Apparatus for the combustion of fluid coke

Claim 1

APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED FOR THE COMBUSTING AND HEATING OF CARBON CONTAINING PARTICLES, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A COMBUSTION VESSEL ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A FLUID BED OF CARBON-CONTAINING PARTICLES THEREIN SUPPORTED BY THE BOTTOM END WALL OF SAID VESSEL, MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID FLUID BED FOR SUPPLYING GASEOUS MATERIALS THERETO, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED, CENTRALLY LOCATED CONDUIT PROJECTING THROUGH AND A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE ABOVE THE BOTTOM END WALL OF SAID VESSEL AND OPENING INTO SAID VESSEL, SAID CONDUIT BEING MOUNTED SUBSTANTIALLY INTEGRALLY WITH SAID BOTTOM END WALL, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A FREE OXYGEN-CONTAINING GASIFORM MEDIUM TO SAID CONDUIT, A DISTRIBUTING CAP ENCLOSING THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT AND SUSPENDED IN SAID VESSEL CONCENTRICALLY WITH SAID CONDUIT IN VERTICAL SPACED RELATION THERETO, SAID CAP EXTENDING GENERALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS JUST SHORT OF THE BOTTOM END WALL OF SAID VESSEL, AND SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT IN RADIALLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID CONDUIT AND FORMING THEREWITH A DOWNWARDLY OPENING, ELONGATED, RELATIVELY NARROW ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY FOR DISCHARGING GASES DIRECTLY INTO SAID FLUID BED WHILE PREVENTING PARTICLE FLOW INTO SAID GAS CONVEYING CONDUIT, AND DISTRIBUTING MEANS EXTERIORLY AND INTEGRALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID DISTRIBUTING CAP AND TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATION TO THE SHELL OF SAID VESSEL FOR DISTRIBUTING GASES ISSUING FROM SAID ANNULAR VESSEL WAY IN A UNIFORM PATTERN OF DISCHARGE THROUGHOUT THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FLUIDIZED BED.