Waste-melting furnace and waste-melting method

U.S. Patent Number: 5734673

Abstract: A waste-melting furnace includes a furnace body, a rotary heat-resistive vessel which is arranged inside the furnace body and into which waste is to be fed, and a transferred arc type torch plasma gun and a water-cooled electrode arranged above the rotary heat-resistive vessel, the plasma gun and electrode being opposed to each other.

Inventors: Kurahashi; Takafumi (Nagoya, JP); Torita; Katsutoshi (Handa, JP)

Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP)

Application Number: 08/694,460

Issued: 1998-03-31

Expired: 2006-03-31

Classes: 373/20 ; 373/18; 373/2; 373/22; 373/24

Field of search: 373/2,3,18,19,20,24

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