Abstract: An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension supports operably disposed therein wherein the supports are spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires and other wastes with an energy value onto one of the supports and feeding the tires to an adjacent downwardly disposed support to further gasify the same under low oxygen to preclude combustion. The column is configured to provide for a number of zones including heating, drying, volatizing, and fixed carbon formation which are collectively referred to herein as a “fractionation process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 2010
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2014
Assignee:
Symbiotic Technology, LLC
Inventors:
Robert L. Kohnen, Dale Van Fossen, Michael Linton
Abstract: An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension burners operably disposed therein wherein the burners are laterally spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires onto one of the burners and feeding the tired to an adjacent downwardly disposed burner to further combust the same. A first conduit includes a first end communicably connected to the suspension column and a second end communicably connected to a boiler wherein air flow passes from the boiler to the suspension column. A second conduit includes a first end communicably connected to the suspension column and a second end communicably connected to the boiler wherein air flow passes from the suspension column to the return air flow path of the boiler. The system includes a mechanism for removing residual waste materials from the suspension column.