The present portable incinerator is adapted for the disposal of small amounts of hazardous waste material with a minimum of exhaust combustion gas and includes a boiling chamber for receiving and heating the hazardous waste material to form waste gas thereof. The waste gas is directed through successive primary and secondary combustion chambers which are supplied with pure oxygen and the mixture of waste gas and oxygen is ignited for oxidizing the mixture, and for ionizing the gases to combine with the oxygen. A catalytic converter is positioned at the exit ends of each of the primary and secondary combustion chambers and the oxidized and ionized combustion gas passes through these catalytic converters to insure total oxidation thereof.A vertical wet scrubber chamber is communicatively connected with the exit end of the secondary combustion chamber and the combustion gas is directed to pass upwardly therethrough to prevent harmful combustion gases from escaping through the exhaust. This portable incinerator is used for the disposal of small amounts of hazardous waste material in a non-solid and fluent state, and more particularly to such an incinerator wherein a boiling chamber is provided for vaporizing the hazardous waste material, a combustion chamber provides total oxidation of the vaporized waste gas, and a wet scrubber prevents the escape of harmful combustion gases through the exhaust. With the foregoing in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide a small portable hazardous waste incinerator which is inexpensive to manufacture and may be easily moved to the location where the hazardous waste material is produced so that the hazardous waste material may be disposed of in an economical manner and with a minimum of exhaust combustion gases. The portable incinerator includes a boiling chamber for receiving small amounts of the hazardous waste material therein and for heating and vaporizing the hazardous waste material to form waste gas thereof. A primary combustion chamber is spaced from the boiling chamber and the vaporized waste gas is conducted from the boiling chamber into the entrance end of the primary combustion chamber. Electric arcs are positioned in the entrance end of the primary combustion chamber for igniting and ionizing the mixture of gas and oxygen. A catalytic converter is positioned at the exit end of the primary combustion chamber and the oxidized waste gas passes through the catalytic converter for obtaining total oxidation of the combustion gases.
It is preferred that a secondary combustion chamber be provided for insuring complete oxidation of the waste gas. A vertical wet scrubber chamber is communicatively connected to the exit end of the secondary combustion chamber and the combustion gases are directed into and pass upwardly therethrough, to be exhausted at the upper end thereof. The wet scrubber chamber prevents harmful combustion waste gas from escaping through the exhaust.