Abstract: Apparatus for batch processing source material into charcoal in a battery of kilns, each of which use forced convection of process gases through the source material to shorten the process cycle time, and all of which use an external combustor to burn the process waste gases from each kiln to provide the primary source of applied energy for the process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 2005
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2010
Assignee:
Nucor Corporation
Inventors:
Gerald A. Teeter, Jared S. Kaufman, John L. Pressly, Christopher Adam Goebel, Paul David Debski