Patent ID: 8590464

Claim:
A pulverized coal concentration adjustment apparatus comprising a pulverized coal distributor, of which an upstream end is connected to a pulverized coal pipe, through which pulverized coal is pneumatically conveyed to flow, and a downstream end is connected to a plurality of branch pipes, and which distributes and pneumatically conveys the pulverized coal to the respective branch pipes through flow passages in plural stages, and a gas-particle flow adjustment device provided on an upstream side of the pulverized coal distributor and at a bottom in the pulverized coal pipe to adjust pulverized coal to the branch pipes in concentration, and wherein the gas-particle flow adjustment device comprises a plate-shaped member provided along a substantially overall width of the pulverized coal pipe to have a substantially rectangular shape as viewed in plan view, an upstream leading edge of the gas-particle flow adjustment device is mounted pivotally to a bottom surface of the pulverized coal pipe, and an angle formed between an upper surface of the gas-particle flow adjustment device and a bottom surface of the pulverized coal pipe can be automatically adjusted on the basis of signals from flow sensors mounted to the respective branch pipes.