generally across an open top of the firebox.
Claims15
A method of incinerating waste comprising the steps of:
- providing a firebox, at least one fuel-burning burner unit for directing a flame into the firebox, and air curtain means for providing a sheet of high velocity air flow over a top opening of the firebox;
- loading the firebox with waste;
- activating the at least one burner unit until waste combustion is sustainable without energy from the at least one burner unit, and then deactivating the at least one burner unit to allow waste combustion to proceed on its own;
- activating the air curtain means;
- monitoring particulate release from the waste combustion;
- reactivating the at least one burner unit if particulate release rises above an acceptable range, and then deactivating the at least one burner unit when particulate release is in the acceptable range.
An incinerator apparatus comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame includes front and rear opposite ends, a pair of spaced skids extending from the front end to the rear end for contacting the ground, and a tow coupling at the front end;
- a firebox supported on the frame, the firebox including an open top and a plurality of walls defining a combustion chamber;
- a fuel supply tank supported on the frame;
- a fuel-burning generator supported on the frame in communication with the fuel supply tank, the generator supplying electric power;
- a fuel-burning burner unit in communication with the fuel supply tank, the burner unit being arranged to direct a flame into the combustion chamber;
- and
- air curtain means supported on the frame and powered by the generator for providing a sheet of high velocity air flow generally across the open top of the firebox;
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- a control room adjacent the firebox, wherein the fuel supply tank and the generator are housed in the control room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.