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AssigneeOutotec Oyj
InventorsRoger Bligh, Pekka Hiltunen, Cornelis Klett, Michael Missalla, Bernd Reeb, Lilli Sacharow, Michael Stroeder, Peter Sturm
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A method for dividing a stream of solids includes discharging the stream of solids via a first downer. The stream of solids are fluidized at a bottom of the first downer by supplying a first conveying gas. By the first conveying gas, a part of the stream of solids are conveyed to a top of a first riser branching off from the first downer. A remaining part of the stream of solids are discharged via a second downer adjoining the first downer. The remaining stream of solids are fluidized at a bottom of the second downer by supplying a second conveying gas. By the second conveying gas, a part of the remaining part of the stream of solids are conveyed to a top of a second riser branching off from the second downer.
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A method for dividing a stream of solids, the method comprising:
The method recited in claim 1, further comprising interrupting the respective stream of solids in at least one of the first riser and the second riser by supplying the respective conveying gas to the respective riser at a volume flow which does not exceed a minimum fluidization rate in the respective riser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.