In-Line Mill Assembly With Spreader Ring
AssigneeUCC Dry Sorbent Injection, LLC
InventorsDennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen, Robert LeDain
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Abstract
The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
Claims6
An in-line mill for processing a pressurized, particulate-laden fluid stream and having improved durability of components including at least the particle reduction chamber, the mill comprising:
- a) a rotor;
- b) a casing for enclosing the rotor, the casing including a pressurized fluid inlet, a particle reduction chamber, and a fluid outlet;
- c) a shaft and bearing assembly attached to the casing and supporting the rotor;
- d) a drive assembly operatively connected to the shaft for rotating the rotor;
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- e) a stationary, non-rotating plate mounted within the casing, the stationary, non-rotating plate comprising:
- i) an aperture defined in the center thereof for receiving and passing through a portion of a particulate-laden pressurized fluid stream;
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- ii) A plurality of tabs extending radially from the aperture of the stationary, non-rotating plate, the tabs being axially displaced from the aperture at a variety of angles so as to provide multiple angles of redirection for the portion of the particulate-laden fluid stream redirected by the stationary, non-rotating plate,
- whereby the variety of angles of the tabs increase the variance of dispersion of particulate within the particle reduction chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.