Controlled discharge from a standpipe containing particulate materials
CA 1311967 C · Owner: The Babcock & Wilcox Company · Inventors: Walker, David Judson
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A system for the control and conveyance of particulate material from a standpipe to the furnace of a circulating fluidized bed boiler. Aeration means positioned in a first area of a conduit transports particulate material deposited by a standpipe to a second area of the conduit. Upon such relocation, additional material from the standpipe enters the first area of the conduit as a replacement for the previously removed material. Fluidizing means in the second area of the conduit fluidizes this removed material causing it to achieve a generally uniform level within this second area. As the height of this level exceeds that of the lower edge of a discharge opening the fluidized material …
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- Granted December 29, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 29, 2009.
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