Thermal oxidizers with improved preheating means and processes for operating same
US6126913A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23G2202/50
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides thermal oxidizers containing improved preheating designs and processes for improving the preheating of thermal oxidizers. The processes are practiced by preheating the matrix-bed of matrix materials in a flow path that is opposite in direction to the flow path for the processing fluids through the matrix bed. In such a process, there is a substantial reduction in the time and energy required for the preheating of the matrix bed in comparison to the prior processes using same flow direction preheating.
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