Method and apparatus fob regenera

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF REVIVIFYING FINELY DIVIDED ADSORBENT MATERIALS BEARING CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: PASSING A CONTINUOUS STREAM OF SAID FINELY DIVIDED CONTAMINANT BEARING ABSORBENT IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION THROUGH AN ELONGATED CONFINED DISTILLING ZONE WHEREIN IT IS HEATED BY INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER WITH A SUITABLE HEATING FLUID TO A TEMPERATURE SUITABLE FOR VAPORIZATION OF THE VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS OF SAID CONTAMINANT, PASSING A SUBSTANTIALLY OXYGEN-FREE GAS UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM TRANSVERSELY TO ITS DIRECTION OF FLOW AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND TO STRIP SAID VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS FROM SAID ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING SAID OXYGEN-FREE GAS AND STRIPPED VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID DISTILLING ZONE, PASSING SAID STREAM ADSORBENT FROM SAID DISTILLING ZONE THROUGH A SEPARATE BURNING ZONE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WHILE PASSING A SUITABLE HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID IN INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID ADSORBENT AT A TEMPERATURE RANGE SUITABLE FOR COMBUSTION OF SAID CONTAMINANT AND BELOW A HEAT DAMAGING LEVEL, PASSING AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM IN SAID BURNING ZONE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE FLOW OF SAID STREAM AND AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN SAID BURNING ZONE IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND TO EFFECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF THE CONTAMINANT REMAINING ON SAID ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING FLUE GAS FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID BURNING ZONE, PASSING SAID STREAM OF ADSORBENT FROM SAID BURNING ZONE THROUGH A COMMUNICATING COOLING ZONE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WHILE PASSING A LOW TEMPERATURE GAS WHICH IS INERT TO THE ADSORBENT UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM IN SAID COOLING ZONE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE FLOW OF SAID STREAM AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN SAID COOLING ZONE IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND WITHDRAWING COOLED REVIVIFIED ADSORBENT FROM SAID COOLING ZONE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF REVIVIFYING FINELY DIVIDED ADSORBENT MATERIALS BEARING CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: PASSING A CONTINUOUS STREAM OF SAID FINELY DIVIDED CONTAMINANT BEARING ABSORBENT IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION THROUGH AN ELONGATED CONFINED DISTILLING ZONE WHEREIN IT IS HEATED BY INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER WITH A SUITABLE HEATING FLUID TO A TEMPERATURE SUITABLE FOR VAPORIZATION OF THE VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS OF SAID CONTAMINANT, PASSING A SUBSTANTIALLY OXYGEN-FREE GAS UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM TRANSVERSELY TO ITS DIRECTION OF FLOW AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND TO STRIP SAID VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS FROM SAID ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING SAID OXYGEN-FREE GAS AND STRIPPED VAPORIZABLE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID DISTILLING ZONE, PASSING SAID STREAM ADSORBENT FROM SAID DISTILLING ZONE THROUGH A SEPARATE BURNING ZONE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WHILE PASSING A SUITABLE HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID IN INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID ADSORBENT AT A TEMPERATURE RANGE SUITABLE FOR COMBUSTION OF SAID CONTAMINANT AND BELOW A HEAT DAMAGING LEVEL, PASSING AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM IN SAID BURNING ZONE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE FLOW OF SAID STREAM AND AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN SAID BURNING ZONE IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND TO EFFECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF THE CONTAMINANT REMAINING ON SAID ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING FLUE GAS FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID BURNING ZONE, PASSING SAID STREAM OF ADSORBENT FROM SAID BURNING ZONE THROUGH A COMMUNICATING COOLING ZONE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WHILE PASSING A LOW TEMPERATURE GAS WHICH IS INERT TO THE ADSORBENT UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID STREAM IN SAID COOLING ZONE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE FLOW OF SAID STREAM AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID ADSORBENT IN SAID COOLING ZONE IN A FLUIDIZED CONDITION AND WITHDRAWING COOLED REVIVIFIED ADSORBENT FROM SAID COOLING ZONE.