Material delivery system
AssigneeTokamak Energy Ltd
InventorKyaw SWAR
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Abstract
A material delivery system for a plasma system is disclosed. The delivery system includes a receptacle assembly including a plurality of receptacles and an aperture through which to deliver material to the plasma system, and a material feeder assembly for providing material to the receptacle assembly, wherein, the receptacle assembly is operable to move between a material delivery configuration in which the aperture is aligned with the material feeder assembly to allow passage of material through the receptacle assembly, and a plurality of material collection configurations in which a respective one of the receptacles obstructs passage of material through the receptacle assembly to allow collection of material by the receptacle.
Claims23
A material delivery system for delivering a powdered or granulated or liquid material to a plasma system, the material delivery system comprising:
- a receptacle assembly comprising a plurality of receptacles and an aperture through which to deliver material to the plasma system;
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- a material feeder assembly for providing the powdered or granulated or liquid material to the receptacle assembly,
- wherein, the receptacle assembly is operable to move between a material delivery configuration in which the aperture is aligned with the material feeder assembly to allow passage of material through the receptacle assembly, and a plurality of material collection configurations in which a respective one of the plurality of receptacles obstructs passage of material through the receptacle assembly to allow collection of material by the receptacle.
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A method of operating a material delivery system installed in a plasma system, the material delivery system comprising:
- a plurality of receptacles, and a material feeder assembly for providing a powdered or granulated or liquid material to the plasma system, the method comprising:
- selecting a first receptacle from the plurality of receptacles;
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- moving the first receptacle into a position to allow the powdered or granulated or liquid material provided by the material feeder assembly to be collected in the first receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.