Patent ID: 11931743
Assignee: AMERTECHTOWERSERVICES, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 16:
17. An apparatus for shredding cooling tower debris, comprising:
a feed hopper for depositing cooling tower debris through a top inlet of the feed hopper;
a body coupled to the feed hopper and having a plurality of hook knives configured to shred the cooling tower debris at a rotation speed of less than about 30 RPM and torque of greater than about 25,000 foot-pounds as it passes through the plurality of hook knives;
a conveyor configured to receive shredded cooling tower debris exiting the body and to move the shredded cooling tower debris toward a receptacle for disposal; and
a liquid dispenser configured to spray liquid onto shredded cooling tower debris to reduce the amount of dust emitted into the air.