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US 10,500,591 B2Granted
System and method for the preparation of a feedstock
AssigneeAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.
InventorRaúl Eduardo Ayala
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a feedstock preparation system that includes a solid feedstock mill including a housing having a chamber. The solid feedstock mill also includes a solids breakup assembly at least partially disposed inside the chamber. The solid feedstock mill further includes a feedstock inlet through the housing into the chamber and a plurality of feedstock outlets through the housing from the chamber.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a solid feedstock mill, comprising:
- a housing having a cover portion coupled to a body portion about a chamber, wherein the cover portion is disposed about a first chamber portion of the chamber, and the body portion is disposed about a second chamber portion of the chamber;
- a solids breakup assembly at least partially disposed inside the chamber, wherein the solids breakup assembly comprises a first rotary structure having one or more first projections disposed in the first chamber portion, and the solids breakup assembly comprises a second rotary structure having one or more second projections disposed in the second chamber portion;
- a feedstock inlet through the housing into the chamber;
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- a plurality of feedstock outlets through the cover portion of the housing from the chamber, wherein the plurality of feedstock outlets is disposed above the feedstock inlet, and the one or more first projections of the first rotary structure are configured to facilitate a discharge through the plurality of feedstock outlets.
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A system, comprising:
- a solid feedstock mill, comprising:
- a housing having a cover portion and a body portion disposed about a chamber;
- a solids breakup assembly comprises a plurality of balls disposed inside the chamber, a drive coupled to a rod that extends into the chamber, and a plurality of radial structures coupled to the rod, wherein at least one radial structure of the plurality of radial structures is disposed in the cover portion;
- a feedstock inlet through the body portion into the chamber;
- and
- a plurality of feedstock outlets through the cover portion from the chamber.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a feedstock through a feedstock inlet into a chamber of a housing of a solid feedstock mill, wherein the housing comprises a cover portion coupled to a body portion;
- breaking up the feedstock with a solids breakup assembly at least partially disposed inside the chamber, wherein the solids breakup assembly comprises a first rotary structure having one or more first projections disposed in the cover portion, and the solids breakup assembly comprises a second rotary structure having one or more second projections disposed in the body portion;
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- outputting the feedstock from the chamber through a plurality of feedstock outlets in the cover portion of the housing, wherein the plurality of feedstock outlets is disposed above the feedstock inlet, and the one or more first projections of the first rotary structure are configured to facilitate a discharge through the plurality of feedstock outlets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.