Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for efficiently and completely combusting oil in mixture with particulate solids. A furnace (kiln) having a feed nozzle with a lead screw drives the mixture from a feed hopper. This nozzle includes forced-air jets/ports at its tip providing makeup air and allowing atomization of the mixture. The nozzle thereby directs the mixture into a rotating combustion chamber that is tilted downwardly from the front toward a solid waste outlet port at the rear. Uncombusted fuel and air backflow to an upper, secondary chamber near the primary chamber front, and are completely combusted at a high temperature. Gasses exit a flue that can include a heat exchanger. This heat exchanger can be operatively connected to a heating device or other mechanism that converts the heat into usable energy. The nozzle can include a cone with axially tilted air ports about its perimeter.

Abstract: A grill apparatus that raises and lowers a coal grate to and away from a food grill. The grill apparatus includes an oven having a bottom oven portion in the shape of an upright bowl, a top oven portion in the shape of an inverted bowl, and a middle portion in the shape of a cylinder. A cranking of a handle outside of the oven rotates a shaft running through the oven. The shaft spools up and spools out a tether engaged to the coal grate to draw a heat source on the coal grate to and away from food items on the food grill.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating hazardous materials are disclosed. One exemplary implementation provides a system for rendering chemical weapons materiel less hazardous. This system includes a detonation chamber, an expansion chamber, and an emission treater adapted to treat gas from detonation of the chemical weapons materiel. The emission treater yields a substantially dry residual waste stream and a treated gas suitable for venting to atmosphere. The emission treater may treat the gas with an alkaline powder that interacts with the gas, producing the residual waste stream.

Abstract: A firebox apparatus is adapted for transport on a vehicle having a roll-off hoist mechanism by providing parallel guides on the underside of a supporting skid assembly of the firebox apparatus for engaging siderails of a tiltable roll-off track of the hoist mechanism, and by providing reinforced front and rear portions connecting parallel longitudinal skid members to maintain an opening at the bottom of the firebox apparatus yet make the firebox apparatus sufficiently sturdy to withstand loads encountered during loading an unloading from the transport vehicle. The firebox apparatus includes an air curtain system for limiting pollution resulting from incineration of waste. The present invention enables easy installation and removal of the firebox apparatus in crowded environments, such as urban environments, to cleanly burn waste.

Abstract: Oil/water mixtures recovered from the sea surface and similar areas are emulsified without the use of any emulsifier and subjected to combustion. A boat (300) is equipped with a spilled oil recovery unit (310) for recovering oil having been spilled onto the natural sea area; an emulsification unit (100) devised so that while the oil/water mixture is discharged through a liquid discharge nozzle, any of this mixture (121) having been recovered by the spilled oil recovery unit (310) is crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle to thereby produce an oil/water emulsion; and a combustion unit (200) capable of combustion of the emulsion produced by the emulsification unit (100).

Abstract: A transportable incineration apparatus for burning wood and green waste comprises a trailer and a firebox mounted on the trailer by a suspension system operable to lift the firebox off of the ground for transport and to set the firebox onto the ground for incineration. The wheels of the trailer are mounted on independent torsion axles to increase the space available for the firebox. A system for generating an air curtain overtop the firebox reduces pollution resulting from incineration. The apparatus may be towed to an incineration location and used with minimal set up and take down time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for disposing of hazardous waste associated with criminal activity, the apparatus having a burner assembly and a gas neutralizing assembly secured to a portable frame. The gas neutralizing assembly includes a rupture tank, a reservoir tank in communication with the rupture tank, a water tank in communication with the reservoir tank, and a vacuum pump operatively connected to the reservoir tank.

Abstract: An incinerator, capable of withstanding internal shocks from projectiles resulting from the combustion of energetic materials, is made of a primary combustion chamber where the material is burned, and a secondary chamber to reburn at a higher temperature the gases emanating from the primary chamber. The incinerator has a heating or separation plate, having a flowing-material funnel facilitating the removal of waste solids, to provide heat exchange between the primary combustion chamber and a heating chamber, to protect the heating elements against projectiles, and to restrain any projectiles from exiting the unit. To increase the level of safety of operation, this incinerator is remotely controlled, has a sequence of ignition and has overpressure apertures over the primary chamber.

Abstract: The mobile furnace for removing foreign material, such as coatings, from workpieces. The mobile furnace includes burners for heating a combustion chamber of the furnace, and a burner control for operating the burners. The furnace is mounted on a wheeled vehicle or the like for transport to a worksite.

Abstract: A waste incineration machine capable of rendering a waste gas occurring during the combustion of waste smokeless and odorless. A heat insulating wall to which a first far infrared ray radiator is fixed is provided so as to surround a combustion furnace and a combustion chamber, and a heat exchanger so as to surround the heat insulating wall. An inner flue is formed between the heat insulating wall and combustion furnace, and an outer flue serving as a waste gas convection chamber between the heat insulating wall and heat exchanger. An upper part of a communication portion between the inner and outer flues is covered with a heat insulating member constituting a second far infrared ray radiator so as to subject the waste gas to secondary heating using far infrared rays, and thereby to render the waste gas smokeless and odorless.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for thermal desorption of contaminants from contaminated material, the apparatus including: a plurality of first insulated boxes, each insulated box, defining a volume effective for holding contaminated material, and each insulated box defining an opening at the top of the insulated box; at least one top effective to fit on the opening at the top of the insulated box and each top defining a pattern of heater orifices; a plurality of heaters, the heaters being insertable into the volume for holding contaminated material, through the heater orifices defined by the top; and a vapor extraction system effective to-remove vapors from within the volume for holding contaminated material.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus, and method of operation, for controlling and suppressing the explosive destruction of munitions by detonation in an explosion chamber. The apparatus comprises a double-walled steel explosion chamber which is moved by wheeled carriage means to a desired location. Granular shock-damping silica sand is introduced into fillable cavities within the chamber walls, ceiling and floor prior to use. After use, the sand is removed to lighten the chamber prior to transport. The floor of the chamber is covered with granular shock-damping pea gravel which may be added before use and removed before further transport. A munition to be destroyed is placed within an open-topped steel fragmentation containment unit. Vaporizable plastic bags of energy-absorbing water are disposed about the munition in a spaced array. An array of vent pipes vents the chamber into manifolds leading to an expansion tank or scrubber for further cooling and environmental treatment of the explosion products.

Abstract: A waste-disposing sea-going vessel includes a vessel body that carries solid waste-holding containers to a site at sea far away from land. The vessel body further has an incinerator to incinerate the solid wastes of the containers, a scrubbing chamber to scrub the smoke produced by the incinerator via sea-water, and a neutralization chamber to spray an alkaline solution onto the products produced by the scrubbing chamber, thereby removing hazardous particles before the incinerated wastes are discharged into the sea. A smoke-conveying pipe is further provided to connect a chimney of the incinerator to the scrubbing chamber, and a catalyst converter is provided in the smoke conveying pipe to remove some hazardous smoke particles by filtration and chemical conversion before the post-treatments conducted by the scrubbing chamber and the neutralization chamber.

Abstract: An incinerator for incinerating medical waste in which a self-contained unit including a hopper and a fire chamber are supported on a conveyor mechanism, the fire chamber being provided with an opening and a chute coupling the hopper and the fire chamber for supplying material placed into the hopper to the fire chamber; a scrubber tank is provided which includes a rotatable scrubber, a conveyor conduit and a vacuum pump including a suction mechanism to suck up ash from the fire chamber and convey it through the conveyor conduit to the scrubber tank, a water tank is juxtaposed to the scrubber tank, and the interiors of the water tank and the scrubber tank are coupled together for supplying water to the scrubber tank while the scrubber is rotated for condensing the ash into a slurry which drops to the bottom of the scrubber tank and thereby eliminate the ash content supplied to the scrubber, a pump coupled to the scrubber tank through an extraction conduit for extracting the slurry with the bottom of the scrubb

Abstract: A mobile waste incinerator has a moving vehicle having an engine with an exhaust gas system, a receiving chamber arranged to receive waste to be incinerated and to preliminarily heat the waste, the receiving chamber being connected with the exhaust system so as to receive the exhaust gases for preliminary heating of the waste, a preparation chamber connected with the receiving chamber for receiving the waste heated in the receiving chamber and provided with means for reducing a size of the wastes, the preparation chamber also having means for injecting fuel, an incineration chamber connected with the preparation chamber and provided with means for mixing the fuel with air and igniting a mixture, the incineration chamber being connected with the preparation chamber so that hot gases from the incineration chamber are supplied into the preparation chamber, means for connecting the chambers with one another and closing chambers from one another, and means for discharging the wastes from the incineration chamber.

Abstract: A smokeless mobile agricultural field burner for burning agricultural waste products, mainly rice straw, in the field without releasing excessive air pollution into the environment. The burner consists of a main structure, either self-propelled or towed, that serves as a burn chamber. The sides, top and rear of the main structure are enclosed, while the front and bottom are open, allowing fire to come into contact with the ground to provide sterilization benefits to the soil thereby helping to control soil contamination. Destruction of the waste products is facilitated by a series of primary burners in the burn chamber. Smoke, debris and ash resulting from the primary burn are channeled through the interior of the burner into exhaust ducts by air currents generated by a blower mounted on the outside of the main structure. Once in the exhaust ducts the smoke and debris is destroyed by a set of afterburners, then allowed to escape to an exhaust chamber.

Abstract: The invention is a highly efficient soil and/or water treatment system including its own power source, such as an internal combustion engine, in which heat from all heat sources and heat sinks is exchanged through a mutual heat exchanger circuit. The invention further includes a vacuum pulsation method for the in situ water or soil treatment, in which either or both (a) the pressure of the carrier gas pumped into the injection well and (b) the vacuum on the extraction well oscillate in time. The invention also includes a water treatment unit including a sparging bath with counterflowing sparging gas and a succession of sealed vertical water cells in which water flow is parallel and anti-parallel to the motion of sparging gas bubbles in alternate and remaining cells respectively. Condensation recovery of combustibles includes feedback to the power source for combustion thereof.

Abstract: A yard trash burner capable of effectively burning leaves, branches and other yard waste while preventing flying sparks and ashes that can create a fire hazard. The burner includes a wheeled frame with a handle structure to enable it to be easily moved to a desired position alongside of material to be burned. The burner includes an external barrel rigidly affixed to the wheeled frame and provided with a removable inner burner spaced concentrically from the barrel and being constructed of perforated metal or screen material. The inner burner has open ends with the top end having an inverted channel shaped cover welded thereto which is rigidly affixed to the barrel in spaced relation to enable air to enter the space between the inner burner and barrel to feed air though the openings in the inner burner at any elevation.

Abstract: An incinerator is mounted on a vehicle which is adapted to carry thereon medical refuse, and a main burner in which oil or water is suitably injected is provided in a main furnace of this incinerator. Medical refuse discarded from medical facilities and suspected to cause secondary infection or direct infection is collected and is then at once disposed in the incinerator so as to be burnt.

Abstract: Apparatus for retorting organic matter including a conveyor for advancing organic matter through a chamber in the absence of oxygen, temperature sensors for sensing the temperature in the chamber at a plurality of locations along the length of the chamber, a plurality of burners located along the length of the chamber, controls for individually adjusting the heat generated by the plurality of burners in response to the temperature sensed at the locations, means for selectively directing the heat to the plurality of locations along the length of the chamber so as to convert the organic matter into a plurality of byproducts and transporting at least one of said byproducts to said burners for burning therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for allowing thermal dimensional changes of metal parts in a retort mechanism including, a retort chamber, a retort pipe axially extending within the retort chamber and having a material inlet and outlet portion, a retort auger axially extending from the inlet portion to the outlet portion of the retort pipe, the retort pipe having an outer end wall at the inlet end thereof, the retort auger being fixed to the outer end wall so as to be rotatable within the retort pipe, the retort pipe, retort auger and outer end wall being mounted so as to be axially slidable within the retort chamber in response to thermal expansion, and a circumferential seal mounted on the retort chamber and in contact with the retort pipe so as to maintain a sealing relationship during axial sliding.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the removal of contaminants from soil. The soil is pulverized, and then heated to volatilize the contaminants. The volatilized contaminants are then burned as fuel in an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: There is disclosed a burning apparatus having a general burning chamber provided with an air-guide inlet for feeding air from above into the burning chamber and air-discharge outlet to which a funnel is connected. In said burning chamber, a burn-promoting plate formed with a suitable number of piercing holes is disposed from the ceiling of said burning chamber to halfway thereof toward the floor surface of the burning chamber.Fuel or refuse thrown into said burning chamber is burnt from up to down and the burning operation is completed while giving rise to almost no smoke.

Abstract: Earth solids which have been contaminated by volatile organic contaminants can be treated by a method and in an apparatus of this invention. The apparatus includes a rotary kiln, a baghouse filter, a high temperature incinerator and a recycle conduit to recycle a major portion by volume of the hot exit gases from the rotary kiln back to the gas inlet end of the rotary kiln. The remainder of the rotary kiln exit gases is delivered through a baghouse filter to remove gas-borne particulates and the substantially particulate-free kiln exit gas is discharged through a high temperature incinerator which converts unburned volatile organic contaminants to innocuous products of combustion. Recycling the kiln exit gas to the gas inlet end of the kiln permits use of a larger kiln with accompanying increased solids throughput by permitting use of smaller baghouse filters and a smaller incinerator. In the preferred embodiment the entire system preferably is mounted on a frame suitable for highway mobility.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for remedial treatment of soil with volatile contaminants includes a rotating drum having a firebox projecting a flame into the discharge end of the drum. An inlet conveyor enters soil which tumbles through the drum atmosphere which is recycled through the firebox and drum for contaminant incineration in the drum. The recycled atmosphere moves in a circular path about the outer edge of the furner flame to form an annular flame projecting into the drum. A part of the drum recycled atmosphere processed through a final burn box to destroy remaining contaminants, and a cooler for cooling the atmosphere. A separator connected to the cooler separates solids and moisture to discharge a contaminant free atmosphere. The temperature of the discharged soil and the recycled atmosphere from the drum as well as the final processed atmosphere is monitored for controlling the system operation. The several mechanical and electrical components are monitored to provide selected system control.

Abstract: A portable machine for sanitizing soil, particularly that contaminated with petroleum products, including a closed main chamber including vertically spaced augers (26,28,30) which agitate the soil while moving it into position to fall in parallel sheets after it strikes a separation bar 52. A burner 44 generates heat which passes through the falling soil driving off the petroleum which is then burned.

Abstract: A portable machine for sanitizing soil, particularly that contaminated with petroleum products, including a closed main chamber including vertically spaced augers (26,28,30) which agitate the soil while moving it into position to fall in parallel sheets after it strikes a separation bar 52. A burner 44 generates heat which passes through the falling soil driving off the petroleum which is then burned.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted system for removing hydrocarbon contaminants from the soil has an inclined rotary kiln which is rotated about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, a burner assembly at the discharge end of the kiln and a hopper for loading soil into the inlet end to advance through the kiln and be directly heated by the burner assembly. The exhaust stream created in the kiln is drawn through a baghouse for removal of fines, then through the catalytic incinerator to burn any unburned constituents in the exhaust stream. The temperature of the exhaust stream is monitored prior to its passage into the incinerator and at the discharge end of the incinerator as well; and the concentration of hydrocarbon constituents in the exhaust stream is regulated either by introduction of air into the exhaust stream as it is discharged from the kiln or by recirculating a portion of the exhaust stream, after filtration, into the kiln.

Abstract: A system for removing volatilizable organic contaminants from solid materials has a primary volatilizer and a secondary volatilizer positioned in series. A charging system continuously loads solid materials which have been blended to contain a predetermined concentration of contaminants into the primary volatilizer. A portion of the contaminants are volatilized in the primary volatilizer. The solid materials and the volatilized contaminants are transfered to the secondary volatilizer where the volatilized contaminants are burned to provide heat for help in volatilizing the remainder of the contaminants. The solid material which is now decontaminated is quenched. The gases are treated to convert the remaining volatilized contaminants to harmless gases and water vapor. Particulate material is removed from the gases. Nitrogen oxides and sulpher are also converted to harmless forms.

Abstract: A mobile hazardous waste treatment facility (10) is provided for transfer to a remote treatment site where it can be rapidly assembled and disassembled. A primary combustion chamber (20) is placed on a trailer and support section (74). A secondary combustion chamber (24) and a scrubber section (37) are also placed on trailers (119, 127 and 196). Each trailer (74, 119, 127 and 196) is provided with three sets of hydraulic jacks for leveling and lowering the appropriate piece of equipment to jack stands on a concrete slab.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating railroad rails enabling a convenient and efficient expansion of railroad rails is provided by selectively moving a heat source along a rail. The apparatus includes a frame carrying a heat source such as a series of gas fired burners which direct heat toward the rail to raise the temperature of the rail. The rail heater is provided with a set of wheels enabling the heater to be rolled along a rail while heating the rail. The wheels are mounted to subframes which are shiftably mounted to the frame to permit the heater to conform to the gauge of the rail on which it travels.

Abstract: In transit refuse recovery and incineration system for processing refuse as it is collected including bag-ripping, sorting, shredding, pre-heating and pre-volatilization, classifying, incineration, gas clean-up, and bins for re-cyclable items and ash. Pre-heating and pre-volatilization, in conjunction with air classifying prior to incineration, leads to low air-flow usage, compactness and mobility, dioxin reduction, and high gas clean-up efficiency.

Abstract: The pH of low level radioactive waste liquid is adjusted to be substantially neutral and the liquid is passed to apparatus comprising an atomizer (11) having a turbine (15), air being heated by an electric heater (16) to the atomizer (11) to provide low level radioactive waste particles which may be encapsulated, e.g. in a resin. The apparatus may be transportable, and is claimed per se.

Abstract: A multi-stage rotary kiln for burning waste, suitably skid mounted for ease of transport. The kiln includes a pair of concentric tubes affixed one inside the other and rotatable; a first large diameter tube and a second tube of smaller diameter, provided at one end with circumferential wall openings, mounted inside said first large diameter tube. An annular passageway between the two tubes, and opening through the second small diameter tube provides a continuous flow path for the introduction of waste and hot burning gases, the hot gases flowing cocurrently with the waste via the annular passageway, and circumferential openings into and through the second tube. A feed mechanism introduces waste into the annular passageway, elevator means lifts the burning waste from the annular passageway and passes same into the circumferential openings, and the burning waste is transported through the smaller tube and discharged.

Abstract: A self-contained incinerator on wheels is designed to be towed by a vehicle such as a small truck from location to location in order to handle the garbage disposal needs of each location. The refuse can be burned in place or while the incinerator is in transit between locations. A generally rectangular incinerator housing supported on a frame mounted on wheels contains a rear section with a main firing chamber which can be loaded with refuse and a secondary reduction chamber located along the front of the housing which includes an after burner for burning the fumes that issue from the main firing chamber and a wet-scrubbing apparatus for removing particulate and other harmful material from the emissions that enter into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A mobile garbage incinerator having an incinerator body unit. The incinerator body unit includes a hanging drum for lifting and dumping garbage into a collecting tank. Garbage is then moved into a main incinerating room for a first stage incineration process. The resulting ashes are collected and compressed. The resulting waste gases are passed into a sphere-shaped secondary incinerating room. The resulting quasi-purified air is passed into an air-circulating tank for separating dust particles. The resulting further purified air is passed through a water curtain and then passed into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A movable incineration system for the disposal of used sorbent pads utilized in the cleanup of oil or hydrocarbon spills in marine environments. The portable incineration system of the present invention comprises an incinerator, a wringer, an auxiliary power skid unit, a generator and an air compressor.

Abstract: An apparatus for directing a curtain of air along a predetermined path into a pit in which material is burning from an elongated plenum positioned adjacent one margin of the pit. The air exits the plenum through an elongated nozzle assembly communicating with the interior of the plenum member. The path of the air from the nozzle is adjustable by means of a vane to enhance the oxidation of the burning materials and to reduce the amount of smoke produced.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing total combustion of burnable waste materials and which includes a housing mounted upon a series of wheels that furnishes it with portability, the housing forming a firebox having a pair of upper and lower combustion chambers therein, a pair of feed chutes for feeding the combustion chambers, respectively, a closure means pivotally connecting to the housing and providing for coverage of the feed chutes and entrance into the combustion chambers during apparatus operation, a flue connecting to the housing, above the combustion chambers, and extending partially into the upper or secondary combustion chamber, an exhaust stack provided upon said flue, said exhaust stack including a series of cylindrical sections, being of different diametric sizes, with the sections of greater diameter partially lapping and extending above the sections of lesser diameter therebelow, and a truncated shaped stack section connecting upon the uppermost cylindrical section for exhausting the gases of combustio