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US 11,560,880 B2Granted
Heat recover apparatus, system and method of using the same
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
InventorPeiwen Li
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Abstract
A heat recovery apparatus, system and method of using the same. The heat recovery apparatus includes a particulate inlet, a particulate distributor in fluid communication with the particulate inlet, a cavity in fluid communication with the particulate distributor, a plurality of pipes contained within the cavity and configured for transmission of a heat transfer fluid therethrough, and a particulate outlet in fluid communication with the cavity.
Claims23
A heat recovery system comprising:
- a hot particulate inlet conveyor;
- a heat recovery apparatus comprising:
- a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top, and a bottom;
- a hot particulate inlet located at the top of the heat recovery apparatus;
- a thermally insulated particulate distributor in fluid communication with the particulate inlet;
- a cavity in fluid communication with the particulate distributor, the cavity comprising a plurality of pipes extending from an inlet manifold located at the left side of the heat recovery apparatus to an outlet manifold located at the right side of the heat recovery apparatus, the plurality of pipes configured for transmission of a heat transfer fluid therethrough and direct transfer of heat from a hot particulate to the heat transfer fluid;
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- a particulate outlet located at the bottom of the heat recovery apparatus and in fluid communication with the cavity;
- and
- a particulate outlet conveyor,
- wherein the particulate distributor comprises:
- a first section configured to receive hot particulate from the hot particulate inlet;
- a second section fluidically coupled with the first section via a first branch point and configured to deliver the hot particulate to the cavity, the second section configured to divide the hot particulate into a first plurality of flow directions toward the cavity;
- and
- a plurality of third sections fluidically coupled with the second section via second branch points, the plurality of third sections configured to further divide the hot particulate from the first plurality of flow directions into a second plurality of flow directions toward the cavity.
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A heat recovery apparatus comprising:
- a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top, and a bottom;
- a particulate inlet located at the top of the heat recovery apparatus;
- a thermally insulated particulate distributor in fluid communication with the particulate inlet;
- a cavity in fluid communication with the particulate distributor, the cavity comprising a plurality of pipes extending from an inlet manifold located at the left side of the heat recovery apparatus to an outlet manifold located at the right side of the heat recovery apparatus, the plurality of pipes configured for transmission of a heat transfer fluid therethrough and direct transfer of heat from a hot particulate to the heat transfer fluid;
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- a particulate outlet located at the bottom of the heat recovery apparatus and in fluid communication with the cavity,
- wherein the particulate distributor comprises:
- a first section configured to receive hot particulate from the particulate inlet;
- a second section fluidically coupled with the first section via a first branch point and configured to deliver the hot particulate to the cavity, the second section configured to divide the hot particulate into a first plurality of flow directions toward the cavity;
- and
- a plurality of third sections fluidically coupled with the second section via second branch points, the plurality of third sections configured to further divide the hot particulate from the first plurality of flow directions into a second plurality of flow directions toward the cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.