Device for discharge of bulk material from a pressure vessel
AssigneePaul Wurth S.A.
InventorsEmile Lonardi, Romain Frieden, Jorg Brinckmann, Patrick Hutmacher
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Abstract
A device for the discharge of bulk material (96) from a pressure vessel (2) is proposed, which comprises at least one sluice bin (24, 26) with a bottom (42, 44) and a top (40) sluice gate. The sluice bin (24, 26) is arranged under a plate (76, 76'), into which it forms an orifice (28, 30) for the bulk material (96). The top sluice gate (40) has a sealing plate (66), which is arranged above this plate (76, 76') in such a way that it can be positioned above the orifice (28, 30) of the sluice bin (24, 26) and, after a sealing connection to the edge of the orifice (28, 30) has been made, can be forced against this edge by overpressure in the pressure vessel (2).
Claims32
A device for the discharge of bulk material from a pressure vessel, comprising:
- a plate;
- at least one sluice bin with a bottom sluice gate and a top sluice gate, said at least one sluice bin being arranged under the plate and forming an orifice in said plate for the bulk material,
- said top sluice gate comprising a sealing member, which is arranged above said plate, and
- wherein the arrangement of said device is such that said sealing member is positionable above the orifice for said bulk material and is positionable into a sealing arrangement about an edge of the orifice and, upon a sealing connection of said sealing member about an edge of the orifice being made, said sealing connection is such that an overpressure in the pressure vessel causes the sealing member to be pressed against the edge of the orifice.
Device for the discharge of bulk material from a pressure vessel, comprising a plate, a first sluice bin, a second sluice bin, a bottom sluice gate and a top sluice gate, said first and second sluice bins being arranged under the plate and forming respectively a first and a second orifice in said plate for the bulk material, and said top sluice gate comprising a sealing member, which is arranged above said plate, and wherein said device is arranged such such that said sealing member is positionable as well above the first orifice as above the second orifice for said bulk material and, after a sealing connexion of said sealing member to an edge of one of said first and second orifices has been made, said sealing member is arranged such that an overpressure prevailing in said pressure vessel acts to press said sealing member against the edge of the respective orifice.
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