Patent ID: 9227790
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B65G,C10J,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A system for feeding a biomass material feed into a fluidized bed gasifier, comprising: a first plurality of screw conveyors disposed circumferentially around and connected to or integral with a gasifier shell of the fluidized bed gasifier, wherein each of the first plurality of screw conveyors is in feed communication with a gasifier chamber defined by the gasifier shell; a plurality of secondary receptacles, each individually coupled to a respective screw conveyor of the first plurality of screw conveyors, wherein each of the plurality of secondary receptacles comprises a secondary receptacle shell defining a secondary receptacle chamber in feed communication with the respective screw conveyor; and a plurality of primary receptacles, each comprising a primary receptacle shell defining a primary receptacle chamber in feed communication with at least two of the plurality of secondary receptacles, wherein each secondary receptacle of the plurality of secondary receptacles is in feed communication with only one primary receptacle.