Alstom Technology Limited

Robert Plant

Christopher Daniel Curl

Mike Godwin

A classifier [] is disclosed that employs adjustable vanes [] that may be interactively adjusted to change the distribution of fuel particle sizes that are passed on to a furnace. The classifier employs a frame [] having a plurality of windows [] each having an adjustable vane []. A control ring [] is rotated with respect to the frame [] to simultaneously move links [] connected between the control ring [] and the vanes []. This causes the vanes [] to open or close, changing the air flow path and changing the size distribution of particles passing through the classifier [] to the furnace. The system may include an adjustment system [] that can automatically sense particle size to optimize several physical parameters related to particle size.

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

Robert Plant