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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
May. 20, 2003
Bruce W. Ramme, Okauchee, WI (US);
Bryan C. Fisher, San Antonio, TX (US);
Bruce W. Ramme, Okauchee, WI (US);
Bryan C. Fisher, San Antonio, TX (US);
Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the application of heat to remove ammonia compounds from fly ash is disclosed. The apparatus includes a source of fly ash comprising particulates having ammonia compounds affixed to the fly ash particulates, a heating chamber including a treatment bed comprising a media having openings, a fly ash supply conduit for transferring fly ash from the source of fly ash to the treatment bed of the heating chamber, a source of heated air, an air supply conduit for providing a flow of heated air to the treatment bed of the heating chamber for contacting the fly ash on the treatment bed with the flow of heated air, a heated air conduit in communication with the heating chamber for transferring the flow of heated air from the heating chamber, and an ash removal conduit in communication with the heating chamber for transferring heated fly ash from the heating chamber.