Patents by Inventor Nandita Choudhury

Nandita Choudhury has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6928936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for feeding pulverized coal to a furnace, such as a drop tube furnace. The feeding system consists of a feed hopper, a pneumatic vibrator positioned on the periphery of the feeder hopper, a needle valve arrangement in the said feed hopper, a depth gauge micrometer, a distribution chamber with primary and secondary airline at the bottom of the said feed hopper. Adjusting the pressure of compressed air allows setting of the frequency of vibration of the pneumatic vibrator. The needle valve arrangement in conjunction with the vibratory hopper controls the feed rate. The rate of coal flow is measured by the depth gauge micrometer. The distribution chamber with primary and secondary airline at the bottom of the said feed hopper allows uniform mixing of air with coal before being charged into the furnace reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Ashis Mukherjee, Subhasis Biswas, Manish Kumar, Santi Gopal Sahu, Nandita Choudhury, Ashim Choudhury, Kalyan Sen