Patent ID: 7819071

Claim:
A nozzle system for a fluidized bed, comprising: a pipe for insertion through an air distributor plate in the fluidized bed and extending up through a refractory material on the air distributor plate; a shaft received in the pipe with a stop which supports the shaft on the distal end of the pipe; a cap including a top surface supported by a solid skirt, the inner diameter of the skirt larger than the outer diameter of the shaft defining a protected annular exhaust space between an outer diameter of the shaft and an inner diameter of the cap skirt defining an exhaust air path from the nozzle system downwardly between the shaft and the cap skirt and under the skirt towards the stop on the shaft, a throat and a depth of the annular space between the outer diameter of the shaft and the inner diameter of the cap skirt establishing a predetermined pressure drop through the nozzle; spaced discreet supports extending inwardly from the cap skirt supporting the cap on a top of the shaft; and a rod extending within the pipe and the shaft up through an opening in the top surface of the cap, a fastener on the distal end of the rod urged against the top of the cap, and a handle on the proximal end of the rod spanning the proximal end of the pipe.