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US 2017/0254164 A1Published application
Induction heater for drilling cuttings and other materials and method
AssigneeElectric Horsepower Inc.
InventorsRobert FOLK, Adrian Lachance
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Abstract
An induction heater and materials processing apparatus and method using induction heating and rotary tumbling to heat or heat and dry materials such as drilling cuttings or waste material.
Claims30
An induction heater for processing a feed material comprising:
- a main tube having an internal conveyor, at least one of the main tube or conveyor providing an at least partly ferrous part;
- one or more electric induction coils for heating the at least partly ferrous part to heat the feed material to provide heated outlet material;
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- a conveyor drive for driving the conveyor.
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An induction heater for processing a feed material comprising:
- a rotatable main tube having an internal auger or flighting, at least one of the main tube or internal auger or flighting providing an at least partly ferrous part;
- one or more electric induction coils for heating the at least partly ferrous part to heat the feed material to provide heated outlet material;
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- a main tube drive for rotating the main tube.
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A method of processing a feed material comprising:
- conveying the feed material through a main tube having an internal conveyor, at least one of the main tube or the conveyor providing a ferrous part, the feed material conveyed through the main tube by the conveyor;
- heating the feed material by induction heating of the ferrous part, at least a portion of the feed material and at least a portion of the ferrous part in contact, wherein the feed material is heated to provide a heated outlet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.