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US 12,392,487 B2Granted
System and mechanism for bottom ash feed regulation to a low capacity conveyor
AssigneeUnited Conveyor Corporation
InventorsDaniel Charhut, Keith Johnson, Robert LeDain, Ronald Bugar, Slawomir Sadowski
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Abstract
A system and mechanism for bottom ash flow turndown from a hopper, through a crusher, and to a conveyor, the system including a fixed flow restrictor and a variable speed side discharge crusher to modulate bottom ash flow in the absence of gate or valve flow from a hopper, the conveyor providing a signal corresponding to an overfeed condition to enable a controller to operate the crusher and/or the conveyor to eliminate overfeed conditions.
Claims4
A system for providing the efficient turndown of high flow bottom ash from a hopper, the system comprising:
- a. a bottom gate having a single fixed opening for bottom ash to move therethrough;
- b. a crusher subassembly including a side discharge crusher and offset conduit, the side discharge crusher receiving bottom ash from the bottom gate and pumping the bottom ash through the offset conduit;
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- c. a conveyor subassembly for receiving the bottom ash from the offset conduit and transporting the bottom ash away from the hopper subassembly, the conveyor further including a drive motor providing a drive motor amperage signal;
- d. a controller connected to the conveyor and the crusher, the controller increasing the speed of the drive motor and selectively turning the crusher on and off in response to a drive motor amperage signal corresponding to an overfeed condition.
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