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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Rackley, Alliance, OH (US);
Stanley J Vecci, Alliance, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110346 ; 110259 ; 110264 ; 252629 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for vitrifying inorganic hazardous material including heavy metals from waste containing organic and inorganic substances. The inorganic hazardous material is retained and vitrified in the slag layer of a cyclone furnace where it is converted to a nonleachable, inert form for safe disposal in conventional landfills and where, simultaneously, organic hazardous substances are completely destroyed.