Orifice plate for controlling solids flow, methods of use thereof and articles comprising the same

Jukkola, Glen D.; Teigen, Bard C.

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Title: Orifice plate for controlling solids flow, methods of use thereof and articles comprising the same

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an orifice plate comprising one or more plates having orifices disposed therein; the orifices being operative to permit the flow of solids from a moving bed heat exchanger to a solids flow control system; where the orifice plate is downstream of a tube bundle of the moving bed heat exchanger and upstream of the solids flow control system and wherein the orifice plate is operative to evenly distribute the flow of solids in the solids flow control system.

Inventors:: Jukkola, Glen D.; Teigen, Bard C.

Issue Date:: 2017-01-31

Research Org.:: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH (Switzerland)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1341895

Patent Number(s):: 9557115

Application Number:: 13/283,411

Assignee:: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Baden, CH)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28C - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28C - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION
F28C3/14 - the particulate material moving by gravity, e.g. down a tube

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D13/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus using a fluidised bed
F28D2021/0045 - {for granular materials

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F27/02 - for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels
F28F9/026 - {with static flow control means, e.g. with means for uniformly distributing heat exchange media into conduits}

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-01NT41223

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Title: Orifice plate for controlling solids flow, methods of use thereof and articles comprising the same

Abstract

Citation Formats

Feeder patent, April 1943

Installation for the Heating of Fine Granular Material, Especially Cement Raw Material patent, July 1956

Separating and Cooling Device for Plastic Granules patent, February 1971

Support for a Fluidized Bed patent, July 1972

Inductially heated gas lift pump action method for melt reduction patent, January 1976

Operating method patent, April 1978

Fluid bed combustion patent, July 1981

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Moving bed heat storage and recovery system patent, October 1984

Method and apparatus for cleaning waste gases from aluminum production facilities patent, February 1985

Heat exchanger with staggered perforated plates patent, November 1986

Pressurized downdraft gasifier patent, April 1987

Boiler with a circulating fluidized bed patent, August 1987

Solids-gas separator patent, August 1987

Fluidized bed mass burner for solid waste patent, October 1988

Circulating fluidized bed reactor patent, September 1989

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Method and system for controlling the backflow sealing efficiency and recycle rate in fluidized bed reactors patent, September 1990

Process for gasifying or combusting solid carbonaceous material patent, November 1990

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Apparatus for volumetric metering of small quantity of powder from fluidized beds patent, February 2004

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Feeder
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Installation for the Heating of Fine Granular Material, Especially Cement Raw Material
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Separating and Cooling Device for Plastic Granules
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Support for a Fluidized Bed
patent, July 1972

Inductially heated gas lift pump action method for melt reduction
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Fluid bed combustion
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Fluid bed heat exchanger for contaminated gas
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Moving bed heat storage and recovery system
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Method and apparatus for cleaning waste gases from aluminum production facilities
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Fluidized bed mass burner for solid waste
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Circulating fluidized bed reactor
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Process for gasifying or combusting solid carbonaceous material
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