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Furnace including localized incineration of effluents

US5769010A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1996
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23G2207/40
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A furnace includes a high temperature heating source located within the cavity of the furnace which incinerates undesired effluents produced during the normal thermal processing of material. The heating source comprises one or more hot wires disposed within apertured tubes, which are at a temperature above the ignition point of the undesired effluents. As the effluents pass into the tube through the apertures, they are incinerated, thereby producing an exhaust that is generally pollution free. Additionally, the heat used during the incinerating of the undesired effluents fully provides the heating requirements of the furnace for the thermal processing of material.

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