Patent ID: 7798749
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A high efficiency material inlet assembly for entraining particulate solids in a prime mover fluid flow path using a pneumatic system, said assembly comprising: a) a pneumatic system including a pipeline, said pipeline having a top surface and a bottom surface; b) at least one particulate inlet defined in a top surface of said pipeline for providing a gravitational flow of particulate into said pipeline; and c) a plurality of particulate diffuser plates disposed within said pipeline, each of said plates located in a different planes parallel to one another and said prime mover flow path and orthogonal to said gravitational flow of particulate, each of said particulate diffuser plates further defining an occluded portion of said particulate inlet and an open portion of said particulate inlet, such that said occluded portion is disposed vertically between said particulate inlet and said bottom surface such that at least a portion of the gravitational flow of said particulate will impinge upon each of said particulate diffuser plates; whereby said particulate diffuser plate increase the particulate residence time in the higher velocity portion of the prime mover flow, thus facilitating a greater momentum transfer to said particulate.