Patent ID: 7972103
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B08B,B65G,G21F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for transferring settled and suspended solids from an open vessel into a closed vessel, where the closed vessel is not open to the atmosphere, the apparatus comprising a suction line which extends from the closed vessel to the open vessel via drive means and a solids feed line which extends from a solids outlet in the open vessel to a solids inlet in the closed vessel, a fluidising apparatus being provided to fluidise the solids in the open vessel, where the closed vessel comprises a feed vessel which feeds suspended solids into a transport vessel containing a fluidising unit, where the transport vessel comprises a solids outlet through which suspended solids are discharged at a controlled rate along a slurry discharge line, and a bypass line is provided to allow fluid from the closed vessel to bypass the fluidising unit and to pass directly into the slurry discharge line to control slurry concentration.