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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
William J. Blickley, Scott Depot, WV (US);
Mark W. Blood, Hurricane, WV (US);
Glenn W. Baldwin, South Charleston, WV (US);
William J. Blickley, Scott Depot, WV (US);
Mark W. Blood, Hurricane, WV (US);
Glenn W. Baldwin, South Charleston, WV (US);
Univation Technologies, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system in one embodiment includes a barrier; an inverted cone in the barrier; and a member under the inverted cone and having dimensions that cause solids passing therealong between the member and the barrier to have about a constant velocity profile thereacross. A method for purging a gas from a solid/gas mixture according to one embodiment includes adding solids to a barrier having an inverted cone therein and a member under the inverted cone, wherein the solids passing along the member have about a constant vertical velocity profile thereacross; and injecting a purge gas into the solids from at least one point adjacent the member.