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US3853076A
US3853076A US00407612A US40761273A US3853076A US 3853076 A US3853076 A US 3853076A US 00407612 A US00407612 A US 00407612A US 40761273 A US40761273 A US 40761273A US 3853076 A US3853076 A US 3853076A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G7/00—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals
    • F23G7/008—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals for liquid waste
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G5/00—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor
    • F23G5/32—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor the waste being subjected to a whirling movement, e.g. cyclonic incinerators

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  • a liquid which is a mixture of filtrate and decantrate and has a solids content possibly as high as percent, and the necessity for burning is due to the bacterial and biological characteristics of the liquid.
  • This burning step is difficult both because of the low calorific value of the liquid/solids and also because, in evaporating water from the liquid, an extremely unpleasant I smell is generated and there is a danger of contamination from escaping vapours. Similar difficulties arise with other waste liquids containing industrial solvents.
  • the hearth comprises a shallow frustoconical area which may open to a steep frusto-conical area.
  • the liquid waste may be confined as a pool on the hearth, so that the surface area of the pool additional to the liquid trickling down the hearth is available for evaporation and for combustion of the liquid or alternatively, the liquid may be burnt substantially entirely as a thin film trickling down the slope of the hearth.
  • the flow rate may be arranged so that the liquid is wholly combusted before it reaches the central area of the hearth and the latter may serve as an ash pit for incombustible residue.
  • the level may be controlled by supply from an external tank having a weir plate to control the height of liquid in the tank and with re-circulation of spill-over from the weir plate, to a second and annular weir plate around the hearth and hence the height of the liquid above the annular weir plate and the rate of flow may be maintained by gravity flow.
  • the flow may be under the control of pumps which may be adjusted either manually or automatically, the latter under the control of sensors readingthe temperature of the exhaust gases from the furnace or the percentage of carbon dioxide present.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic part-sectional elevation of a typical furnace installation according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the arrangement of FIG. 1.
  • the furnace comprises a combustion chamber which is generally cylindrical and has a hearth 12 at the lower end of the cylinder, the axis of the cylinder being vertically extending.
  • 5 hearth includes a shallow frusto-conical area 14 opening to a steeper frusto-conical central portion or well 16 which communicates to an ash well 18.
  • the upper end of the furnace combustion chamber is provided with a frusto-conical cyclone area 20 communicating with exhaust passage 22 connected to a flue,'and possibly with a dust extractor or wet scrubber, the passage communicating with fan means before being connected to the final outlet flue or chimney.
  • the whole of the interior of thecombustion chamber area of the furnace is lined with refractory such as silicon carbide, and a plurality of oil or gas burners 23 open into the combustion chamber, being downwardly directed and tangentially inclined to the periphery of the chamber, so as to induce'cyclonic action of combustion products.
  • a plurality of combustion air inlets 24 are provided, which may be combined with the burners or separate therefrom, which in the latter case will be similarly directed.
  • the burners may be" adjustable in angle, to enable flame to be directed at the hearth.
  • a ring main or manifold 60 extends around the periphery of the hearth, but externally of the furnace structure, and a plurality of separate inlets 62 extend through the cylindrical wall to deliver liquid to (substantially) the periphery of the hearth so that the liquid trickles down towards the central point.
  • the inlet 62 may be provided with divergent nozzles or apertures so as to, spread the liquid over substantially the whole of the surface area of the hearth.
  • a tank connected to pump 72 which delivers to the main 60, with a valve controlled by-pass 74, enabling the pump to be 1 run at constant rate, but for the delivery rate to be controlled in accordance with requirements.
  • the arrangement may be operated so that the liquid waste material delivered through the inlets 62 and trickling over the hearth is substantially all evaporated and burnt by the burners and combustion air via the inlets therefor before it reaches the central and steeper frusto-conical portionl6, so that there is no true pool of liquid on the hearth.
  • the same arrangement may be used to feed a pool of liquid, with the possibility of some fraction of the liquid waste material evaporating and/or burning off before it reaches the pool, that is to say providing a pool which is of smaller diameter than the hearth. Ash or other incombustible residue may be removed from the outlet 18 as and when required.
  • the liquid waste being burnt is of a lower calorific value, in general it will be preferred to provide a pool or larger surface area. In such events, and particularly with very low calorific value materials, the burners will operate at a higher rating in order to maintain combustion at desired levels.
  • combustion air continues to be supplied into the furnace in the tangential and downwardly directed manner which ensures a high efficiency vortex of flame and hence completion of combustion within the cylindrical area of the furnace, the final frusto-cone also serving to maintain the vortex and complete the combustion.
  • the heat generated maintains evaporation, and particles entrained in the evaporating vapours are thoroughly mixed with flame in the vortex and essentially pass through the burner flames before reaching the final vortex, again for the purposes of ensuring thorough and complete combustion of the material.
  • Furnaces according to the invention may also be suitable for the combustion of liquids containing sodium or other materials which would normally attack the refractory lining of the hearth, and for such purposes the hearth may be composed of a metal, especially a high temperature alloy steel. In such event it is preferred to maintain the hearth surface wet with the liquid over its entire surface area, or substantially so. The waste liquid then has the supplementary purpose of maintaining the hearth cool.
  • annular weir is provided as avertical extension of the hearth periphery and the weir forms one wall of a channel or trough fed from an external reservoir e. g. by gravity sothat the liquid spills over at a plurality of points to feed the pool on the hearth or burn on the surface of the hearth.
  • the annular weir may be of saw-tooth formation or like to ensure that feeding occurs around the whole of the periphery of the hearth.
  • the temperature of the gases leaving the furnace may be sensed and used to control motorized valves such as 75, 76, 78 in the feed system, and in general dropping temperature below a predetermined minimum or rising temperature above a predetermined maximum will be effective to cause reduction of the feed rate.
  • the carbon dioxide content of the exhaust gases may be sensed, and used to control feed rate, and the particular method selected (assuming that manual operation is not required) may depend upon the nature of the waste material'to be burnt.
  • a furnace for burning liquid waste comprising a cylindrical combustion chamber having a conical upper end terminating in an exhaust outlet, a shallow frustoconical hearth forming the lower end of the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel burners which extend into the combustion chamber and are downwardly and tangentially inclined to direct the flame at the hearth, and to induce cyclonic action of the combustion products so as to produce a vortex of flame in the combustion chamber, wherein the improvement comprises a conduit for conducting the liquid waste having a plurality of outlets distributed around the periphery of the hearth to cause the liquid waste to trickle down the hearth, where it is evaporated and burned to produce vapors which pass through the vortex of flame to complete the combustion, and an ash well at the center of the hearth for removal of incombustible residues.
  • a furnace as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hearth comprises a first shallow frusto-conical area and a central steeper-angle frusto-conical portion.

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US1502045A (en) * 1923-12-12 1924-07-22 William H Mccarry Oil burner
US2011283A (en) * 1930-04-28 1935-08-13 Lyman C Huff Apparatus for efficiently burning fluid fuels
US3592150A (en) * 1969-12-16 1971-07-13 Separation Processes Corp Open pit incinerating method and apparatus
US3605656A (en) * 1968-06-08 1971-09-20 Calval Dev Ltd Furnaces
US3748081A (en) * 1971-05-20 1973-07-24 Ppg Industries Inc Method and apparatus for disposal of liquid waste

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US1502045A (en) * 1923-12-12 1924-07-22 William H Mccarry Oil burner
US2011283A (en) * 1930-04-28 1935-08-13 Lyman C Huff Apparatus for efficiently burning fluid fuels
US3605656A (en) * 1968-06-08 1971-09-20 Calval Dev Ltd Furnaces
US3592150A (en) * 1969-12-16 1971-07-13 Separation Processes Corp Open pit incinerating method and apparatus
US3748081A (en) * 1971-05-20 1973-07-24 Ppg Industries Inc Method and apparatus for disposal of liquid waste

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