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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
System, method and apparatus for controlling the flow direction, flow rate and temperature of solids
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
Jonq-Hai Chiu, West Hartford, CT (US);
Herbert E. Andrus, Jr., Granby, CT (US);
Christoph Herbert Weingaertner, Gau-Algesheim, DE;
Hans-Peter Dornik, Oberramstadt, DE;
Olaf Stallmann, Essenheim, DE;
GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling flow of a material includes an inlet for receiving the material from a source, and a seal mechanism connected to the inlet, the seal mechanism having a fluidizing bed configured to receive the material from the inlet, a first discharge passageway and a second discharge passageway. The fluidizing bed includes a first transport zone associated with the first discharge passageway and a second transport zone associated with the second discharge passageway, wherein the first and second transport zones are configured to receive transport gas from a transport gas source. The transport gas is controllable to selectively divert a flow of the material into the first discharge passageway and the second discharge passageway.