Supplying a dispensing device for loading a refinery and/or petrochemical reactor with solid particles
US10029225B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2208/00778
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An assembly for loading a refinery and/or petrochemical reactor (100) with solid particles, comprising a dispensing device (110) for loading the reactor with solid particles in a relatively uniform manner, a system (200) for supplying the dispensing device, comprising a flexible sleeve (140) connected to a solid particle tank (130) and to the dispensing device, and a control system (300) comprising a blocking device (310) for blocking the particles flowing in the flexible sleeve, adjacent to a portion (141) of the flexible sleeve and capable, when activated, of moving the walls of the flexible sleeve in such a way as to reduce a cross section of said sleeve at said portion, and an actuating device (350) for actuating the blocking device located at a distance from the blocking device.
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