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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Raymond Douglas Steele, Cypress, TX (US);
Judith Pauline Oppenheim, Friendswood, TX (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Douglas Steele, Cypress, TX (US);
Judith Pauline Oppenheim, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 7/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/36 (2006.01); C10J 3/52 (2006.01); C10J 3/72 (2006.01); C10J 3/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10J 3/526 (2013.01); C10J 3/723 (2013.01); C10J 3/845 (2013.01); C10J 2300/093 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0959 (2013.01); C10J 2300/169 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1846 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01); Y02E 20/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a slurry depressurizing system that includes a liquid expansion system configured to continuously receive a slurry at a first pressure and continuously discharge the slurry at a second pressure. For example, the slurry depressurizing system may include an expansion turbine to expand the slurry from the first pressure to the second pressure.