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Process for the thermal treatment of waste material

US5915311A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1996
Grant dateJun 29, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23G5/027
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The waste material is degasified under the action of heat in a pyrolysis chamber (2). The volatile degasifying products are subjected to afterburning with supply of oxygen in an afterburning chamber (4a or 4b or 4c) designed as a fluidized-bed reactor. The solids discharged from the afterburning chamber (4a or 4b or 4c) are separated off from the flue gas stream in a dust separator (8) and, preferably cooled in an external fluid-bed cooler, are recycled to the afterburning chamber (4a or 4b or 4c). The temperatures of above 2500.degree. C., which are produced in the afterburning of the carbonization gases having a high heating value (minimum 8000 kJ/m.sup.3 (S.T.P.), can be controlled.

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