Enclosure for slag pelletization apparatus and method of operation thereof
CA 2043787 C · Owner: Lafarge Canada Inc. · Inventors: Horvat, David Thomas; Spencer, Kenneth Walter
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The invention provides a new enclosure for slag pelletizers, and a new method of operating such an enclosure, that minimizes the noise and the escape into the ambient atmosphere of hydrogen sulfide and airborne particulate material produced by the pelletization. The enclosure consists of impermeable walls and a roof the, pelletized material being removed through an openable door at one end that is closed during the process. The enclosure has three successive zones, in the first of which contains the pelletizer, this being supplied with only the amount of water needed for pelletization. In the second zone containing the slag pile a plurality of very fine mist producing nozzles supply water …
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- Filed June 3, 1991 and granted December 4, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 3, 2011.
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