Thermally Enhanced Lime Slurry Apparatus
AssigneeLhoist North America, Inc.
InventorsBobby Lawrence Crabb, Donald Craig Dunlap
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Abstract
A single entity lime slurry transport and delivery apparatus is shown having a slurry tank body mounted on a unitary frame. A suction pump on the apparatus delivers slurry to a job site. A power unit on the frame powers a hydraulic mixing motor and the hydraulic suction pump. Selectable thermal management devices are located on the unitary frame, including at least a fuel heater, an engine coolant water heater, a hydraulic fluid warmer and heat exchanger, and heating elements associated with other hydraulic components of the apparatus.
Claims12
A thermal management system for a mobile, self-contained lime slurry transport apparatus, comprising:
- a self-contained transport apparatus configured to transport and dispense lime slurry to remote job sites, the apparatus supported on a frame of a wheeled chassis and comprising at least a a slurry tank having an internal agitator and a slurry dispensing pump driven respectively by a first and a second hydraulic motor, and a hydraulic system powered by a first internal combustion engine;
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- a combination of selectable thermal management devices disposed on the frame of the wheeled chassis and operative to control one or more of at least the temperatures of hydraulic fluid, engine fuel, and engine coolant.
A thermal management system for a single-entity reactor apparatus configured to transport and dispense lime slurry to remote job sites, the reactor apparatus supported on a frame of a wheeled chassis and comprising at least a tank body and a hydraulic tank and hydraulic pump assembly driven by a first internal combustion engine, the thermal management system comprising:
- a combination of selectable thermal management devices disposed on the frame of the wheeled chassis and operable to control the temperatures of engine fuel, engine coolant, hydraulic fluid, and water, comprising:
- an engine fuel heater;
- an engine coolant heater;
- a hydraulic fluid heater;
- a heat exchanger for the hydraulic fluid;
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- a layer of thermal insulation disposed on respective conduits for engine fuel, engine coolant, and hydraulic fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.