Abstract:
AN IMPROVED METHOD IS DISCLOSED FOR DISCHARGING PARTICULATE SOLIDS FROM A HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL, WHICH METHOD IS CHARACTERIZED BY MAINTAINING SAID PARTICULATE SOLIDS IN FLUIDIZED STATE IN ADMIXTURE WITH FLUIDS AND THUS KEEPING THE HEAD OF THE PARTICULATE SOLID-FLUIDS AND THUS IN THE VESSEL AND ITS PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL GREATER THAN THE HEAD OF A CONDUIT CONDUCTING THE FLUID.