Pyrolysis residue-discharge system, pyrolysis reactor assembly comprising the same and corresponding method

A method for discharging pyrolysis residues generated upon pyrolysis of a fuel, the method comprising:

• providing a pyrolysis reactor at least partially delimiting a fuel-containing cavity and having a discharge opening extending therethrough;
• feeding the fuel-containing cavity with the fuel;
• inserting the pyrolysis reactor into a reactor-receiving cavity of a pyrolysis oven, the pyrolysis oven having a drainage opening extending therethrough;
• providing a pyrolysis byproduct residue discharge system comprising a residue discharge duct defining a residue discharge passageway having an inlet port and an outlet port;
• fluid-tightly connecting the residue discharge duct to the pyrolysis reactor at the inlet port thereof, with the inlet port being in fluid communication with the discharge opening of the pyrolysis reactor;
• and
• fluid-tightly connecting the residue discharge duct to the pyrolysis oven at the outlet port thereof, with the outlet port being in fluid communication with the drainage opening of the pyrolysis oven and opening into an oven exterior;
• wherein the pyrolysis residues generated in the fuel-containing cavity upon pyrolysis of the fuel are discharged outwardly of the fuel-containing cavity and the reactor-receiving cavity via the residue discharge passageway of the pyrolysis byproduct residue discharge system.