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Title: Dry piston coal feeder. [DOE patent]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6086836

This invention provides a solids feeder for feeding dry coal to a pressurized gasifier at elevated temperatures substantially without losing gas from the gasifier by providing a lock having a double-acting piston that feeds the coals into the gasifier, traps the gas from escaping, and expels the trapped gas back into the gasifier.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4140228
OSTI ID:
6086836
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Dec 1977; Other Information: PAT-APPL-856,368
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English