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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aaron J. Teller, Palm Beach Garden, FL (US);
Jonathan R. Lagarenne, Annandale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Hamon Research-Cottrell, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/022 ; F23B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/022 ; F23B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling or removing mercury, mercury compounds and high molecular weight organics, if present, from a waste incineration apparatus exhaust stream by separately adding a carbonaceous char to the flue gas while the flue gas is still within the unit. The char can be produced in situ by adding a carbonaceous material and allowing the carbonaceous material to thermally decompose.