Cooling system for decoater cyclone dust and related methods
AssigneeNovelis Inc.
InventorJungYoung Son
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Abstract
A cooling system includes a sensor and a cooling conveyor. The sensor measures a dust characteristic of dust discharged from a dust cyclone of a decoating system. The cooling conveyor receives the dust from the dust cyclone and cools the dust at a cooling rate, and the cooling rate may be controlled based on the measured dust characteristic. A method of cooling dust from a dust cyclone of a decoating system with a cooling system includes measuring a dust characteristic of the dust discharged from the dust cyclone and into a cooling conveyor of the cooling system. The method also includes advancing the dust along the cooling conveyor and cooling the dust at a cooling rate based on the measured dust characteristic.
Claims20
A cooling system comprising:
- a sensor configured to measure a dust characteristic of dust discharged from a dust cyclone of a decoating system;
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- a cooling conveyor configured to receive the dust from the dust cyclone and cool the dust at a cooling rate, wherein the cooling system is configured to control the cooling rate based on the measured dust characteristic.
A method of cooling dust from a dust cyclone of a decoating system with a cooling system, the method comprising:
- measuring a dust characteristic of the dust discharged from the dust cyclone and into a cooling conveyor of the cooling system;
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- advancing the dust along the cooling conveyor and cooling the dust at a cooling rate based on the measured dust characteristic.
A cooling system comprising:
- a cooling conveyor comprising a trough and a screw within the trough, wherein the screw is rotatable within the trough, wherein at least one of the screw or the trough is internally cooled with a coolant and comprises a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and wherein the cooling conveyor is configured to receive dust discharged from a dust cyclone of a decoating system and cool the dust at a cooling rate;
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- a sensor configured to measure a characteristic of the coolant, wherein the cooling system is configured to control the cooling rate based on the measured characteristic of the coolant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.