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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Andres Emmel, Hahnbach, DE;
Dragan Stevanovic, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE;
Hans-Georg Fassbinder, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE;
Applikations-und Technikzentrum fur Energieverfahrens-Umwelt und Stromungstechnik, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the operation of a regenerator, hot and cold gas being repeatedly passed through a bulk material with a maximum particle diameter D which is received in the annular space between a substantially cylindrical hot grid and a cold grid surrounding the latter, and at least one discharge opening being provided in the bottom B of the annular space for discharging the bulk material . To increase the service life of the regenerator, it is proposed according to the invention that a predetermined amount of bulk material is discharged during or after the passing-through of hot gas, so that a compressive stress exerted by the bulk material on the hot grid and cold grid is reduced.