METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COOLING BULK MATERIAL
The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for implementing said method to cool bulk material on a rotating support surface (4). A coolant can be introduced beneath the support surface (4) which is fed to a support layer (21) consisting of cooled bulk material that is permanently located on said support surface through corresponding openings in the support surface (4). Said coolant reaches the hot bulk material located on the support layer (21), a single layer being fed and evenly distributed along the entire width of the support surface (4) with the aid of a tangential guide (3) located at the inlet (2). After an almost complete rotation, the layer of bulk material is let out by a slasher. Due to the regular thickness of the layer (D) and by preventing the bulk material to mix with the following batch of hot bulk material, the effectiveness of the device (1) is substantially increased.