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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Raymond Douglas Steele, Houston, TX (US);
Sivaguru Kanniappan, Pondicherry, IN;
Raul Eduardo Ayala, Houston, TX (US);
Zhaohui Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Dejia Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Karunagaran Sivagurunathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murugaraja Sengottaiyan, Bangalore, IN;
Raymond Douglas Steele, Houston, TX (US);
Sivaguru Kanniappan, Pondicherry, IN;
Raul Eduardo Ayala, Houston, TX (US);
Zhaohui Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Dejia Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Karunagaran Sivagurunathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murugaraja Sengottaiyan, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for heating a slurry to increase a solids concentration of the slurry while maintaining the viscosity of the slurry below a threshold viscosity. For example, in one embodiment, a system includes a fuel slurry preparation system having a slurry tank configured to hold a fuel slurry, the fuel slurry having a solid fuel and a liquid. The fuel slurry preparation system also includes a heat source and a controller configured to control the heat source to heat the fuel slurry to decrease a viscosity of the slurry below a threshold viscosity.