Process for handling particulate material at elevated pressure
US6540165B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC01P2004/61
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process comprising the steps of: (1) pressurizing a particulate material in bead or pellet form in a vessel to an elevated pressure with a first gas, (2) reducing the particulate material under the elevated pressure to a fine consistency, (3) conveying the fine consistency particulate material into a receiving vessel.
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