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US 8,893,992 B2Granted
System and method for pulverizing a substance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCharles Martin Mitchell, Fredric S. Russ, Chris J. Villa, Steven Craig Russell
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a fuel preparation system. The feedstock preparation system includes an acoustic chamber configured to receive a fuel and at least one acoustic wave generator configured to generate acoustic waves to at least partially break up the fuel in the acoustic chamber.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a gasifier feedstock preparation system, comprising:
- an acoustic chamber comprising an inlet configured to receive a gasifier feedstock and an outlet configured to output the gasifier feedstock;
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- at least one acoustic wave generator configured to generate acoustic waves to at least partially break up the gasifier feedstock in the acoustic chamber, wherein the at least one acoustic wave generator is disposed between the inlet and the outlet;
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- a gasifier configured to gasify the gasifier feedstock.
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A system, comprising:
- a fuel preparation system, comprising:
- at least one acoustic chamber;
- a first acoustic wave generator configured to generate first acoustic waves;
- a second acoustic wave generator configured to generate second acoustic waves, wherein the first and second acoustic waves are configured to at least partially break up a fuel, and the first and second acoustic waves are oriented cross-wise at an angle relative to one another;
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- a controller configured to control an operating parameter of the first and second acoustic wave generators based on feedback received from the fuel preparation system or a system configured to use the fuel from the fuel preparation system.
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A method, comprising:
- exposing a fuel to first and second acoustic waves within an acoustic chamber, wherein the first acoustic waves are generated by a first acoustic wave generator, the second acoustic waves are generated by a second acoustic wave generator, and the first and second acoustic waves are oriented cross-wise at an angle relative to one another, and the first and second acoustic waves are configured to at least partially break up the fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.