Receiver, assemblies, and methods for loading and extracting product in elevated tower
View Patent ↗Assemblies, apparatuses, and methods to extract or convey a material from a source of the material may include a vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly and a material receiver to enhance conveyance the material from the source of the material. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may include a vacuum source positioned to cause a vacuum flow between the source of the material, the material receiver, and the vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may further include a sound attenuation chamber positioned to receive at least a portion of the vacuum flow from, and attenuate sound generated by, the vacuum source. The material receiver may be positioned an elevated location relative to a source of the material and be capable of staging and metering the conveyance of material when moving material at the top of a structure, such as a refinery tower.
1 . A method to enhance conveyance of material from a material source to a material receiver and providing-fluid communication between the material source and a refinery apparatus, the method comprising:
supplying a pressurized fluid to a plurality of vacuum generators;
generating, via the plurality of vacuum generators and by use of the pressurized fluid, a high-pressure vacuum flow;
conveying the material from the material source through a conveyance manifold, the conveyance manifold positioned to provide a flow path for the vacuum flow between the material source and into the material receiver, thereby to fill, at least partially, the material receiver;
passing the vacuum flow into a sound attenuation chamber to reduce a sound level generated by one or more of the vacuum flow or the high-pressure vacuum flow; and
depositing at least a portion of the material from the material receiver through a material discharge outlet of the material receiver into the refinery apparatus.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising passing the vacuum flow from the material receiver into the sound attenuation chamber.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the refinery apparatus comprises a refinery tower, and the method further comprising depositing material from the material discharge outlet of the receiver to a plurality of different elevations within the refinery tower.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of vacuum generators comprises two or more venturi mechanisms to generate the high-pressure vacuum flow.
5 . A method to enhance conveyance of material from a material source to a material receiver connected to a refinery apparatus and provide fluid communication between the material source and the refinery apparatus, the method comprising:
generating, via a plurality of vacuum generators and by use of a pressurized fluid, a high-pressure vacuum flow;
conveying the material from the material source through a conveyance manifold, the conveyance manifold positioned to provide a flow path for the vacuum flow between the material source and into the material receiver, thereby to fill, at least partially, the material receiver;
passing the vacuum flow into a sound attenuation chamber to reduce a sound level generated by one or more of the vacuum flow or the high-pressure vacuum flow; and
depositing at least a portion of the material from the material receiver through a material discharge outlet of the material receiver into the refinery apparatus.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising passing the vacuum flow from the material receiver into the sound attenuation chamber so as to attenuate sound.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the refinery apparatus comprises a refinery tower, and the method further comprising depositing material from the material discharge outlet of the receiver to a plurality of different elevations within the refinery tower.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein each of the one or more vacuum generators comprises one or more venturi mechanisms to generate the high-pressure vacuum flow.
9 . A method to enhance conveyance of material from a material source to a material receiver connected to a refinery tower and provide fluid communication between the material source and the refinery tower, the method comprising:
generating, via a plurality of vacuum generators and by use of a pressurized fluid, a high-pressure vacuum flow;
conveying the material from the material source through a conveyance manifold, the conveyance manifold positioned to provide a flow path for the vacuum flow between the material source and into the material receiver, thereby to fill, at least partially, the material receiver;
passing the vacuum flow into a sound attenuation chamber to reduce a sound level generated by one or more of the vacuum flow or the high-pressure vacuum flow; and
depositing at least a portion of material from the material receiver through a material discharge outlet of the material receiver into the refinery tower.
10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising passing the vacuum flow from the material receiver into the sound attenuation chamber so as to attenuate sound.
11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising depositing material from the material discharge outlet of the receiver to a plurality of different elevations within the refinery tower.
12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of vacuum generators comprises two or more venturi mechanisms to generate the high-pressure vacuum flow.