Apparatus for solid transfer

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING GAS-SOLID CONTACT OPERATIONS AT PRESSURES ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC IN THE PRESENCE OF A MOVING PARTICLE-FORM SOLID CONTACT MASS MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES: A REACTION VESSEL ADAPTED FOR PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF A PARTICLE-FORM SOLID MATERIAL AS A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPACT COLUMN OF DOWNWARDLY MOVING SOLID PARTICLES, A GAS INLET TO SAID VESSEL AND A GAS OUTLET THEREFROM, AN ELONGATED SOLID MATERIAL FEED CONDUIT EXTENDING VERTICALLY UP FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF SAID VESSEL, SAID CONDUIT BEING OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT THAT A GREATER HEAD OF SOLID MATERIAL PARTICLES MAY BE CREATED THEREIN THAN THE OPERATING PRESSURE IN SAID VESSEL, MEANS TO INTRODUCE PARTICLE-FORM SOLID MATERIAL TO THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT, A GAS INLET COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID FEED CONDUIT NEAR ITS LOWER END, A PLURALITY OF LOUVERED OPENINGS AROUND SAID CONDUIT AT A LEVEL SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE SAID INLET MEANS, SAID LOUVERED OPENINGS BEING ADAPTED TO PERMIT FLOW OF GAS FROM SAID CONDUIT WHILE RETAINING SOLID MATERIAL WITHIN SAID CONDUIT, AND OUTLET MANIFOLD BOX CONNECTED AROUND SAID COLUMN TO ENCLOSE SAID LOUVERED OPENINGS, A JET CONDENSOR POSITIONED APART FROM SAID CONDUIT, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID OUTLET MANIFOLD BOX TO SAID JET CONDENSOR, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH A SECTION OF SAID CONDUIT ABOVE SAID FLUID WITHDRAWAL MEANS FOR HEATING SAID SOLID PARTICLES WITHIN SAID CONDUIT TO A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE OF SAID INERT SEALING VAPOR.