Inventors:
Gerald A. Teeter - Charlotte NC, US
Jared S. Kaufman - Pittsburgh PA, US
John L. Pressly - Charlotte NC, US
Christopher Adam Goebel - Waxhaw NC, US
Paul David Debski - Pittsburgh PA, US
Assignee:
Nucor Corporation - Charlotte NC
International Classification:
F27B 3/22
US Classification:
432176, 432 72, 432152, 432 15, 432 58, 432 77, 110229, 110230, 110231, 110233, 110234, 110204, 110341
Abstract:
Apparatus for batch processing source material into charcoal in a battery of kilns, each of which use forced convection of process gases through the source material to shorten the process cycle time, and all of which use an external combustor to burn the process waste gases from each kiln to provide the primary source of applied energy for the process.