Fluidizing apparatus for the treatment of particulate material

A fluidizing apparatus for the treatment of particulate material, comprising:

• a fluidization unit which has a longitudinal axis and which has a perforated distributor plate which divides the fluidization unit into a distributor chamber and a fluidization chamber arranged above said distributor chamber,
• wherein the fluidization chamber comprises a material inlet for the material to be treated and the distributor chamber comprises a material discharge which has a material outlet for the treated material with a material outlet surface, a lower and an upper edge, and a shut-off device closes the material discharge, and wherein the distributor chamber comprises a fluid inlet and the fluidization chamber comprises a fluid outlet for a process gas flowing from the fluid inlet through the perforated distributor plate to the fluid outlet and fluidizing the material in the fluidization chamber,
• wherein the distributor chamber comprises a web arranged in the region of the material outlet surface and extending at least partially in the circumferential direction and the distributor plate (is arranged movably relative to the fluidization unit,
• wherein the distributor plate can be moved into an emptying position through a movement of the distributor plate-relative to the fluidization unit,
• wherein the distributor plate is arranged on the web in the emptying state, in such a manner that a fluid connection is created between the material outlet arranged in the distributor chamber and past the fluidization chamber on the distributor plate, in order to discharge treated material from the fluidization unit, and
• wherein in the emptying state the shut-off device opens up the material discharge in the emptying position of the distributor plate in the emptying state.