Patent ID: 7470310
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: C21B,F27B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for distributing a lumpy bulk material including carbon-containing material from a stream of the bulk material onto an expansive surface of a fixed bed located within a vessel used in a physical or chemical process engineering, the apparatus comprising: an inlet device for delivering the stream of bulk material into the vessel above the fixed bed; a scattering device in the vessel in communication with the inlet device which is operative to receive the bulk material and to scatter at least a portion of the bulk material radially and tangentially with respect to the surface, said scattering device having a generally tapered body portion which narrows at an upstream end thereof relative to the direction of flow of said bulk material, said body portion comprised of a plurality of vertically spaced marginal rings spaced to provide a plurality of openings throughout the body, said rings being connected to one another at least along a generating line, wherein the rings together approximately define the shape of the body and the vertical spaces define the plurality of openings; and a charging apparatus having at least one distribution device downstream of the scattering device, which is operative to receive at least a portion of the lumpy material exiting the scattering device and to distribute the received portion radially outward over the surface.