ATS Discharge System

The discharge system is a hopper/cyclone arrangement which gives a compact footprint minimizes structural steel and reduces pressure drop when compared to more conventional arrangements. The system comprises Chute and Discharge Airlocks. Torrified material and spent gas exit the drum into a chute. This is an expansion chamber that decelerates the gas allowing the material to drop out of the gas stream. There is a deflector plate that is angled down within the chute that further helps channel material to the bottom where it is chuted into a material screw that traverses the base of the chute. The material discharges through airlocks into a water-cooled transfer screw (OPTIONAL), in which the material finally exits the system. Spent gas exits the top of the chute in a duct and sent to the Reactor IDFan. The fan is autility grade centrifugal fan. From there it is directed to the Combustion Chamber. Torrified Material from the cyclone separator is collected in a material screw and airlocks in a similar arrangement to the drop box, and finally discharged into the transfer conveyor.