Hague International

Kramer Industries, Inc.

Ivan G Most

John W Bjerklie

Kenneth G Hagen

Paul G LaHaye

William S Hubble

A continuous process and system for treatment of oily waste products and heavy sludge resulting from the washing of scrap metal fragments bathed in oil. The sludge and oily waste both include a mixture of water, ferrous containing particulates and a hydrocarbon liquid. The process of this invention includes feeding the heavy sludge and oily waste into an incinerator, incinerating the hydrocarbon liquid contained therein at conditions such that the metal contained therein is recovered as particulate ash, and venting the resulting combustion gases to the atmosphere. The system of this invention includes an incinerator, an auger for transporting heavy sludge from the scrap washer to the incinerator, a pump and storage tank for feeding oily waste from the scrap wash water to the incinerator, and a baghouse for filtering the combustion gases and exhausting them to the atmosphere. A second auger may be provided for transporting sludge from a sludge storage tank, and a water heater may be provided for passing the combustion gases in heat exchange relationship with wash water. The incinerator utilizes a starved air principle and includes a primary chamber and a secondary chamber where temperatures and oxygen levels are carefully controlled. The ferromagnetic ash from the incinerator and the particulates recovered in the baghouse can be sold for scrap.

Treatment method for metal bearing oily waste

A primary combustion chamber is located above a secondary combustion chamber with a support grate between the two for supporting particulate solid waste fuel to be burned efficiently. Primary air is introduced to the primary combustion chamber with secondary air introduced below the grate into a combustion gas flow to cause complete burning in the secondary combustion chamber. A brick wall screen means of high temperature, corrosion-resistant brick forms the secondary combustion chamber to allow exhaust gaseous product to exit therethrough while screening out ash which can be removed from the combustion area. The gaseous product passed through the screen is then passed to a heat exchanger to utilize part of the heat produced for heating primary and secondary air used in the combustor. The exhaust gas from the heat exchanger can then be put to use in a boiler or other energy producing device.

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Cape Elizabeth, ME, United States of America

Ivan G Most