United Conveyor Corporation

Kenneth W Lauridsen

Saurabh Rastogi

Daniel E Charhut

Ronald Bugar

The system for a continuous dewatering recirculating for removing particulate such as coal combustion residue from a water stream. The system includes multiple dewatering and recirculation containers, each having a submerged flight conveyor and lamella settlings plate located therein, at least one dewatering and recirculation container receives ash water stream overflow.

Continuous dewatering recirculation system with integral coal combustion residual high flow plate separator

A shaft seal for sealing a rotating shaft relative to a panel or wall of a device from which the shaft extends. The shaft seal has a tubular housing including a packing gland for shaft packings which is floatingly mounted to a wall or panel of the device by an annular diaphragm. A bushing in the bore of the tubular housing causes the tubular housing to move bodily as permitted by the floating mounting when shaft run-out occurs. A connection between the panel and the tubular housing limits rotation thereof resulting from torsional forces derived from shaft rotation. A unitary structure fixed to the shaft for rotation therewith and mounted adjacent an outer end of the tubular housing coacts with an annular thrust washer fixed to said end of the tubular housing to absorb the loads applied to the annular diaphragm and tubular housing acting axially of the shaft. This unitary structure includes a collar fixed to the shaft, a thrust washer engaging the annular washer fixed to an end of the tubular housing and a resilient member bonded therebetween which exerts loading on the thrust washers.

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Lake Forest, IL, United States of America

Kenneth W Lauridsen