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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Birmingham, Wellsville, NY (US);
Craig R Johnson, Cuba, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Air Preheater Company, Inc., Wellsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; F23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423210 ; 110187 ; 110345 ; 422111 ; 422173 ; 422183 ; 431-5 ;
Abstract
A fume incinerator (10) and a method of operating same for eliminating combustible fumes from an oxygen bearing process gas stream (1). A first portion (11) of the oxygen bearing process gas (1) is passed to a burner (30) and serves as the source of oxygen for combusting an auxiliary fuel (9) to establish a flame front (28) within the incinerator. The remainder (13) of the process gas stream (1) is passed through the flame front for incineration of any obnoxious fumes contained therein.