Herb G. A. Wilson - Oakville, CA Jeffery Thompson - Atlanta GA Robert Perricone - New Tazewell TN Michael Barkdoll - Knoxville TN
Assignee:
Global Stone Corporation - Ontario
International Classification:
F27D 108
US Classification:
432 99
Abstract:
A regenerative shaft kiln having at least two vertical shafts and a plurality of lances for introducing fuel into the kiln, with one or more sensor provided proximate a plurality of the lances, each of the sensors producing a first output signal having a magnitude and corresponding to a physical parameter of the kiln adjacent the sensor. Observation of the operating conditions of individual lances enables adjustments to the fuel feed via individual lances to avoid equipment damage and to improve kiln performance.
Jeffery Thompson, chief medical officer for Washingtons Medicaid program, was quoted in as blaming the tremendous overuse and abuse of the states emergency departments on emergency room doctors [State to sharply limit payment for ER visits, NWWednesday, Feb. 8].
Washington Medicaid's chief medical officer, Jeffery Thompson, MD, said that 97% of Medicaid clients don't exceed emergency room visits in a given year, but that a "small number who exceed that limit are responsible for scores of visits," mostly for chronic conditions and pain complaints that result