Systems, methods, and devices for industrial tower waste extraction
AssigneeIndustrial Vacuum Transfer Services USA, LLC
InventorRandall Earl Thomas
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices for removal of undesired materials are disclosed. Production of desired materials may result in the production of undesired materials. The systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, may provide for removal of the undesired materials from various environments (e.g., industrial, commercial, residential, natural, etc.). The undesired materials may be removed in a substantially continuous manner and may limit or prevent contamination of an ambient environment with the undesired materials. The undesired materials may be removed with high-pressure vacuum through a fluid flow path that keeps the undesired materials from the ambient environment.
Claims21
A system for removing waste material from a reaction vessel, the system comprising:
- a manifold pneumatically connected to two or more zones of differing elevations of the reaction vessel in which the waste material is disposed during operation;
- a material collector having an interior and pneumatically connected to the manifold;
- a vacuum source connected to the material collector and positioned to generate a vacuum of a fluid flow through the interior of the material collector to extract waste material from the reaction vessel, through the manifold and into the interior of the material collector, the vacuum source including two or more venturi mechanisms;
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- a fluid flow attenuator connected to an exhaust of the vacuum source to attenuate sound of the high-pressure vacuum of the fluid flow prior to exhaustion of the fluid flow into ambient environment.
A system for removing waste material from a reaction vessel, the system comprising:
- a manifold connected to two or more zones of differing elevations of the reaction vessel in which the waste material is disposed during operation;
- a material collector having an interior and connected to the manifold;
- a vacuum source connected to the material collector and positioned to generate a vacuum of a fluid flow through the interior of the material collector to extract waste material from the reaction vessel, through the manifold and into the interior of the material collector, the vacuum source comprising two or more high-pressure vacuum sources positioned to supply a high-pressure vacuum to the manifold through the material collector;
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- a sound attenuator connected to an exhaust of the vacuum source to attenuate sound of the exhaust of the two or more high-pressure vacuum sources into ambient environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.