System and method for conditioning particulate matter
AssigneeDanieli Corus B.V.
InventorsPetrus Leonardus Verbraak, Roman Vaynshteyn
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Abstract
A method of conditioning particulate material and/or a gas is provided, comprising the steps of: feeding an amount of particulate material up to a filling level into in an inner volume of a silo having silo walls, a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and generating a gas flow of a gas from the gas inlet through the particulate material to the gas outlet which comprises applying suction to the inner volume of the silo through the gas outlet, wherein the gas outlet is located in a silo wall below the filling level and covered by the particulate material. A system is also provided.
Claims23
A method of conditioning particulate material and/or a gas, comprising:
- feeding an amount of particulate material up to a filling level into in an inner volume of a silo having silo walls, a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and
- generating a gas flow of a gas, from the gas inlet through the particulate material to the gas outlet which comprises applying suction to the inner volume of the silo through the gas outlet, wherein the gas outlet is located in a silo wall below the filling level and covered by the particulate material.
A system for conditioning particulate material or gas, comprising:
- a silo having silo walls and an inner volume for holding particulate material, a gas outlet arranged in a silo wall and a gas inlet arranged in a silo wall, wherein the silo is arranged for holding particulate material in the inner volume up to a filling level that is above the gas outlet for, in use and when an amount of particulate material is filled up to the filling level into the inner volume of the silo;
- a main suction device and a main suction ductwork connecting the gas outlet with the main suction device configured to remove gas from the inner volume of the silo;
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- a device configured to generate a gas flow of a gas from the gas inlet through the particulate material to the gas outlet that is below the filling level and covered by the particulate material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.