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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Compass Minerals America Inc., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventor:
Dan Pinkham, Leawood, KS (US);
Assignee:
Compass Minerals America Inc., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/02 (2006.01); F26B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 23/002 (2013.01); F26B 23/001 (2013.01); Y02E 20/14 (2013.01); Y02P 70/405 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for generating electricity using a drive for the electrical generator that is powered by an engine (e.g., turbine). The method and system uses high pressure hot gases produced by combustion of a fuel and an oxygen-bearing gas, using at least a portion of the electricity generated to power manufacturing plant equipment. Additionally, hot waste gases from the heat engine are transported to a process dryer (e.g., rotary kiln dryers) to dry minerals, salt, pigments, sands, and clay.