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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1981
Masayoshi Kuwata, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Fred W Staub, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas distributor for fluidizing a bed of particulate matter which provides for minimum dissipation of particle energy from a particulate-laden gas stream on a distributor surface is disclosed. The gas distributor allows the particulate-laden gas stream to contact the surfaces of the distributor at about 90.degree. or 0.degree. which are angles of impact for low erosion. Opposing particulate-laden gas streams are made to contact each other which removes particle kinetic energy while minimizing erosion before fluidizing the bed of particulate matter. A method to minimize erosion of a gas distributor for fluidizing a bed of particulate matter from a particulate-laden gas stream is also disclosed.