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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Ramesh Varadaraj, Flemington, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Ramesh Varadaraj, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Fine, solid particles in a gas stream, especially fly ash particles in the hot gas stream from a coal/coke-utilizing synthesis gas unit, are agglomerated by passage through a gas flow matrix element having a body with confined gas flow channels which bring the particles into close proximity to one another in an environment of low turbulence; a rough surface on the gas flow passages provides surface induction to promote agglomeration of the particles. The larger, agglomerated particles may then be removed from the gas stream by inertial separators such as cyclones.