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WASTE DISPOSAL AND ENERGY RECOVERY REACTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 3,884,161 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1973
  • Issued: 05/20/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A waste disposal unit comprising an elongated generally horizontal reactor chamber, an exhaust stack connected to one end of said chamber, a plurality of openings into the top of said chamber, closure means on said openings selectively openable for charging said reactor, a multiplicity of tangential air injector nozzles at the bottom of said chamber for injecting high velocity air into said chamber and spaced fuel nozzle means in said chamber for introducing fluid fuel therein and means selectively operating said air and fuel nozzles to maintain a pilot combustion area at the end remote from the stack, an intermediate nonoxidizing pyrolysis area between the pilot combustion area and stack and a final combustion area adjacent the stack thereby providing a preselected atmosphere in selected segments of said chamber.

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