Cooler for carbon-based feedstock processing system
AssigneeClean Energy Technology Association, Inc.
InventorsRoy W. Hill, Jerry Scott Long, Tracy Thompson
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Abstract
A cooler for cooling product pursuant to a distillation process, including a first substantially enclosed housing with an inlet proximate a first end for receiving product from a distillation unit, and an outlet proximate a second end for discharging cooled product, and a first auger substantially enclosed within the housing for driving the product from the inlet to the outlet, the auger having a helical blade circumscribing a perforated central hollow shaft for transmitting cooled gas into the housing to help cool product within the housing.
Claims18
A cooler for cooling product pursuant to a distillation process, the cooler comprising:
- a first substantially enclosed housing with an inlet proximate a first end for receiving product from a distillation unit, and an outlet proximate a second end for discharging cooled product;
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- a first auger substantially enclosed within the housing for driving the product from the inlet to the outlet, the auger having a helical blade circumscribing a perforated central hollow shaft for transmitting cooled gas into the housing to help cool product within the housing.
An apparatus for cooling product, the apparatus comprising:
- first and second cooling chambers connected so that product can pass from the first cooling chamber to the second cooling chamber;
- first and second augers, positioned within the first and second chambers, respectively, each auger having a helical blade for driving product through a respective cooling chamber, each helical blade surrounding a perforated hollow shaft that transmits cool gas into the respective chamber through the shaft.
A process for cooling product after the product exits a distillation unit, the process comprising:
- inserting the product into a first chamber enclosed by a first cooler housing;
- driving the product through the first cooler housing with a first auger having a helical blade circumscribing a perforated hollow shaft;
- injecting cool gas into the first chamber through the perforated hollow shaft of the first auger to mix with the product in the first chamber;
- discharging the cooled product from the first chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.