1. A metal corner member for attaching to and strengthening abutting, first and second adjacent exterior wall members that meet in an exterior corner of a structure, the abutting wall members each comprising an outer face, an inner face, opposed top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, said edges forming a wall member thickness between said outer and inner wall member faces, wherein one of said opposed side edges of said first wall member abuts up against the inner face of said second wall member adjacent one of said opposed side edges of said second wall member, said adjacent side edge of said second wall member being aligned to be flush with said outer face of said adjacent first wall member to form a corner edge, the corner member comprising:
a. a first elongate, planar flange section having top, bottom, right side and left side edges, a flat outside face, and a flat inside face, and
b. a second elongate, planar flange section having top, bottom, right side and left side edges, a flat outside face, and a flat inside face,
wherein the first elongate, planar flange right side edge is joined to the second elongate, planar flange left side edge to form an elongate corner seam having a flange intersection angle that can range from between about 60 degrees to about 120 degrees,
wherein the first planar flange extends away from the seam along a first plane,
wherein the second planar flange extends away from the seam along a second plane,
wherein the corner seam does not extend outside of either the first plane or the second plane, said metal corner member not defining a bullnose corner, said metal corner not comprising any raised surface features along the corner seam, and
wherein the flat inside faces of the planar flange sections of the corner member being attachable over the corner edge.
2. The corner member of claim 1 wherein the first andor second elongate flange section contain one or more perforations for receiving nails.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A process for removing coarse solids and fine solids from a syngas comprising:
wetting the coarse solids and fine solids in a first chamber thereby separating the coarse solids and a portion of the fine solids from the syngas;
cooling the coarse solids and fine solids in a liquid in the first chamber;
urging the coarse solids and fine solids into a liquid-filled second chamber;
allowing the coarse solids to settle to the bottom of the second chamber;
flushing the liquid containing the fine solids from the second chamber into a third chamber;
separating the fine solids from the liquid in the third chamber;
urging the coarse solids from the second chamber into a fourth chamber; and
urging the fine solids from the third chamber into a fourth chamber.
2. The process of claim 1 further comprising:
rinsing the coarse solids in the fourth chamber with water;
urging the water and the fine solids from the fourth chamber to a fifth chamber;
settling the fine solids to the bottom of the fifth chamber.
3. The process of claim 2 further comprising:
removing the fine solids from the fifth chamber;
reprocessing the fine solids into fuel.
4. The process of claim 1 further comprising:
removing the syngas from the first chamber to a scrubber;
removing fine solids from the syngas in the scrubber; and
outputting solids-free syngas from the syngas scrubber.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein the coarse solids and fine solids are cooled to under 200 degrees F. in the first chamber.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein the liquid-filled second chamber is a lockhopper.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein the fine solids are separated from the liquid in the third chamber by a centrifugal force.
8. The process of claim 7 wherein a hydrocyclone creates the centrifugal force.
9. The process of claim 7 wherein the hydrocyclone is multi-staged to improve removal of the fine solids.
10. The process of claim 7 wherein the hydrocyclone includes an erosion-resistant liner of a ceramic material or hard surfacing of metal carbides or nitrides.
11. The process of claim 1 further comprising:
collecting vapor from the fourth chamber and the fifth chamber; and
condensing the vapor into a liquid that is reusable in the process.