Patent ID: 6234093
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F23C,F23J

Abstract:
A furnace comprising:a prism-shaded combustion chamber with an ash hopper having a slot mouth defined by sloping walls of the combustion chamber in a lower region of the combustion chamber;at least one burner mounted on one of said walls of the combustion chamber for injecting a solid organic fuel into the combustion chamber;a duct for injecting a sulfur-absorbing material into the combustion chamber; and,a bottom blast inlet device disposed adjacent the slot mouth of the ash hopper and across an entire width of the ash hopper for generating a turbulent zone in lower region of the combustion chamber, the duct being located between the burner and the ash hopper and being oriented in such a manner that a longitudinal axis defined by the duct is directed towards the turbulent zone.