Patent ID: 6553924
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: F23G,F23L,Y02E

Abstract:
A system for co-combusting sludge within a combustor, comprising:a sludge receiving and treatment module for receiving and treating sludge, by adding a liquid selected from the group consisting of water, aqueous based solutions, plant wastewater, industrial process liquid waste, pollution control slurries and mixtures thereof, or by adding additional solids to said sludge, to obtain a sludge having a desired solids content; a solids controller for monitoring and varying said solids content of said treated sludge; and a sludge injection and combustion module for injecting said treated sludge into a combustion zone of a combustor having a primary solid fuel burning therein, wherein said treated sludge is burned in suspension within said combustion zone of said combuster.