Patent ID: 8069660

Claim:
A system for silencing and extracting waste heat from exhaust of a combustion system for performing an operation and then using the waste heat to perform an additional operation comprising: a. a heat recovery silencer comprising: (i) a heat recovery outer housing disposed about an inner housing, wherein the inner housing comprises: 1. a first silencing chamber having an inlet at one end; 2. a second silencing chamber in fluid communication with the first silencing chamber, wherein the second silencing chamber is in fluid communication with a first end of two vectoring tubes; 3. a third silencing chamber in fluid communication with a second end of the two vectoring tubes; and 4. a vent in fluid communication with an environment exterior to the third silencing chamber and the third silencing chamber; and (ii) a heat recovery flow path formed between the heat recovery outer housing and the inner housing, wherein the heat recovery flow path has an inlet port and an outlet port; b. a combustion system in fluid communication with the inner housing; and c. an auxiliary device having an auxiliary device inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet port of the heat recovery flow path and an auxiliary device outlet port in fluid communication with the inlet port of the heat recovery flow path.