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US 2014/0150873 A1Published application
Multi-stage solids feeder system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Saunders Stevenson, Anthony Holmes Furman, Derek Leslie Aldred
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Abstract
A system includes a multi-stage solids feeder. The multi-stage solids feeder includes a first solids feeder having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second solids feeder having a second inlet and a second outlet, and a conduit disposed between the first outlet and the second inlet. The second solids feeder is disposed adjacent to the first solids feeder, and the conduit routes a solids flow from the first solids feeder to the second solids feeder.
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A system, comprising:
- a multi-stage solids feeder, comprising:
- a first solids feeder comprising a first inlet and a first outlet;
- a second solids feeder comprising a second inlet and a second outlet, wherein the second solids feeder is disposed adjacent to the first solids feeder;
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- a conduit disposed between the first outlet and the second inlet, wherein the conduit routes a solids flow from the first solids feeder to the second solids feeder.
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A system, comprising:
- a multi-stage solids feeder, comprising:
- a first solids feeder comprising a first rotary mechanism disposed in a first chamber between a first inlet and a first outlet;
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- a second solids feeder comprising a second rotary mechanism disposed in a second chamber between a second inlet and a second outlet, wherein the first and second solids feeders are disposed adjacent one another, the first outlet is coupled to the second inlet, and the multi-stage solids feeder is configured to substantially block gas flow while enabling a solids flow.
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A method, comprising:
- feeding a solids flow through a first solids feeder from a first inlet, along a first rotary mechanism within a first chamber, and out through a first outlet;
- feeding the solids flow from the first outlet through a second solids feeder from a second inlet, along a second rotary mechanism within a second chamber, and out through a second outlet, wherein the first and second solids feeders are disposed adjacent one another as a multi-stage feeder;
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- creating at least one dynamic plug of the solids flow in the multi-stage feeder to substantially block gas flow while enabling the solids flow through the multi-stage feeder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.