Material withdrawal apparatus and methods of regulating material inventory in one or more units

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8236247
APP PUB NO 20100154891A1
SERIAL NO

12645862

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Material withdrawal apparatus, methods, and systems of regulating material inventory in one or more units are provided. A material withdrawal apparatus includes a heat exchanger and transport medium junction configured to provide transport medium to transport the withdrawn material from the unit to the heat exchanger. Another material withdrawal apparatus includes a heat exchanger and shock coolant junction configured to provide shock coolant to the material withdrawn from the unit. Another material withdrawal apparatus includes a heat exchanger, shock coolant junction, and transport medium junction. Another embodiment of a material withdrawal apparatus includes a vessel and shock coolant junction. Another material withdrawal apparatus includes a vessel and transport medium junction. The vessel includes a wall, liner with heat insulating refractory material, fill port, and a discharge port. Other embodiments provide methods of withdrawing or regulating material in a unit and systems coupled to a material withdrawal apparatus.

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JOHNSON MATTHEY PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC2399 HIGHWAY 34 SUITE C-1 MANASQUAN NJ 08736

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butterfield, Ronald Jackson, US 2 15
Evans, Martin Tolland, US 45 670

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