Cascading processor
Assignee1304338 Alberta Ltd.
InventorsJose Lourenco, MacKenzie Millar
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Abstract
A cascading processor is described which includes a processor body having an upper inlet and a lower outlet, such that materials pass by force of gravity from inlet to the outlet. The processor body has a plurality of processing levels Which are sequentially vertically spaced progressively downwardly from the inlet to the outlet, such that materials cascade by force of gravity from one processing level to another processing level as the materials pass through the processor body front the inlet to the outlet. This cascading processor was developed for recovery of bitumen front oil sands, but can be used to process oil shales or to process biomasses.
Claims9
A cascading processor, comprising:
- a processor body having an upper inlet and a lower outlet, such that materials pass by force of gravity from inlet to the outlet, the processor body having a plurality of processing levels which are sequentially vertically spaced progressively downwardly from the inlet to the outlet, such that materials cascade by force of gravity from one processing level to another processing level as the materials pass through the processor body from the inlet to the outlet.
A method of processing materials that flow, comprising:
- passing the materials through a cascading processor having a processor body with an upper inlet and a lower outlet, such that the materials pass by force of gravity from inlet to the outlet, the processor body having a plurality of processing levels which are sequentially vertically spaced progressively downwardly from the inlet to the outlet, such that the materials cascade by force of gravity from one processing level to another processing level as the materials pass through the processor body from the inlet to the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.