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US 2016/0097173 A1Published application
Ash management trench
AssigneeCharah, LLC
InventorNorman E. Divers, III
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an ash management trench, the system comprising: a first section comprising at least one flow control structure; and a second section comprising a stilling basin, the second section coupled to the first section.
Claims20
An ash management trench system for harvesting byproducts, the system comprising:
- a first section comprising at least one flow control structure;
- and
- a second section comprising a stilling basin, the second section coupled to the first section.
An ash management trench system for harvesting byproducts, the system comprising:
- a first section comprising at least one flow control structure, the at least one flow control structure comprising the addition of at least one flocculant;
- a second section comprising a stilling basin, the second section coupled to the first section in series;
- a casting area, the casting area comprising a collection drain;
- and
- a protective geotextile layer adjacently coupled to the first section and the second section.
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An ash management trench method for harvesting byproducts, the method comprising:
- providing a first section comprising at least one flow control structure;
- providing a second section comprising a stilling basin, the second section coupled to the first section in series;
- receiving sluice water via a headwall in the first section, the sluice water comprising byproducts;
- transporting the sluice water through the first section and into the second section via the at least one flow control structure, the second section enabling the settlement of byproducts;
- and
- transporting the settled byproducts to a casting area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.