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US 2008/0185324 A1Published application
Method and Apparatus for Treating Lime Slurry for Grit Removal
AssigneeRDP Company
InventorsPaul G. Christy, Michael Quici
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for conveying lime slurry, removing and controlling the amount of grit, and feeding lime slurry, wherein the lime slurry moves through a recirculation loop, and wherein gravity removal of grit from the lime slurry takes place.
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Apparatus for treating lime slurry in a slurry treatment system, comprising:
- (a) a slurry tank for a watery lime slurry having lime particles and grit particles therein;
- delivering means for delivering slurry from the slurry tank and for extracting a portion of the slurry delivered from the slurry tank via a discharge line and means discharging said extracted portion of the slurry from said discharge line;
- (c) conduit means substantially continuously delivering the slurry from the slurry tank to a device for separation of some of the grit from the rest of the slurry;
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- (d) recirculation means for continuously recirculating the rest of the slurry tank after separation of some of the grit from the slurry.
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