IP Library Granted Patent US 7,975,628
Granted Patent B2
US 7,975,628 · App. 11/707,597 · Granted Jul 12, 2011

Method for supplying combustion gas in incineration systems

Assignees: Martin GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik; Covanta Energy Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,975,628
App. No.
11/707,597
Granted
Jul 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The combustion system for implementing the process has a combustion grate, hoppers below the combustion grate for supplying primary combustion gas through the grate and nozzles that lead into the furnace above the combustion grate to supply secondary combustion gas. At least one extraction duct for flue gas is provided at the rear end of the furnace above the combustion grate. This duct is connected to the suction side of a fan. The pressure side is connected to nozzles arranged in the upper area of the flue gas pass. The nozzle height allows the flue gases a residence time of at least 1 second after secondary gas is supplied.

Claims (10)

1. Method for combustion control in incineration systems, in which a fuel is conveyed to an incineration grate, primary combustion gas is passed through the fuel, and secondary combustion gas comprising ambient air without any additional fuel is introduced through nozzles directly into a waste gas stream, above the fuel, and in which part of the waste gas stream is drawn out of the waste gas stream in a rear incineration region and passed back into the combustion process as internal recirculation gas, wherein a sum of primary combustion gas amount and secondary combustion gas amount is lowered to such an extent that essentially stoichiometric reaction conditions are achieved, with reference to the waste gas stream directly above a secondary combustion gas plane and below a tertiary combustion region, without introducing any additional fuel and that said internal recirculation gas is prevented from entering a primary combustion region and a secondary combustion region and is passed into the tertiary combustion region, in which the waste gases have a dwell time of at least one second after introduction of the secondary combustion gas.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary combustion gas comprises ambient air and external recirculation gas that has passed through a steam generator.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary combustion gas comprises external recirculation gas that has passed through a waste gas purification system.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein a chemical agent for nitrogen oxide reduction is introduced in the region of the feed of internal recirculation gas, i.e. in the tertiary combustion region, through nozzles.

5. Method according to claim 4 , wherein a chemical agent for nitrogen oxide reduction is mixed into the tertiary combustion gas, i.e. the internal recirculation gas.

6. Method according to claim 4 , wherein urea or ammonia is used as the chemical agent.

7. Method according to claim 1 , wherein an increased turbulence of the waste gases is produced in the tertiary combustion region or above same, i.e. above the introduction of internal recirculation gas.

8. Incineration system for carrying out the method according to claim 1 , having an incineration grate for receiving a fuel, a device below the incineration grate for feeding primary combustion air in through the incineration grate, as well as having nozzles that open into an incineration chamber, above the incineration grate, for feeding in secondary combustion gas comprising ambient air without any additional fuel, whereby at least one draw-off line for waste gas is provided in the incineration chamber, above the incineration grate, and in which part of the waste gas stream is drawn out of the waste gas stream in the rear incineration region and passed back into the combustion process as internal recirculation gas, said internal recirculation gas being prevented from entering a primary combustion region and a secondary combustion region and being passed to a tertiary combustion region, wherein the sum of primary combustion air amount and secondary combustion gas amount is lowered to such an extent that essentially stoichiometric reaction conditions are achieved, with reference to the waste gas stream directly above a secondary combustion gas plane and below the tertiary combustion region, without introducing any additional fuel and wherein a suction line of a fan is exclusively connected with a draw-off line, a pressure side of which is connected with nozzles in said tertiary combustion region, by way of a line, which are provided at a height above the incineration grate at which the waste gases have a dwell time of at least one second after introduction of the secondary combustion gas.

9. Incineration system according to claim 8 , wherein a waste gas train of the incineration chamber is narrowed in the tertiary combustion region or above same, in order to produce turbulence.

10. Incineration system according to claim 8 , wherein installations that hinder the waste gas stream are provided in a waste gas train of the incineration chamber, in the tertiary combustion region or above same, in order to produce turbulence.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2026
From: COVANTA ENERGY, LLC
To: REWORLD WASTE, LLC
Reel/Frame 074604/0054 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: COVANTA HOLDING CORP.; COVANTA ENERGY, LLC; COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 058289/0723 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COVANTA ENERGY LLC
Reel/Frame 058248/0632 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION
To: COVANTA ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 059001/0861 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: COVANTA ENERGY LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046646/0626 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE CLERICAL ERRORS IN THE NAMES OF THE ASSIGNOR AND ONE JOINT ASSIGNEE, AND DATE OF GERMAN PATENT APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 019005 FRAME 0134. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Aug 15, 2007
From: MARTIN GMBH FUR UMWELT-UND ENERGIETECHNIK
To: COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION; MARTIN GMBH FUR UMWELT-UND ENERGIETECHNIK
Reel/Frame 019696/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2007
From: MARTIN GMBH
To: MARTIN GMBH; COVANTA ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019005/0134 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 043 807 · Sep 13, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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