| US 7,476,296 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and process for converting a mixture of organic materials into hydrocarbons and carbon solids | ||
| Brian S. Appel, West Hempstead, N.Y. (US); and William F. Lange, Wilmette, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to AB-CWT, LLC, West Hempstead, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 18, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/716,839. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/458520, filed on Mar. 28, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0192981 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. C10B 1/00 (2006.01); C10B 7/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 202—118 | 18 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for converting an organic liquor into carbon solids and a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising:
a heater configured to receive and heat the organic liquor to produce a mixture of liquid and vaporized oil, said heater having
an outlet;
a reactor comprising a vessel having an inlet and first and second outlets wherein said inlet communicates with the heater
outlet, said reactor configured to receive and convert the mixture of liquid and vaporized oil into carbon solids and a mixture
of hydrocarbon vapors and gases;
a first cooler having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet communicating with the first reactor outlet for accepting the carbon
solids, the first cooler being configured for containing and cooling the carbon solids accepted from the reactor;
a second cooler having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet communicating with the second reactor outlet for accepting the mixture
of hydrocarbon vapors and gases; and
a particulate separator disposed between the second reactor outlet and second cooler inlet, wherein said particulate separator
returns entrained particulate from the mixture of hydrocarbon gases and vapors to the reactor.
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