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US 2009/0211597 A1Published application
Method of preventing or reducing agglomeration on grid in fluidized-bed vessel
AssigneeWestlake Longview Corporation
InventorLarry Allen Noble
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Abstract
A method for preventing or reducing agglomeration and/or accumulation on or around the gas distribution grid in a fluidized-bed vessel. The method involves introducing one or more scouring balls into the vessel above the gas distribution grid, and carrying out a fluidized-bed process in the presence of the scouring balls.
Claims5
A method for preventing or reducing agglomeration or accumulation on or around a gas distribution grid in a fluidized-bed vessel, said method comprising:
- introducing one or more scouring balls into the vessel above the gas distribution grid;
- and
- carrying out a fluidized-bed process in the presence of said scouring balls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.