FireBox in full operation

When planning begins for the recovery phase of a disaster, the most efficient and versatile machine you can have onsite is the Air Burners FireBox. All of the wood and vegetative debris is dumped into the FireBox and reduced to clean ash. There is no special handling or processing needed. As opposed to chipping and grinding where 10 tons of debris becomes 10 tons of grindings, the Air Burners FireBox actually reduces the waste to about 5% of its original mass making your waste removal job significantly quicker and easier. In addition, the Air Burners FireBox is the most sanitary means to dispose of dead animals (carcasses) that are associated with many natural disasters. The carcasses go into the FireBox along with the vegetative debris. Again, no special handling is required.
 

Grinding and hauling require large quantities of Diesel fuel to support their running. The Air Burners FireBox is powered by small Kubota Diesel engine that consumes about 3 gallons of Diesel per hour. The “fuel” to power the burning operations is the disaster waste itself, no additional fuels are required to support burning operations (for more details, please, visit our website’s “technical reports” and “operating manuals” section).
 

The Waste Is The Fuel   1. High velocity curtain (4) traps particles under the curtain 2.  Particles under curtain (5) are re-burned Principles of Operation

Besides being the fastest method to bring “normality” back to a disaster site, the Air Burners FireBox will not overload your local landfills. This has been a major problem at many disaster sites. Most, if not all the ash generated during burning operations can be land applied or used for agriculture.

The FireBox is very efficient and easily moved to new sites. Additionally, one operator with an excavator can run two or three FireBoxes helping to reduce your manpower requirements and minimizing your heavy equipment needs.
 

The charts below show examples of throughput and capacities. The throughput charts are based on operations running 22 hours per day, 7 days per week with a 2 hour cool down and clean out period. Typically, our machines are loaded using an excavator with a grapple or “thumb.” Loaders with a rake or brush claw are also used. One operator with one loading machine can run as many as three FireBoxes.

Animal Carcass Disposal

Printable Disaster Recovery Brochure in PDF

Link to Waterborne Woody Debris Disposal

Massive Waterborne Tsunami Debris Moving Towards Hawaii and then US West Coast
Track it here (Link to Animated Chart at University of Hawaii)
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