Inventors:
Davis Lee - Union Grove AL, US
Dale Carroll - Albertville AL, US
Chris Pankey - Guntersville AL, US
James Richard Bullington - Athens AL, US
Adam Lee Walker - Albertville AL, US
Steven Michael Birchfield - Geraldine AL, US
Billy Erskin Hosmer - Crossville AL, US
Stephen Wayne Bennett - Madison AL, US
Amanda Lauren Conger - Huntsville AL, US
Assignee:
Lee Energy Solutions - Guntersville AL
International Classification:
F24H 9/20, F23N 5/00, F23K 3/00
US Classification:
236 11, 236 15 BA, 236 15 BC, 236 15 BD, 110190, 110288
Abstract:
A furnace for burning solid burning biomass fuels such a municipal waste and wood pellets including a first compartment containing a hopper, a motorized auger positioned in the bottom of the auger for conveying a solid fuel out of the hopper, a first blower tube operatively coupled to the hopper for receiving the solid fuel from the hopper and a first blower operatively coupled to the blower tube for blowing the fuel through first blower tube. In a second compartment, the furnace contains a combustion chamber operatively coupled to the blower tube opposite the first blower and a heat exchanger arranged above the combustion chamber. To cool the heat exchanger, a second blower is operatively coupled to the heat exchanger for blowing a cooling air through the heat exchanger. A programmable control system is operatively coupled to the auger, the first blower, the second blower and a plurality of thermocouples for controlling the operation of the furnace.