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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Thomas Wolfgang Engel, East Hampton, CT (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Wolfgang Engel, East Hampton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for delivery of a solid particulate fuel to a heating system. The present invention provides a lock-up transport system to deliver particles of solid fuel in a downstream direction while maintaining the position of the particles relative to each other. The lock-up transport system provides a linear mass flow through the gasification stages of the fuel.