Solid particles and fluid reactor
OwnerJacques L. Bougardinventor
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Abstract
A system for reacting solid particles flowing under gravity through a thin walled enclosure has at least one fluid flowing through the enclosure in a counter-current to the flow of the solid particles. The feeding of the solid particles into the enclosure and the discharging therefrom of the converted ash particles may be adjusted. A particle bed is controlled by feeding the fluid into the enclosure so that it has to go through a substantial part of the bed thickness. The enclosure is vibrated to obtain a vibrated particle bed, with the vibrations being directed along a direction which lies at substantially a right angle to the vertical.
Claims12
Equipment for practicing a process for gasification and reacting together solid particles flowing through an enclosure under gravity and at least one fluid flowing through said enclosure in a rising counter-current with respect to movement of the solid particles, said equipment comprising:
- an enclosure, means for mounting said enclosure so as to be vibrated, said enclosure having both an inlet and an outlet at both the top and the bottom thereof, said top inlet being for admitting solid particles, said top outlet being for discharging converted fluid, said bottom inlet being for admitting a first fluid, and said bottom outlet being for discharging converted particles, means for adjusting the admitting and discharging of the solid particles to form a particle bed inside the enclosure, and means for vibrating said enclosure in a direction wherein said vibrations are directed substantially at right angle to the vertical in order to obtain a vibrated bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.