Bed level sensor for solid beds with leveling actuators
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsJohn Robert Pendray, Gregory J. Mitchum, Kevin James Keene
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Abstract
A biochar production system includes a reactor body, a central rod disposed within the reactor body, a leveling arm extending from the central rod and configured to rotate about the central rod, and a bed level sensor system. The bed level sensor system includes a float configured to move from a resting position on a biomass in the reactor to an ending position upon contact with the leveling arm, and a level sensor coupled to the float via a connector. The level sensor is configured to correspondingly move with the float. A controller is configured to detect bed levels of the biomass within the reactor body, and determine a plurality of sample readings based on the detected bed levels.
Claims14
A biochar production system comprising:
- a reactor body;
- a leveling arm configured to rotate and move along a leveling place in the reactor body;
- a bed level sensor system comprising:
- a float configured to move from a resting position on a biomass in the reactor to an ending position upon contact with the leveling arm arising from rotation of the leveling arm;
- and
- a level sensor coupled to the float via a connector, the level sensor configured to correspondingly move with the float;
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- a controller configured to:
- receive detected bed levels of the biomass within the reactor body from the level sensor, each detected bed level based upon a change between the resting position and the ending position;
- determine a plurality of sample readings based on the detected bed levels;
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- operate, based on the plurality of sample readings, the biochar production system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.