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US 7,172,475 B2Granted
Naval propulsion system fed by refuse derived fuel and method thereof
AssigneeWorldwide Ecological Shipping & Transport West
InventorFranco Piermartini
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Abstract
Naval propulsion system (1), comprising a heating chamber (6), apt to be fired with refuse derived fuel, an extraction unit (3, 5) apt to extract the fuel in the form of bales housed in containers to feed it towards the heating chamber, and a unit (4) for reducing the bales to the form of fluff, positioned upstream of the heating chamber.
Claims22
A naval propulsion system, comprising:
- a heating chamber combustion unit, apt to be supplied by non conventional fuel derived from refuse and/or from work process scraps,
- a fuel housing, comprising containers apt to house said fuel in form of bales, said containers being also apt to be used to transport said bales to the location where a ship is to be loaded;
- an extraction unit, apt to extract said fuel in form of bales from said containers to feed it towards said combustion unit;
- and
- a reduction unit for reducing said bales in a fluff form, arranged upstream of said combustion unit.
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A naval propulsion method, comprising a step of subjecting to combustion a non conventional fuel derived from refuse and/or from work process scraps to generate motive power of a ship,
- and further comprising the steps of:
- housing said fuel in the form of bales in containers;
- transporting said containers containing said fuel bales to a location where the ship is to be loaded;
- loading said containers containing said fuel bales on the ship;
- and
- reducing said fuel in a fluff form before proceeding with its combustion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.