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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gene A Merrell, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110343 ; 110345 ;
Abstract
In a solid fuel furnace, such as a boiler, having a combustion zone in which the fuel is fired, a convection zone located downstream from said combustion zone and having a plurality of heater tubes disposed therein adapted to heat water or steam disposed therein, and in which convection zone combustion resides emanating from said solid fuel have a tendency to stick to or agglomerate upon said tubes, a method of decreasing said tendency to stick or agglomerate, comprising burning said fuel in the presence of a chromium containing compound adapted to form a chromium oxide compound upon combustion thereof.