Method for preventing jamming conditions in a compression device

Patent · Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2002

OSTI ID:874516

Williams, Paul M ^[1]; Faller, Kenneth M ^[2]; Bauer, Edward J ^[3]

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1. Lafayette, CO
2. Thornton, CO
3. Denver, CO

A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-discharge valve assembly is located between the feed-outlet end of the compression tube and the reactor. A feed auger-screw extends axially in the supply tube between the feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends thereof. A compression auger-screw extends axially in the compression tube between the feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends thereof. The compression tube is sloped downwardly towards the reactor to drain fluid from the waste material to the reactor and is oriented at generally right angle to the supply tube such that the feed-outlet end of the supply tube is adjacent to the feed-inlet end of the compression tube. A programmable logic controller is provided for controlling the rotational speed of the feed and compression auger-screws for selectively varying the compression of the waste material and for overcoming jamming conditions within either the supply tube or the compression tube.

• Research Organization: EG & G INC
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-90DP62349
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 6405662
• Application Number: 09/837,426
• OSTI ID: 874516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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method
preventing
jamming
conditions
compression
device
feeding
waste
material
reactor
feed
assembly
hopper
supply
tube
tubes
feed-inlet
feed-outlet
feed-discharge
valve
located
auger-screw
extends
axially
sloped
downwardly
towards
drain
fluid
oriented
angle
adjacent
programmable
logic
controller
provided
controlling
rotational
speed
auger-screws
selectively
varying
overcoming
waste material
rotational speed
supply tube
material feed
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