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US 7,279,800 B2Granted
Waste oil electrical generation systems
OwnerTerry E. Bassettinventor
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Abstract
An on-site electrical power generation system utilizing environmentally hazardous waste oils as a combustible fuel. The disclosed invention utilizes environmentally hazardous waste oils generated by one or more on-site processes, such as, for example, by the maintenance of transportation vehicles. In addition, the system is adapted to provide local space heating and hot water as a byproduct of the combustion process.
Claims33
A system related to on-site burning of on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils for the purpose of on-site electrical power generation, said system comprising:
- a) at least one holder structured and arranged to hold such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils;
- b) at least one combustion heater structured and arranged to produce combustion heat by burning such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils;
- c) at least one waste oil transfer component structured and arranged to transfer such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils from said at least one holder to said at least one combustion heater;
- d) at least one heat energy converter structured and arranged to convert such combustion heat to electrical power;
- e) at least one primary heat exchanger structured and arranged to transfer such combustion heat to said at least one heat energy converter;
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- f) at least one on-site electrical circuit adapted to utilize the electrical power;
- g) wherein said at least one primary heat exchanger is in operational communication with said at least one combustion heater;
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- h) wherein said at least one combustion heater comprises:
- i) at least one atomizer structured and arranged to atomize such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils prior to combustion;
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- ii) at least one igniter adapted to ignite such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils after such environmentally hazardous waste oils have passed through said at least one atomizer.
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A system related to on-site burning of on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils for the purpose of on-site electrical power generation, said system comprising:
- a) at least one holder structured and arranged to hold such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils;
- b) at least one combustion heater structured and arranged to produce combustion heat by burning such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils;
- c) at least one waste oil transfer component structured and arranged to transfer such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils from said at least one holder to said at least one combustion heater;
- d) at least one heat energy converter structured and arranged to convert such combustion heat to electrical power;
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- e) at least one primary heat exchanger structured and arranged to transfer such combustion heat to said at least one heat energy converter;
- f) wherein said at least one holder comprises at least one collector structured and arranged to assist in on-site collecting of such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils;
- g) wherein said at least one waste oil transfer component comprises
- i) at least one pump to pump such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils from said at least one holder to said at least one combustion heater,
- ii) at least one flow volume regulator adapted to regulate the flow volume of such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils pumped from said at least one holder to said at least one combustion heater, and
- iii) at least one pre-heater structured and arranged to preheat such environmentally hazardous waste oils prior to burning;
- h) wherein said at least one primary heat exchanger is in operational communication with said at least one combustion heater;
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- i) wherein said at least one combustion heater comprises:
- i) at least one atomizer structured and arranged to atomize such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils prior to combustion;
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- ii) at least one igniter adapted to ignite such on-site-generated environmentally hazardous waste oils after such environmentally hazardous waste oils have passed through said at least one atomizer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.