Abstract: A rotary kiln (1) is equipped with a horizontal kiln drum (3), arranged rotatable and drivable in a furnace body (2), which kiln drum is closed at the charging and delivery side by end plates (4, 5) forming central charging or delivery openings (6, 7), respectively, and which can be heated from outside via a heating chamber (15) surrounding the drum shell and admitted with heating medium. To achieve a simple and solid drum construction at a good thermic efficiency, the kiln drum (3) consists of U-sections (18) arranged side by side along the drum circumference between the end plates (4, 5), which point radially inward with their open section side, and which are interconnected longitudinally in the touching end zones (19) of the section limbs (20), and along the circumference via reinforcing elements (23), having an axial distance to each other, bridging the remaining longitudinal gaps (21) between the section webs (22).

Abstract: A revolving drum containing a rolling element is provided that includes a member for the cleaning of the inner wall areas of the revolving drum which has at least two cleaning zones. The cleaning zones include projecting cleaning elements and lie in tandem in an axial direction of the revolving drum. They include a fastening apparatus disposed on a front end pointing toward the infeed side of the drum and include a revolving articulation by which the rolling element can be fastened to a non-revolving component of a head of the revolving drum. The cleaning zones comprise generated surfaces of the revolving drum which are at an angle to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for driving a cylinder in rotation about its longitudinal axis, and includes a ring gear perpendicular to the cylinder axis; truncated rollers arranged on each side of the ring gear, at least one of which is a drive roller; and at least one actuator acting on at least one roller for pressing it on the ring gear. The actuator supports and the roller supports are linked to a common structure capable of moving to respond to the movements and possible direction changes during its operation. The invention is specifically applicable for a rotary furnace for firing minerals.

Abstract: A inclined rotary drum mixer has flights for forming a veiling pattern of particles across the width of the drum for a substantial axial extent. The drum has a burner for flowing hot gases of combustion in heat transfer contact with the particle or aggregate veil. A diverter or interceptor is disposed in the drum for interrupting the cascading or veiling pattern to define a channel for flow of hot combustion gases free of heat transfer contact with the particles of the veiling pattern. By controlling the magnitude of the channel formed by the interceptor or diverter, the average exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust gases may be controlled.

Abstract: A method for processing a pulverulent calcium sulphate material in order to obtain a hydraulic binder is described, including combining the following two successive processing steps: (a) heating the pulverulent material in a curing tunnel (1) at a temperature of 220-360° C., under conditions suitable for primarily forming an &agr;-type calcium sulphate, and (b) subjecting the heated material to a thermal quenching step in a cooling apparatus (2), with a cold, dry gas to stabilise the &agr; anhydrite and to prevent its conversion into other crystallographic types. The method provides a novel hydraulic binder with an &agr; anhydrite content of more than 35 wt. %, and with improved strength and behavior in fire resistance properties.

Abstract: A rotary drum cooler having a shell for cooling particulate material (e.g. coke particles) wherein the volumetric capacity of the lifters within the shell which lift the material from the bottom of the shell to the exit thereof can be adjusted to thereby affect the exit parameters (e.g. temperature, particle size, etc.) of the cooled particulate material.

Abstract: A rotary tube furnace suitable for operation in controlled atmospheres at temperatures in the range of 1500.degree. to 2800.degree. comprises a generally horizontal rotatable graphite tube slidably supported on water-cooled split ring graphite bearings. The graphite tube is rotated by means of a stainless steel drive plate and is contained within a flexible atmospheric sealing assembly and enclosure for the containment of a selected atmosphere around and within the tube and allows for the co-current or counter-current flow of gas during operation. Radiation baffles in the interior of the graphite tube inhibit radiant heat loss at the ends of the tube. The graphite tube may be constructed in two or more sections having threaded ends for ease of installation as well as removal or replacement for maintenance purposes. A heating section of the tube is heated by a plurality of graphite electrical heating elements contained within an insulated heating chamber.

Abstract: A furnace for manufacturing ceramics is disclosed. The furnace contains a cylindrical heat resistant container, a furnace body for heating the cylindrical heat resistant container, and driving means for driving the cylindrical heat resistant container. The cylindrical heat resistant container rotates about a central shaft. At the same time, a first end and alternately a second end of the cylindrical heat resistant container are raised and lowered periodically, thus creating a seesaw motion while any material contained in the cylindrical heat resistant container is fired by the furnace body.

Abstract: A flighted, horizontally inclined rotary retort, heated externally by flame, hot gases, steam or other sources of heat. The retort shall have sufficient flight area to transport the coal through the retort in the predetermined time. The coal being processed in this retort is prevented from becoming exothermic by provision for a countercurrent flow of blanket gas, heated to a predetermined temperature below exotherm, to prevent coal surface temperatures from rising above the ignition temperature. The retort accommodates oversize pieces of raw coal by having alternating long and short flights, thus allowing greater space between long flights and allowing the larger pieces to be carried over the center pipe by the wiping action of the long flights. The retort will also be provided with an internal pipe, mounted on the center line of the shell.

Abstract: A rotary calciner for the treatment such as thermal treatment of particulate solids equipped with riffle flights, each in the form of an inverted V shape. The flights are arranged in at least two rows on the inner circumferential wall of the calciner, the rows being staggered so that the apex of each riffle flight is directly beneath the space between two riffle flights in the row above. The riffle flights provide continuous mixing and improve gas-solid contact curing rotation.

Abstract: A fabricated steel lifter for enhancing mixing of particulate material in a rotary calcining kiln. The lifter is fabricated from a weldable heat resistant alloy and includes a base plate, an anchor post, a sole plate, a face plate attached to the sole plate and extending back over the anchor post, and supporting gussets between the sole plate and the face plate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for roasting legumes such as soybeans to enhance their nutritional properties. Raw legumes are introduced to a roaster having an oven section and a steeping section downstream of the oven section. The raw legumes are heated to a selected roasting temperature in the oven section as they are moved through the oven section to and through the steeping section. Throughout the passage of the legumes through the oven and steeping sections the legumes are mixed continously.

Abstract: A burner apparatus uses fuel derived from waste resin. The burner includes a cylindrical body in combination with an oxygen supplier, which form an oxygen deficient atmosphere. While rotating the cylindrical body, a small portion of waste resin is partially combusted to generate heat energy and changes its form to finely divided particles. The heat energy is used for heating and gasifying a remaining larger portion of the waste resin. The produced gas particles are conveyed toward an outlet nozzle of the cylindrical body and are injected outwardly for complete combustion in air.

Abstract: A kiln for pyro-processing a variety of materials, such as cement, lime, lime sludge, clay, shale, magnesite, dolomite, and other minerals, includes a continuously-rotated, cylindrical, elongated shell having a feed end for receiving the material, a processing zone through which high temperature gases circulate and where the material is processed, and a discharge end where the material leaves the kiln. The shell includes an inner cylindrical surface and defines a longitudinal axis extending from the feed end to the discharge end. In addition, a portion of the inner cylindrical surface includes a lining secured contiguous to the inner cylindrical surface. The lining has an inner face in the shape of a continuous sinusoidal wave with a predetermined amplitude and wavelength.

Abstract: A conveyable heating apparatus which is operable in a working place of repairing a paved road and can be carried on a vehicle. An asphalt-reclaiming apparatus 1 embodying one example of the heating apparatus comprises a combustion chamber 2 having an open top, a holding frame 3 supporting the combustion chamber 2, an oil pressure motor for rotating the combustion chamber 2, a stand 5 pivotally supporting through the holding frame 3 the combustion chamber 2, and an oil pressure cylinder 6 for effecting the inclination of the combustion chamber 2. The holding frame 3 is composed of a rear frame 3a disposed behind the combustion chamber 2, a lower frame 3b extending downward from the both ends of the rear frame 3a, and a pair of lateral frames 3c horizontally extending respectively from the rear frame 3a toward both sides of the combustion chamber 2. The combustion chamber 2 can be rotated by the oil pressure motor 4 and inclined by the action of the oil pressure cylinder 6.

Abstract: A single charge continuous rotary retort furnace for heat treating machine parts in a sealed atmosphere, including a rotary retort furnace housing having an inlet and outlet end with a feeder assembly at the inlet end that has a plurality of chambers for supplying the machine parts to the rotary retort furnace housing to be heat treated. In addition, the rotary retort furnace includes a locking collar assembly for connecting the feeder assembly to the inlet end of the rotary retort furnace housing having locking tabs for locking the feeder assembly to the locking collar assembly; pistons and cylinders for rotating the locking collar assembly relative to the feeder assembly; and a device for sealing the feeder assembly relative to the locking collar assembly to create an atmospheric seal in the retort furnace housing for enabling the machine parts to be heat treated.

Abstract: A rotary incinerator for disposal of industrial waste is provided. The incinerator is slopedly and rotatably disposed to a slant support and has a plurality of spirally arranged tubular conveying ribs on entire inner periphery for squeezedly transmitting the incinerating waste from the lower portion to an exit in the tapered upper end so that the waste is stirred while incinerating and the slag and ash are automatically discharged via the exit, a combustion system worked together with a ventilation system at a lower end for supplying the flame and the fresh air into the incinerator, a drive system for driving the incinerator to rotate and a control device for controlling the operation of the above recited elements. The improvement is characterized in safe and rapid incineration of the industrial waste, therefore, economical.

Abstract: A rotary reactor is shown having an improved internal lining including a lifter section which extends along an interior surface of the reactor chamber for lifting material from a lower portion of the chamber to an upper portion thereof as the chamber rotates. The lifter section is formed as a monolithic casting of a refractory material having a polygonal cross-section which includes a series of blunt faces alternating with a series of slanted faces. The slanted faces are aligned with a direction of rotation of the reactor such that the slanted faces of the refractory material first contact the material being lifted.

Abstract: A rotary kiln apparatus including an outer kiln shell defining an interior heating chamber therein for receiving material for heating which preferably includes a rotational drive for rotating the kiln, and a plurality of refractory bricks movably positioned within the chamber in order to maintain heat within the chamber where the refractory bricks are movable and in abutment with respect to one another to accommodate thermal expansion during heating and to maintain enhanced heating within the interior heating chamber with an outer liner insulation included extending about the inside of the outer kiln shell and in abutment therewith providing thermal insulation between the outer kiln shell and the refractory brick members with a metallic intermediate liner mechanically affixed to the inner side of the outer liner insulation to extend thereover to prevent abrasion of the outer liner insulation during normal movement of the refractory brick members during kiln rotation, with mechanical affixing of the intermedia

Abstract: A heating chamber is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and contains a number of heating tubes orientated parallel to each other. Solid material which is lifted up during the rotation can become detached from the heating tubes and upon impact can lead to damage to heating tubes which are situated below. In order to prevent such an occurrence, baffle shells are provided on the heating tubes. The baffle shells are formed of a resistant material and offer protection against surface damage. The heating tubes are preferably disposed in radially orientated rows.

Abstract: A system for concurrently remediating contaminated soil and producing hot mix asphalt includes a single inclined rotary drum; a burner assembly with a burner head spaced intermediately within the drum and oriented to direct a flame and hot gas stream upstream therefrom; a secondary air tube for providing atmospheric air to the burner head for supporting combustion; a drying zone with veiling flights upstream from the burner head for receiving, drying and heating virgin aggregate; a combustion zone with combustion flights downstream from the drying zone and upstream from the burner head for receiving and remediating contaminated soil by heat transfer from the virgin aggregate, the flame and the hot gas stream and for oxidizing volatile contaminants vaporized from the contaminated soil; an isolated mixing zone for receiving various materials including the virgin aggregate, the remediated soil, recycle asphalt, and certain constituents for producing hot mix asphalt therein from thermal energy contained within th

Abstract: A rotary kiln having a polygonal lining is disclosed for pyro-processing cement, lime, other minerals, as well as other materials. Specifically, utilizing a polygonal lining of brick or a refractory or ceramic material having between 3 and 12 sides improves the heat efficiency or heat transfer between high-temperature gases and a burden of material to be processed by the kiln. Such an efficient utilization of the gas heat is due to various factors which cause a larger amount of the burden to be more quickly exposed to the high temperature gases. These various factors include increased tumbling, increased residence time, decreased degree of filling, and increased surface exposure.

Abstract: A conveyable heating apparatus which is operable in a working place of repairing a paved road and can be carried on a vehicle. An asphalt-reclaiming apparatus 1 embodying one example of the heating apparatus comprises a combustion chamber 2 having an open top, a holding frame 3 supporting the combustion chamber 2, an oil pressure motor for rotating the combustion chamber 2, a stand S pivotally supporting through the holding frame 3 the combustion chamber 2, and an oil pressure cylinder 6 for effecting the inclination of the combustion chamber 2. The holding frame 3 is composed of a rear frame 3a disposed behind the combustion chamber 2, a lower frame 3b extending downward from the both ends of the rear frame 3a, and a pair of lateral frames 3c horizontally extending respectively from the rear frame 3a toward both sides of the combustion chamber 2. The combustion chamber 2 can be rotated by the oil pressure motor 4 and inclined by the action of the oil pressure cylinder 6.

Abstract: A combined soil remediation and HMA plant is provided having a rotary dryer, a rotary soil incinerator, and a refractory lined duct connecting the incinerator to the dryer and serving as a conduit via which hot gases, forming the primary and possibly sole heat source used to heat raw aggregate in the dryer, are conveyed from the incinerator to the dryer. The duct also acts as an afterburner in which volatile organic compounds, particles of contaminated dust, and other combustible products not destroyed in the incinerator are destroyed. The plant further includes a mixer 1) receiving both reclaimed soil from the incinerator and heated and dried aggregate from the dryer and 2) mixing both materials with liquid asphalt and possibly RAP and/or dust from the system's baghouse assembly to form HMA.

Abstract: Oxygen is lanced into the main combustion reaction of a cement kiln to increase heat transfer to the clinker bed and to increase clinker production. Oxygen is separately lanced along the floor, i.e. the lowest wall of the kiln, to delay mixing with the flame to provide deep staging. The deeply staged oxygen flow is adjusted frequently to control emissions and stabilize the burning zone while the primary oxygen flow is maintained constant.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a rotatable drying drum are disclosed herein. The drying drum has a burner for generating hot gases of combustion for flow through the drum to dry aggregate. The drum includes identical drying flights each having a generally U-shaped body having side walls extending from opposite edges of a base and terminating in first and second edges having different configurations and consequent different veiling effects in the dryer by securing the flights in one of a plurality of orientations within the drum. By reorienting the identical flights within the drying zone of the rotary drum dryer, the veiling patterns of the aggregate across the drum may be altered, hence adjusting the exhaust temperature.

Abstract: A rotary drum dryer has devices for cooling shielding flights located in the combustion zone of the drum. The devices comprise cooling flights which rotate with the drum to scoop up relatively small amounts of virgin aggregate from aggregate accumulated in the lower portion of the drum and to shower this aggregate over the outer radial surface of the shielding flights upon further rotation of the drum, thereby cooling the shielding flights without substantially decreasing the mean temperature of the aggregate. Cooling efficiency is enhanced by the continuous cascading of fresh aggregate over the shielding flights from the cooling flights through a substantial portion of the drum's rotation. The cooling flights and shielding flights preferably cooperate to limit or even prevent the showering of materials into the burner flame and thus inhibit burner flame quenching and accompanying emissions.

Abstract: A dehydration treatment apparatus for sludge wherein organic sludge and a modifying/setting agent are charged into a rotating drum and the sludge is dehydrated and dried. The apparatus comprises a rotating drum, a sludge charging hopper arranged on the inlet side of said rotating drum, a discharging screw arranged on the outlet side of the rotating drum, at least two rectangular blades that are projected from each of circular surfaces arranged toward the feeding direction from the inlet side of the inner circumferential surface of the rotating drum and are slanted downward at a prescribed angle toward the feeding direction, and an agitating/feeding means wherein the positions of the blades on the circular surfaces are made different stepwise successively in the direction of rotation toward the feeding direction so that sludge may be scraped up by the blades on the fore circular surface to be fed forward.

Abstract: A rotary kiln having a polygonal lining is disclosed for pyro-processing cement, lime, other minerals, as well as other materials. Specifically, utilizing a polygonal lining of a refractory or ceramic material having between 3 and 12 sides improves the heat efficiency or heat transfer between high-temperature gases and a burden of material to be processed by the kiln. Such an efficient utilization of the gas heat is due to various factors which cause a larger amount of the burden to be more quickly exposed to the high temperature gases. These various factors include increased tumbling, increased residence time, decreased degree of filling, and increased surface exposure.

Abstract: A dryer for drying material carried along and dried by hot gases including a hollow rotatable drying drum with an inlet and a discharge end, means for driving the drum in rotation and a group of flights projecting into the gas flow stream to break up the material and retard the speed of flow of the material with the flowing gases with the flights arranged in one group at the outer periphery inside the drum and the other supported on a central axially extending core member arranged on the ends of arms projecting radially from the core member to provide satellite groups which are adjustable in a radial rotational and axial directions to change their location relative to the gas flow.

Abstract: An asphalt drum mixer includes a rotating drum within a fixed sleeve which defines an annular chamber, and mixing tips mounted on the drum and in the annular chamber. The mixing tips pass through the hot mix asphalt laying in the bottom of the annular chamber and mix and shear the hot mix asphalt and increase its residence time in the drum mixer. In one preferred embodiment, the mixing tips may comprise curved scoop-like elements which lift the hot mix asphalt higher than conventional paddles and greatly increase residence time of the mix in the drum over conventional paddles. The quality of the mix is thus greatly improved. In another preferred embodiment the mixing tips may comprise curved scoop-like elements having slots which greatly increase sheering of the hot mix asphalt, thereby further improving the quality of the mix.

Abstract: A drum mixer for heating and drying stone aggregate as part of a process of continuous production of asphalt paving composition, the drum mixer including: an elongate hollow rotatable drum having a length and an outer surface, the elongate hollow rotatable drum defining a central axis, a sleeve having an inner surface, the sleeve being mounted coaxially with the elongate hollow rotatable drum about the central axis and around at least a portion of the length of the elongate hollow rotatable drum and so as to define an annular chamber having an entire distance between the outer surface of the elongate hollow rotatable drum and the inner surface of the sleeve, and structure for mixing hot mix asphalt in the annular chamber including rake flights mounted on the outer surface of the elongate hollow rotatable drum and in the annular chamber including scouring structure for lifting hot mix asphalt up from a lower portion of the annular chamber along the inner surface of the sleeve through the annular chamber and on

Abstract: The invention discloses a multichambered structure for a rotary kiln.At least three bases are formed from radial blocks equidistantly spaced about and adjustably attached at one surface thereof to the inner surface of the steel shell, each base extending axially along the steel shell and on the surface opposite the attachment having a profile therein for accepting spoke blocks. The chamber walls are formed from spoke blocks with each of the walls extending radially from one of the bases and axially along the length of the base to the center portion of the cylindrical body. The spoke blocks are specially configured with one side thereof having a profile complementary to the radial blocks for mating therewithin and the side opposite thereof a profile for accepting additional ones of the spoke bricks. Additionally, a hub assembly formed from specially configured hub segments interlocks with the spoke bricks of the three walls and extends axially along the centralmost portion of the walls.

Abstract: In the initial part of a wet-process rotary kiln, means to decrease the amount of product dust entrained in the escaping combustion gases. Pipes running lengthwise of the kiln, in the region where the feed slurry is wet enough to flow, fill with slurry as they rotate through the slurry pool at the bottom of the kiln, and discharge their contents through exit ports so placed on each pipe as to emit streams of slurry when the pipe is carried by kiln rotation to a position near the top of the kiln. In conjunction with the forest of chains commonly used in such kilns, the transverse-flowing combustion gases are scrubbed of some of their entrained product dust content by its being entrapped in wet slurry and recycled.

Abstract: A rotary kiln having a polygonal lining is disclosed for pyro-processing cement, lime, other minerals, as well as other materials. Specifically, utilizing a polygonal lining of brick or a refractory or ceramic material having between 3 and 12 sides improves the heat efficiency or heat transfer between high-temperature gases and a burden of material to be processed by the kiln. Such an efficient utilization of the gas heat is due to various factors which cause a larger amount of the burden to be more quickly exposed to the high temperature gases. These various factors include increased tumbling, increased residence time, decreased degree of filling, and increased surface exposure.

Abstract: A transportable thermal stripping system for removing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from soil is provided. The system includes a vessel in which contaminated soil is placed into contact with a hot gas. The gas is discharged from the vessel and ambient air is introduced into the gas to ensure that the gas remains combustible. A blower circulates the gas to a cyclone separator where fine soil particles and ash are removed from the gas. Next the VOC in the gas are removed by combustion in a burner fired with a supplemental fuel. A portion of the combusted gas is exhausted to atmosphere and the remainder is recirculated to the vessel where the process is repeated.

Abstract: An improved kiln wherein a smile shaped oil cooled refractory support is shortened so its distal end is adjacent the outside end of a front nose ring on a rotatable kiln drum, the nose ring being extended radially inwardly to shield the distal end of the smile shaped support from radiant energy from the kiln drum and direct combustion air over the distal end of the smile shaped support to prevent thermally induced stress cracking and substantially reduce the amount of partially burned material that spills over the front nose ring.

Abstract: A transportable thermal stripping system for removing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from soil is provided. The system includes a vessel in which contaminated soil is placed into contact with a hot gas. The gas is discharged from the vessel and ambient air is introduced into the gas to ensure that the gas remains combustible. A blower circulates the gas to a cyclone separator where fine soil particles and ash are removed from the gas. Next the VOC in the gas are removed by combustion in a burner fired with a supplemental fuel. A portion of the combusted gas is exhausted to atmosphere and the remainder is recirculated to the vessel where the process is repeated.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including one or more rotating drums with a freely rotating helix inside the drum to move material to be heated or cooled longitudinally through the drum, as well as to help clean the surface of the drum, together with carriers to assist in heat transfer and cleaning of the drum surface, and scoops to recycle the carriers through an inner coaxial drum. The drum has a sealed inlet and outlet disposed so that the seals are not exposed to excessive temperatures. Cooling chambers are coaxially mounted on each end of the rotating drums for cooling and condensing vapors and cooling solid particles treated in the drum. An inner drum conveys the carriers back to the starting point by means of a freely rotating helix.

Abstract: A heating drum for receiving a printing blanket to be vulcanized in a pressure chamber is comprised of a hollow drum body formed of a thin drum wall having a separating slot that extends parallel to the axis of the drum body. The drum body is hollow and made of a thin wall in order to reduce pressure tensions within the printing blanket coil during vulcanization. The separating slot is covered by a sheet metal tongue which is connected with one side to the thin wall along the separating slot while the oppositely arranged free end rests in a pre-stressed manner on the outer mantle surface of the drum body.

Abstract: The processor is of the type incorporating horizontal, concentric, co-extensive inner and outer tubular members which rotate together. The processor is modified in the following respects:The front end of the inner tubular member is circumferentially corrugated and may be provided in the form of a plurality of parallel tubes arranged in a ring array, to thereby increase the shell area to promote heat transfer through the tube walls;Means are provided for interconnecting the tubular members, which means can accommodate differing rates of thermal expansion and;a rock recycle tube assembly is provided to recover oversize material leaving the corrugated portion of the inner tubular member and reject it from the processor.

Abstract: A hazardous waste incinerator (100) includes a rotary kiln (120) with a helical flight (250) within. The kiln (120) is fed hazardous waste by either a continuous feed system (164) or a positive feed system (162). The kiln (120) is comprised of six retort sections (202, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210). The combusted waste is separated into ash and recoverable metals. The air flow is counter to the flow of waste through the kiln (120), with exhaust gases vented from the kiln entrance. Fugitive emissions are also contained by shrouds (164, 166) and containment building (160). These exhaust gases pass through the secondary combustor (130) to ensure destruction of any principle organic hazardous constituents. The exhaust gases are then treated in a spray dryer (140) to cool it and neutralize any acidic components. A baghouse (150) then removes any remaining particulate matter before the exhaust exits the stack (156).

Abstract: A rotary drum dryer is disclosed which is useful in the production of asphalt paving composition. The drum incorporates a burner which defines a combustion zone, and a novel dam and flight construction is mounted to the interior of the drum so that the flights surround the combustion zone. The dam is adapted to retain and raise the level of the aggregate flowing through the rotating drum so that the flights pass through the aggregate in the bottom of the drum, and the flights collect a portion of the aggregate on their top surfaces and carry the collected aggregate to an elevated discharge point, where the aggregate drops back to the bottom of the drum. The flights serve to shield the metal wall of the drum from the radiant heat energy of the burner flame which would otherwise result in its rapid deterioration, and they also serve to permit the aggregate to be effectively exposed to the radiant heat.

Abstract: A circumferential seal system wherein both low differential pressure circumferential seals and high differential pressure circumferential seals are utilized to provide the proper sealing for various wind box plenum zones supplying combustion air to a rotary combustor utilized to effectively burn solid municipal waste and maintain acceptable levels of CO even when there are large swings in the moisture content and heating value of the solid municipal waste.

Abstract: A watercooled rotary combustor comprising a plurality of pipes or tubes secured together, means mounting the plurality of pipes or tubes for rotation about the axis of the inner surface with the axis being horizontally tilted so as to have a high end and a low end, means for rotating the plurality of pipes or tubes on the mounting, a feeding chute into which burnable waste material can be stacked which opens into the high end of the combustor, the pipes or tubes being interconnected for circulating water flow and having a water input line and a water/steam discharge line, means for circulating water through the lines including a steam drum connected to the discharge line for separating steam from the water, the pipes or tubes being secured so as to define a plurality of intermediate openings so that the inner surface of the combustor is gas porous, and means for delivering controlled amounts of combustion air for burning through selected portions of the porous surface, the improvement comprising, a combustor

Abstract: A method of assembling a rotary kiln that has steel plates lining the kiln which overlie an insulation layer, and which are mounted on hangers projecting through the plates.

Abstract: The rotary drum dryer includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced flights in each of a plurality of axially spaced flight sections. A radially inwardly directed dam is interposed between each flight section and serves as a pivotal mount for the flights of each section. The dams are provided with arcuate slots having a plurality of detent positions arranged about mounting holes for pins secured to the flights and forming the pivot axis therefor. The angular position of the flights is adjustable by locating bolts on the flights in selected detented positions in the arcuate tracks. The combination of pivotally mounted flights and dams affords more uniform veiling across the drum interior and provides efficient heat transfer to the aggregate from the hot gases of combustion.

Abstract: A dryer assembly dries waste materials to a predetermined moisture level. The dryer includes a drum having an inlet where waste materials and hot gasses are simultaneously introduced, and an outlet where dried materials and hot vapors are transferred out of the dryer. The drum presents a plurality of preheat baffles in which the material is heated by but does not contact the gasses, thereby avoiding premature combustion of the material. Baffle sections located downstream of preheat baffles uniformly distribute material downstream into a primary drying section of the drum, where the material is mixed with the gasses to uniformly dry the material to the predetermined moisture level. The primary drying section includes alternating baffle sections which dry the material and which recycle material that is not yet dried back into the preceding baffle sections, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for the thermal treatment of feed material containing solids and liquids such as solid waste or the like. The apparatus includes one or more coaxial rotatable drums and one or more free rotating spirals advancing the material in the drums. The material flowing through the drums is heated to form solids and vapors. In one or more embodiments of the apparatus, the hot solids and vapors exchange heat with the cold feed material. An extruder for preparing the solids being produced from the apparatus for disposal and a means for rotating the drums are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for removing volatile organic compounds from soil in order to comply with environmental regulations. The apparatus is comprised of a rotating drum in which the contaminated soil is loaded. The drum contains an auger mechanism which aerates the soil. An air heater generates hot air which is directed to the drum and circulates there-through, causing rapid volatilization of the volatile organic compounds. The volatile organic compounds are then expelled to atmosphere. The removal of volatile organic compounds is conducted in a batch fashion, loading and unloading the drum following each processing cycle. The apparatus is mobile and may be transported to any clean up site.