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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley E Kmiotek, Tolland, CT (US);
Gregory R Strich, Enfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110232 ; 110106 ; 4152081 ;
Abstract
An exhauster assembly for a solid fuel pulverizer has an exhauster housing defining an inlet opening. A fan rotatably mounts in the exhauster housing and a duct defining an air stream flow path is in fluid connection with the inlet opening. An inlet guide vane assembly is positioned in the duct adjacent the inlet opening. The inlet guide vane assembly has a plurality of first and second guide vanes defining a plurality of the flow channels generally parallel the air stream flow path. The first and second guide vanes are generally planar and arranged generally orthogonally to each other in cross section.