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US 2012/0067702 A1Published application
System for thermally controlling a solid feed pump
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGeorge Frederick Frey, Steven Craig Russell
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a system includes a solid feed pump. The solid feed pump includes a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, a curved passage disposed between the rotor and the housing, an inlet coupled to the curved passage, an outlet coupled to the curved passage, a solid feed guide extending across the curved passage, and a thermal control path through a portion of the solid feed pump.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a solid feed pump, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotor disposed in the housing;
- a curved passage disposed between the rotor and the housing;
- an inlet coupled to the curved passage;
- an outlet coupled to the curved passage;
- a solid feed guide extending across the curved passage;
- and
- a thermal control path through a portion of the solid feed pump.
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A system, comprising:
- a solid fuel pump, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotor disposed in the housing;
- an inert fluid thermal control path through a portion of the solid feed pump.
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A system, comprising:
- a solid feed pump, comprising:
- an internal feed passage;
- an inlet coupled to the internal feed passage;
- an outlet coupled to the internal feed passage;
- an inert fluid path through the solid feed pump;
- and
- a gas recirculation system coupled to the inert fluid path, wherein the gas recirculation system is configured to couple with a solid feed path upstream from the solid feed pump, a solid transport path downstream from the solid feed pump, or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.