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TITLE:

WASTE OIL COOK STOVE

PRESENTERS:

5 1. WAMBUGU N NGUNJIRI

2. SHEILLA B MAKORI

10 SUPERVISOR:

MANFRED GITHINJI

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ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a waste oil stove that burns waste oil gas generated by
vaporizing waste oil, and more specifically, a waste oil tank that accommodates waste oil, a
20 waste oil gas chamber that vaporizes the waste oil and air injected through the burner and the
mixture of the oil vapor and air burn in the combustion chamber. The oil supplied by a
mechanism that allows the waste oil from the waste oil tank to flow into the combustion
chamber. A blower mechanism sends air into the burner and is disposed substantially delivered
into the combustion chamber through holes drilled in the burner. The holes are drilled at an
25 angle to provide a swirl motion to the air. the oil is preheated in the combustion chamber by
introducing a starter material. When the temperature of the oil reaches the flash point, the air is
introduced. The vapor is then ignited by the air in the combustion chamber. The swirling motion
of air promotes the mixing of the vaporized waste oil (waste oil gas) and the smoke containing
dioxins and other environmental pollutants generated by incomplete combustion is reduced. By
30 controlling the speed of the blower, the volume of the air introduced is regulated until
stoichiometric air –fuel ratio is achieved.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The title of the innovation is waste oil cook stove. This is forced draft domestic cook stove that
utilizes waste oil as the fuel.

10 Field of the Invention:

The present invention relates to waste oil burner devices, and in particular to cooking stoves
capable of vaporizing waste oil and using forced convection to increase burning efficiency and
reduce harmful emissions.

Discussion of the Background:

15 Energy cost and scarcity in Kenya continue to pose a major challenge to industrialization efforts
even as the country is set to realize its vision 2030. Extensive investments in new generation
capacity are required to meet the growing energy demand in Kenya and other developing
countries. Alternative cheap sources of energy must therefore be sought. Among them is the
Waste Lubrication Oils (WLO) which can be utilized efficiently in process heating by Small to
20 Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Against the challenges of waste oil disposal and emission
associated with its combustion, efforts to come up with better utilization and disposal methods
have been ongoing in terms of waste oil burner designs, ways of collecting and disposing of this
waste as well as re-refining processes for its reuse as lubricant. A lot of WLO is generated from
lubrication process and this large quantity is very important for energy source reserves.

25 In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-267283, a pipe having a large number of holes
on the surface thereof is vertically provided in the combustion chamber, and a fan for blowing
air into the pipe and a semicircular air flow control plate are attached to the surface of the pipe.
In addition, a waste oil stove that supplies and vaporizes waste oil in a waste oil tank and burns
it is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-257834 as a cylindrical vertical
30 combustion chamber and the center of the combustion chamber. An air injection pipe having a
quadrangular cross section, a plurality of injection holes for injecting air opened in the vertical
direction of the side wall surface of the air injection pipe, and an air connected to a lower portion
of the air injection pipe A rotary combustion waste oil incineration stove (Patent Document 2)
provided with a primary combustion air pipe bent and attached in a direction of swirling and an
35 air ejection hole formed at the center of the bottom (bottom face) of the air injection pipe In
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-070083, waste oil is supplied to the
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combustion chamber with a forced air blower comprising a spindle airport having a large
number of holes at the center of the combustion chamber and a plurality of auxiliary air ports
connected thereto. Cylindrical waste oil stoves (Patent Document 3) that are converted into
40 combustion are proposed.

However, in order to achieve high calorie and stable combustion in the waste oil stove, the
mixing of the waste oil gas and air is promoted by generating a swirl flow in the combustion
chamber, while supplying to the bottom of the combustion chamber. It is very important how to
maintain the used waste oil at a high temperature and promote vaporization to generate waste oil
45 gas. For that purpose, the waste oil gas must be reliably burned in the vicinity of the oil surface
where the waste oil vaporization occurs, that is, at a certain distance upward from the oil surface
(closely upward from the oil surface), Therefore, it is necessary to generate a swirling flow in
the combustion chamber while sufficiently sending air (outside air) near the oil surface.

In this respect, in the waste oil stove disclosed in Patent Document 1, only a swirl flow is
50 generated in the combustion chamber, and there is no means for sending air in the vicinity of the
oil surface where the waste oil is vaporized. Prone to condition. On the other hand, in the rotary
combustion waste oil incineration stove disclosed in Patent Document 2, the swirl flow
generated in the combustion chamber is exhausted from the combustion chamber in a short time
and is formed at the center of the bottom (bottom surface) of the air injection pipe. With only the
55 air ejection holes, sufficient air cannot be sent to the vicinity of the oil surface, and heating
becomes insufficient, so that an incomplete combustion state also occurs. On the other hand, in
the cylindrical waste oil stove disclosed in Patent Document 3, in order to generate a swirling
flow in the combustion chamber, the end is closed, but the primary combustion has a hole
formed on the side surface so that air is injected obliquely downward Auxiliary airport and a
60 spindle airport with a plurality of holes formed on the bottom to assist combustion during
ignition and fire extinguishing, but still cannot supply enough air to the vicinity of the oil level.
Incomplete combustion will occur.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is
a waste oil stove that burns waste oil gas generated by vaporizing waste oil, and a waste oil tank
65 that contains the waste oil, and vaporizes the waste oil. A combustion chamber for mixing and
burning waste oil gas and air generated together, an oil supply mechanism for supplying waste
oil from the waste oil tank to the combustion chamber, a blower mechanism for sending air to
the combustion chamber.
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70 Description of the Invention

The present invention relates to a waste oil stove that burns waste oil gas generated by
vaporizing waste oil, and more specifically, a waste oil tank that accommodates waste oil, a
waste oil gas chamber that vaporizes the waste oil and air injected through the burner and the
mixture of the oil vapor and air burn in the combustion chamber. The oil supplied by a
75 mechanism that allows the waste oil from the waste oil tank to flow into the combustion
chamber A blower mechanism sends air into the burner and is disposed substantially delivered
into the combustion chamber through holes drilled in the burner.

Waste oil is generated in various fields such as animal oil such as beef tallow, vegetable oil such
as soybean oil, and mineral oil such as lubricating oil, insulating oil and engine oil. In recent
80 years, due to stricter regulations on the disposal of industrial waste for the purpose of
environmental protection, etc., it has been attempted to recycle waste oil. However, waste oil
produced in various fields has different components and is treated for each component. Since the
method is different, it has not been realized, and as a result, the cost of disposing of the waste oil
has increased.

85 Therefore, conventionally, waste oil has been used as a fuel for a stove or the like that does not
require treatment for each component. However, when waste oil is used as fuel, the ignition
temperature is high and the variation due to the components is large compared to fuels such as
kerosene and heavy oil, and problems such as poor combustion efficiency and generated heat
quantity characteristics, and waste oil contains many impurities. In addition, there is a risk of
90 generating harmful gases in low temperature combustion, and incomplete combustion generates
smoke containing environmental pollutants such as dioxin. Further, there is a problem that hard
carbon sludge adheres to the combustion chamber of the boiler due to incomplete combustion of
the waste oil, and the frequency and labor of maintenance work for removing the carbon sludge
are increased.

95 Therefore, by swirling air in the combustion chamber to promote the mixing of the vaporized
waste oil (waste oil gas) and air, the smoke containing dioxins and other environmental
pollutants generated by incomplete combustion is reduced. Waste oil stoves have been proposed
for the purpose of efficiently burning waste oil.
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CLAIMS
1. A waste oil stove that burns waste oil gas generated by vaporizing waste oil; a waste oil
tank containing waste oil; a combustion chamber for vaporizing the waste oil and mixing
the generated waste oil gas and air to burn; an oil supply mechanism for supplying waste
5 oil from the waste oil tank to the combustion chamber that comprises a regulating valve
fitted in a delivery tube; of a blower mechanism for sending air into the combustion
chamber; a solar charged battery that powers the said blower, through a motor speed
controller.
2. A Waste oil stove as claimed in claim 1 in which variable speed blower is used to
10 provide both the primary air and secondary air.
3. A Waste oil stove as claimed in claim 1 in which the variable speed blower powered
from a solar charged battery.
4. A method for operating a stove as claimed in any one of the preceding claims which
comprises: introducing waste oil into the combustion chamber from the storage tank to
15 the near bottom of the combustion chamber; using a starter material to ignite the fuel at
the bottom of the combustion chamber; waste oil vapor formed when the temperature of
the oil reaches the flash point; introducing air through the burner that provides a swirl
motion of the air; mixing of air and oil vapor in the said combustion chamber in claim 1.
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