Device and method for thermal decomposition of organic materials
OwnerRoger A. Benhaminventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for thermally decomposing organic feedstock material utilizing a series of connected vessels. Each of the vessels is provided with an inlet and an outlet for transferring the organic feedstock material between the vessels. Separate heat exchangers are located between the inlet and outlet of each vessel. A catalyst material, such as a permeable mesh, is included between the inlet and outlet of each vessel to accelerate liquefaction of gaseous hydrocarbons.
Claims18
A thermal decomposition device provided with a vessel containing a liquid phase heat transfer media with at least one inlet for supplying an organic feedstock material and a series of at least two outlets with separate heat exchangers located between said inlet and outlets, and further including a first catalyst material in the form of a permeable mesh included between said inlet and outlets to accelerate liquidfication of gaseous hydrocarbons, wherein said separate heat exchangers adds add or remove heat to cause thermal gradients between said inlet and outlets.
A thermal decomposition device comprising:
- first and second vessels, each of said first and second vessels containing a liquid phase heat transfer media, each of said first and second vessels further including at least one inlet for supplying an organic feed stock material to each of said first and second vessels, each of said first and second vessels further provided with at least two outlets;
- separate heat exchangers located between said at least one inlet and said at least two outlets in each of said first and second vessels;
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- a pump and conduit network including a heat transfer mechanism, said heat transfer mechanism provided at a location remote from said first and second vessels, said pump and conduit network transferring said liquid phase heat transfer media between said first and second vessels resulting in a transfer of heat to and from said first and second vessels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.