US Patent Issued on Feb. 17 for "Mercury, dioxin, and furan removal system and method for reducing GAC fires on new high temperature municipal sludge incinerators" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,605, issued on Feb. 17.

"Mercury, dioxin, and furan removal system and method for reducing GAC fires on new high temperature municipal sludge incinerators" was invented by Levent Takmaz (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is generally related to a system and method that efficiently and effectively removes mercury, dioxin, and furan while also reducing granule activated carbon ("GAC") bed fires on high temperature municipal fluid bed sludge incinerators. In this manner, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Maximum Achievable Control Technology LLLL ("MACT LLLL") emission limits on m...