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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Siva Kumar Kota, Karnataka, IN;
Annavarapu Vijay Bharat Sastri, Karnataka, IN;
Vijayalakshmi Shah, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 5/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/326 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01); C10L 2290/08 (2013.01); C10L 2290/10 (2013.01); C10L 2290/141 (2013.01); C10L 2290/24 (2013.01); C10L 2290/28 (2013.01); C10L 2290/52 (2013.01); C10L 2290/545 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides a slurry concentration system for concentrating a flow of slurry. The slurry concentration system may include a boiler for producing a flow of steam, a first evaporator for concentrating the flow of slurry with the flow of steam and creating a first flow of water vapor, and a second evaporator positioned downstream of the first evaporator for further concentrating the flow of slurry with the first flow of water vapor and creating a second flow of water vapor.