Solids feeder having a solids-liquid separator
US4247240A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 22, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J3/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring solid materials between zones of substantially different pressures, the solid materials being supplied to a lockhopper containing a liquid having a density less than the solid materials, the solid materials with associated liquid passing through a solids-liquid separator chamber separating the solid materials and liquids so that the solid materials, substantially free of liquids, are passed into a vessel such as a pressurized reaction vessel.
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