Rotary combustor and seal assembly therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5823768
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08585288

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Rotary combustor and seal assembly therefor. A rotary combustor includes a shroud ring encircling an inlet opening of a rotatable kiln in which municipal waste is burned, the waste heat being used to generate electricity. The kiln includes a plurality of parallel heat transfer tubes arranged in spaced parallel circular array. The end portions of the tubes terminate in a ring header or plenum that surrounds the shroud ring, so as to define an annular gap between the ring header and shroud ring. A plurality of blocking members are connected to the kiln and interposed between the plenum and the shroud. The shroud and the blocking members cooperate to seal the gap. Moreover, a portion of each blocking member extends over a predetermined portion of a respective one of the tubes and over a predetermined portion of the plenum to protect the plenum and the pipes from impact damage by the municipal waste.

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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATIONWESTINGHOUSE BLDG GATEWAY CENTER A CORP OF PA PITTSBURGH PA 15222

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blasiole, George A Greensburg, PA 6 31
Flading, Donald P Manor Boro, PA 5 22
Mitchell, Jeffrey Greensburg, PA 25 134
Steffey, Alvin Greensburg, PA 1 2

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