Joseph F Guinto

US Patent:

55666264, Oct 22, 1996

Filed:

Dec 12, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/353670

Inventors:

Walter R. Schaefer - Cherry Hill NJ
Eustathios Vassiliou - Newark DE
Bruno R. Kuhn - Nassau Bay TX
Joseph F. Guinto - Pitman NJ

Assignee:

Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

A47J 3600

US Classification:

110246

Abstract:

An incineration kiln of the slagging mode, which has an outer shell and a protective layer inside the shell with quantum failure identifiers. The quantum failure identifiers recognizes one or more stages of increasing degree of failure of the protective layer, so that an operator may be warned and take suitable measures to protect further deterioration of the protective layer and restore the same.

US Patent:

55494722, Aug 27, 1996

Filed:

Jun 2, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/458131

Inventors:

Vassiliou Eustathios - Newark DE
Walter R. Schaefer - Cherry Hill NJ
Joseph F. Guinto - Pitman NJ

Assignee:

Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

F23G 500

US Classification:

432103

Abstract:

Methods and devices for protecting incineration kilns by optically determining the thickness of protective refractory and slag layers and taking suitable measures to avoid catastrophic failure due to excessive heat of the outer shell, usually made of carbon steel. The determination is performed by two laser beams. One laser beam is directed at low incidence at various points of the top surface of the protective layers inside the kiln, while the second laser beam is directed at a different incidence at the same points of the top surface of the protective layers inside the kiln.

US Patent:

54270375, Jun 27, 1995

Filed:

Sep 21, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/309665

Inventors:

Walter R. Schaefer - Cherry Hill NJ
Eustathios Vassiliou - Newark DE
Joseph F. Guinto - Pitman NJ

Assignee:

Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

F23G 700

US Classification:

110346

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses are presented for incinerating waste in increments in a controlled and efficient manner, based on an arbitrary factor labeled Relative Power Factor. Also, presented are methods and apparatuses for determining the Relative Power Factor. The Relative Power Factor is defined as the ratio of the maximum difference in temperatures recorded at a point in the combustion effluent stream and at a point in the hot gaseous stream prior to combustion to the time interval between ignition of the waste and the achievement of the maximum temperature difference.