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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Glen D. Jukkola, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Bard C. Teigen, Enfield, CT (US);
Glen D. Jukkola, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Bard C. Teigen, Enfield, CT (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a solids flow control valve comprising a standpipe; a shoe; and a transport pipe; wherein the standpipe is in operative communication with the shoe and lies upstream of the shoe; the standpipe comprising a first end and a second end, where the first end is in contact with a source that contains disposable solids and the second end is in fluid contact with the shoe; the shoe being operative to restrict the flow of the disposable solids; the transport pipe being disposed downstream of the shoe to receive and transport the solids from the shoe.