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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Jyung-hoon Kim, Kingwood, TX (US);
John Saunders Stevenson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Steven Craig Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
Jyung-Hoon Kim, Kingwood, TX (US);
John Saunders Stevenson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Steven Craig Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for transporting a solid particulate within a gasifier system is provided. The method includes discharging solid particulate through an inlet into an opening defined within a rotor, wherein the inlet and the solid particulate are at a first pressure. The method further includes rotating the rotor such that at least one end of the opening is aligned in flow communication with a duct at a second pressure that is different from the first pressure. The solid particulate is discharged from the rotor opening through an outlet such that the solid particulate is at the second pressure, and the rotor is rotated such that at least one end of the rotor opening is aligned in flow communication with a pressure source that is at approximately the first pressure, and such that the opening is at the first pressure.