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Process and plant for the thermal treatment of waste material

US6018090A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 1997
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/129
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for heat treating waste materials including pyrolysing the waste materials in a first heating zone to produce pyrolysis gas containing dust and impurities, removing at least 90% of the dust from the pyrolysis gas, and burning the pyrolysis gas to produce flue gas. The flue gas produced is either immediately denitrogenated non-catalytically or first cooled and then catalytically denitrogenated. Following denitrogenation the flue gas is filtered to purify the gas.

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