Above Upwardly Fed Mantle Patents (Class 431/106)
  • Patent number: 9772108
    Abstract: Methods and systems for clean-up of hazardous spills are provided. In some aspects, there is provided a system for burning an water-oil emulsion that includes an enclosure configured to hold a water-oil emulsion; one or more conductive rods disposed throughout the enclosure, each rod of the one or more roads having a heater portion to be submerged in the water-oil emulsion and a collector portion to project above the water-oil emulsion, wherein the collector portion is longer than the heater portion; and a delivery system for supplying an water-oil emulsion to the enclosure, the delivery system is configured to maintain a constant level of the water-oil emulsion in the enclosure as the water-oil emulsion is burned. The enclosure may further include one or more adjustable air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ali S. Rangwala, Xiaochuan Shi, Kemal S. Arsava, Glenn Mahnken