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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7824523 | Catalytically activated vacuum distillation system A catalytically activated vacuum distillation system, several novel component parts of said system, a process for producing carbon based products and novel carbon black that is produced from such a system and process. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7569121 | Process for producing synthetic oil from solid hydrocarbon resources The present development is a multistage process for converting solid hydrocarbon resources into synthetic oil. The process comprises a raw hydrocarbon material treatment stage, followed by a pyrolysis stage, and then a synthetic liquid upgrading stage. Throughout th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 6669822 | Method for carbonizing wastes The present invention relates to a waste carbonization method which produces charcoal and/or activated carbon from solid wastes, such as wood waste, and renders produced gas completely harmless. Solid wastes B are exposed to gas generated in pyrolysis gas... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6613111 | Small scale high throughput biomass gasification system and method A process and method is provided for operating a small-scale high-throughput gasifier. As is known in the art, the exothermic combustion reactions can be separated from the endothermic gasification reactions. The exothermic combustion reactions can take p... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5725738 | Method and apparatus for producing wood charcoal by pyrolysis of wood-like products or vegetable biomasses in general A method and apparatus for producing wood charcoal by pyrolysis of wood products or vegetable biomasses in general, the method including the steps of: loading the wood products, or vegetable biomasses in general, onto transport trolleys; introducing the t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5705035 | Tire liquefying process reactor discharge system and method A discharge system is used with a tire liquefaction process using a reactor. The system includes a receiver receiving unreacted components, including oil coated metal from the reactor. The unreacted components are moved through a pyrolysis reactor where t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5525196 | Process for producing formed activated coke An improved process for producing a formed activated coke for simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification, which includes passing a ground coal through a tubular or cylindrical carbonization retort by using a hot gas stream, to subject the coal to pr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5478442 | Treatment of petroleum cokes with a puffing inhibitor in a rotary calciner A rotary hearth calciner for treating petroleum cokes with a puffing inhibitor has a horizontal or inwardly sloping hearth floor rotatable around a vertical axis for receiving particles of coke to be calcined and a central opening in the hearth floor for ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5464503 | Tire liquefying process reactor discharge system and method A discharge system is used with a tire liquefaction process using a reactor. The system includes a receiver receiving unreacted components, including oil coated metal, from the reactor. The unreacted components are moved through a pyrolysis reactor where ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5449438 | Apparatus and method for the pyrolysis of crushed organic waste matter Apparatus and method for reprocessing crushed organic waste products, such as rubber waste from worn car tires, by pyrolysis, the method including pyrolytically decomposing the crushed waste products in a pyrolysis bath which is one of a bed or a bath, an... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423951 | Process of continuously making coke of high density and strength Pieces of coke of high density and strength are made continuously from fine particles of bituminous or subbituminous or lignite coals or of mixtures thereof. The particles are generally oxygenated, mixed with water, compressed to squeeze out some of the w... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5330623 | Process of destructive distillation of organic material The organic material (such as waste tire compound) is pyrolysed by pre-heating the organic material (without pyrolysis) in a preheat zone 9 by a hot gas stream; feeding pre-heated material directly to a microwave discharge zone 10 by means of conveyor 8; ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5318672 | Method and apparatus for heating a low-temperature-carbonization drum A method and an apparatus for heating a carbonization drum is especially used for heating a carbonization drum for a low-temperature-carbonization combustion process. Heating gas heated in a heat exchanger is guided in a heating gas loop from the heat exc... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5224432 | Method for retorting organic matter A method of retorting organic matter including the steps of advancing the organic matter through a chamber in the absence of oxygen, sensing the temperature in the chamber at a plurality of locations along the length of the chamber, individually adjusting... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5212144 | Process for making chemically activated carbon An improved apparatus and method for the manufacture of activated carbon wherein a carbonaceous raw material impregnated with a chemical activating agent is treated by controlling the rate of heat transfer to the particles via indirect heating of the acti... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5101740 | Methods, apparatuses and rotary furnaces for continuously manufacturing caerbon-rich charcoal The invention provides methods, apparatuses, and rotary furnaces for continuously manufacturing charcoal having a carbon content by weight which is greater than 95% of the total weight of carbon and volatile matter. Fragments of vegetable material contain... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101746 | Work holder for sewing machines A sewing machine having a clamp frame and a clamp foot is disclosed wherein a quick-release mechanism includes a plurality of guide means which extend parallel to the sewing surface and a holding means bearing against at least one of the guide means holds... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5084141 | Process of destructive distillation of organic material The organic material (such as waste tire compound) is pyrolyzed by pre-heating the organic material (without pyrolysis) in a preheat zone 9 by a hot gas stream; feeding pre-heated material directly to a microwave discharge zone 10 by means of conveyor 8; ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5082534 | Pyrolytic conversion system A rotary, continuous pyrolytic conversion system converts solid hydrocarbon containing feedstocks into gases, liquid hydrocarbons and char. A converter drum is contained within an outer drum which is in substantially air-tight relationship with an injecto... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5078836 | Method and apparatus for retorting material An apparatus and a method are disclosed for the thermal treatment of feed material containing solids and liquids such as solid waste or the like. The apparatus includes one or more coaxial rotatable drums and one or more free rotating spirals advancing th... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5008005 | Integrated coke, asphalt and jet fuel production process and apparatus A process and apparatus for the production of coke, asphalt and jet fuel m a feed of fossil fuels containing volatile carbon compounds therein is disclosed. The process includes the steps of pyrolyzing the feed in an entrained bed pyrolyzing means, separ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4820382 | Method and apparatus for removing solids from an upwardly moving bed chamber A method for forming a terraced structure in the upper surface of a particulate solid bed, typically oil shale, moving upward through an upflow retort and removing particulate solids from the upper surface, which includes rotating a scraping means compris... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4808286 | Apparatus and method for maximizing production of heat, gas, and electricity through the acceleration of hydrogen dissociation An apparatus for inducing and accelerating hydrogen dissociation in a cloud generated from feedstock fed into a chamber defined by the apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a device for thermally stimulating the feedstock to generate the cloud, a ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4790910 | Apparatus for extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands An apparatus and method for extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands. Stationary heater plates have a central opening therethrough through which a horizontal axle extends. Rotors having a central hub and a number of arms are splined on the axle, one closely... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4759300 | Method and apparatus for the pyrolysis of waste products A method and apparatus for use in processing waste materials of various kinds and for reclaiming useable by-product materials from the pyrolized waste materials. The waste materials to be pyrolized are efficiently dehydrated prior to their introduction in... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4751060 | Extractor The present invention is an improved extractor (10) for removing a liquid from a solid carrier medium in which the liquid is entrained. The extraction process is accomplished by utilizing both percolation and immersion removal methods. The extractor (10) ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4738753 | Method of producing carbonaceous bodies The method employs a furnace, wherein organic distillation products released from the binder and the gaseous and particulate decomposition products are burned off. Bodies, placed on the ceramic bottom plate of a truck, are introduced into the pre-heating ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4696734 | Method for gas treatment of a bed of particles An apparatus and method for gas treating a particle bed wherein a uniform temperature gradient is achieved. A support member, such as a grate, serves to support a bed of particles on a surface thereof. The support member is moved in a predetermined direct... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4650546 | Method for the treatment of moist products Slugs (4) of products dehydrated by compression are thrust into the tube (11) up to the hearth (15). The hot gases from the hearth passing round the tube (11) heat it up in order to release the gases and carbonize the solids which burn in the form of coke... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4601812 | Oil shale retorting process A oil shale retorting process in which oil shale particles are separated into fines and large particles. The large particles are preheated and combined with hot spent shale from a combustor and introduced into a retorting vessel. The fines are introduced ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4584060 | Low temperature carbonization process for coal hydrogenation residues A method for low temperature carbonization of coal hydrogenation residues, wherein a coal hydrogenation residue is subjected to a reduced pressure distillation in a one-shaft or multishaft screw extruder, liberated gases and vapors are drawn off, and non-... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4523979 | Apparatus for recovery of retorted shale from an oil shale retorting process Retorted shale particles are recovered from a retort and delivered to a gas lift for transport to a fluidized combustor by passage, serially, through a sealing vessel, a crusher preferably operating at retort pressure, and a surge vessel. In the sealing v... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4490213 | Coal conversion processes Coal is processed sequentially over a range of temperatures up to a maximum of 750° F. and preferably considerably less to obtain a clean burning coke, refinable petroleum and bitumen products, fertilizer minerals, combustible gases and water; the proces... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4481080 | Staged fluidized bed Method and apparatus for narrowing the distribution of residence times of any size particle and equalizing the residence times of large and small particles in fluidized beds. Particles are moved up one fluidized column and down a second fluidized column w... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4469584 | Process for pyrolyzing oil-shale Disclosed is a process for converting solid carbonaceous material, such as oil-shale, to a discriminate range of liquid and gaseous products, which process includes treating the carbonaceous material with an inert gas, at relatively short gas and long sol... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4451352 | Process of producing oil by pyrolysis Oil is preferably recovered from oil shale through the use of a process involving two separate heating steps. During the first of these steps the shale is heated by contact with a hot gas stream while it is agitated for a period and at a temperature which... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4441985 | Process for supplying the heat requirement of a retort for recovering oil from solids by partial indirect heating of in situ combustion gases, and combustion air, without the use of supplemental fuel A process for retorting an organic oil-bearing solid, notably an oil shale, wherein the heat requirements of the retorting are supplied by the partial indirect heating of internally generated, or in situ combustion gases, and the combustion air, to form a... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4425220 | Method of and apparatus for processing of oil shale In the indirect method of retorting oil shale highly heated gases produced out of contact with flames in a heat exchanger are introduced into the retort and release oil vapor and high-value, high BTU gas and oil vapor from the shale which mix with the hot... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4419216 | Process of recovering oil from oil-containing materials In a process of recovering oil from oil-containing minerals on a traveling grate, hot gases are passed through the bed in a retorting zone, oil is separated from the retort gases in a separating stage, solid carbon in the retorted bed is burnt in a succee... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4417528 | Coal gasification process and apparatus Coal devolatized and partially gasified in a travelling grate reactor is dropped into a shaft furnace to form a downwardly moving stack which moves then downwardly to and through a fixed bed gasifier, wherein it is burned to ash. A gas stream from the tra... | 11/29/1983 |
