Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Process – Congealing or thickening
Patent
1999-07-21
2000-10-31
Gravini, Stephen
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Process
Congealing or thickening
34374, 34134, 34137, 34141, 34166, 432151, F26B 700
Patent
active
061383775
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an apparatus and process for cooling and de-steaming hot calcined stucco used in the production of gypsum boards or bagged plaster. The apparatus is a fluid bed stucco cooler and comprises a cooler housing having a plenum with two chambers, a first chamber having a stucco inlet and a second chamber having a stucco outlet. The stucco cooler includes cooling coils that are located within the plenum and a fluidization pad positioned through the fluidization pad help to mix the air and the stucco powder to insure fluidization, prevent channeling, and prevent the stucco powder from building up on the cooling coils. The air also forces steam from the hot calcined stucco out through an air outlet located at the top of the stucco cooler, thereby de-steaming the stucco. The stucco flows through the plenum and passes over the cooling coils, thereby cooling the stucco as it reaches the stucco outlet.
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Bolind Michael L.
Porter Michael J.
Gravini Stephen
Janci David F.
Lorenzen John M.
United States Gypsum Company
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