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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Randall L. Force, Charleston, WV (US);
Robert G. Aronson, Winfield, WV (US);
Mark W. Blood, Hurricane, WV (US);
Gerardo Corona, Houston, TX (US);
Dung P. Le, Sugar Land, TX (US);
W. Scott Hamilton, S. Charleston, WV (US);
Thomas A. Maliszewski, Charleston, WV (US);
William K. Lutz, Ripley, WV (US);
Randall L. Force, Charleston, WV (US);
Robert G. Aronson, Winfield, WV (US);
Mark W. Blood, Hurricane, WV (US);
Gerardo Corona, Houston, TX (US);
Dung P. Le, Sugar Land, TX (US);
W. Scott Hamilton, S. Charleston, WV (US);
Thomas A. Maliszewski, Charleston, WV (US);
William K. Lutz, Ripley, WV (US);
Univation Technologies, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A discharge system for removing a solid/gas mixture from a fluidized bed pressure vessel is provided. The discharge system includes a fluidized bed pressure vessel, a settling vessel, a transfer vessel, discharge line, primary discharge valve, and primary exit valve. Also in included is a method to operate the discharge system. The method includes transferring a solid/gas mixture from a fluidized bed pressure vessel to a settling vessel, transferring the solids to a transfer vessel, and then emptying the transfer vessel.