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US 2007/0175096 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for recovering energy from fossil resources
OwnerAlbert Calderon, Frederick Campinventors
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A method and apparatus for recovering energy from a fossil resource that contains organic matter together with mineral material such as oil shale, coal. oil sand, etc., wherein a hydroretort and a gasifier are interconnected and are utilized in such a way as to have the hydroretort serve as the vessel for pyrolizing the resource by direct contact with hot syngas produced in said gasifier in order to extract oil from the resource while co-producing a residual mineral laden with carbon and some hydrocarbons. This residual mineral is fed from said hydroretort to said gasifier via a lockhopper and by means of oxygen and steam injected into the gasifier, the carbon and the hydrocarbons are converted to a hot syngas and the mineral matter converted to a molten slag which is cooled to a non-leaching substance.
A method for processing a fossil resource to recover energy therefrom comprising the following steps:
The method as set forth in claim S wherein the step of transferring said residual material from said hydroretort to said gasifier via said lockhopper includes the injection of an oxidant to react with said residual material to convert it to a hot gas while producing a molten slag.
Apparatus for recovering energy from a fossil resource comprising:
The apparatus as set forth in claim 37 includes means adapted to treat gas in order to produce a clean gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.