Apparatus and method for thermal neutralization of gaseous mixtures

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EP 1 387 125 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/16

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/06

(21)	Application number: 03016064.2

(22)	Date of filing: 15.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F23G 7/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

29.07.2002 US 206759

(71)	Applicant: NITREX METAL INC
	St Laurent (Quebec) H4R 2J5 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	Korwin, Michel J. Westmount, Quebec H3Z 2L4 (CA) Szymborski, Janusz Pointe claire, Quebec H9R 5V6 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Kehl, Günther, Dipl.-Phys.
	Patentanwaltskanzlei Günther Kehl Friedrich-Herschel-Strasse 9 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	Apparatus and method for thermal neutralization of gaseous mixtures

(57) A process gas incinerator (1) for neutralizing chemical non-innocent gaseous mixtures uses thermally induced neutralization reactions, and does not rely on the use of auxiliary compounds. In these reactions, chemical non-innocent gaseous mixtures are neutralized to form benign and environmentally friendly products. A plurality of flame breakers is disposed inside of the reaction chamber (2) of the process gas incinerator. The flame breakers introduce variations in gas flow paths and flame patterns, and provide surfaces of elevated temperature inside the reaction chamber. The process gas incinerator is constructed in a way as to support neutralization of a wide range of amounts of non-innocent gaseous mixtures of arbitrary composition.

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