Process and apparatus for high

Claim 2

A PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTIONS AT VERY SHOR CONTROLLED CONTACT TIMES WHICH COMPRISES ESTABLISHING A REACTION ZONE COMMUNICATING WITH A SURROUNDING QUENCHING ZONE, PASSING A PRIMARY STREAM OF HOT GRANULAR SOLIDS DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A MOVING BED THROUGH SAID REACTION ZONE AND INTO SAID QUENCHING ZONE, PASSING A SECONDARY STREAM OF COLD GRANULAR SOLIDS DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A MOVING BED AROUND AND BELOW SAID REACTION ZONE THROUGH SAID QUENCHING ZONE, REMOVING SAID SOLIDS AS A MIXED STREAM FROM SAID QUENCHING ZONE, DIVIDING SAID MIXED STREAM INTO SAID PRIMARY AND SAID SECONDARY STREAMS, SEPARATELY RASING THE PRESURE OF FLUIDS PRESENT IN THE INTERSTICES OF SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAMS IN SEPARATE MECHANICALLY SEALABLE SOLIDS PRESSURING ZONE, PASSING THE PRESSURED PRIMARY STREAM OF SAID SOLIDS THROUGH A PRIMARY SOLIDS CONVEYANCE AND HEATING ZONE AS AN UPWARDLY MOVING BED CONCURRENTLY WITH A HEATING AND CONVEYANCE FLUID FOMING SAID PRIMARY STREAM OF HOT GRANULAR SOLIDS, PASSING THE PRESSURED SECONDARY STREAM OF SAID SOLIDS THROUGH A SECONDARY SOLIDS CONVEYANCE AND COOLING ZONE AS AN UPWARDLY MOVING BED CONCURRENTLY WITH A COOLING FLUID FORMING SAID SECONDARY STREAM OF COLD GRANULAR SOLIDS, APPLYING A FORCE AGAINST THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOLID STREAMS DISCHARGING RESPECTIVELY FROM THE OUTLETS OF SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOLID CONVEYANCE ZONE TO MAINTAIN THE SOLIDS THEREIN AS UPWARDLY MOVING BEDS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SOLIDS'' STATIC BULK DENSITY TO PERMIT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN THE FLUID AND SAID SOLIDS, PASSING A REACTANT FLUID INTO AND THROUGH SAID REACTION ZONE IN DIRECT CONCURRENT CONTACT WITH SAID PRIMARY STREAM OF HOT SOLIDS TO REACT SAID FLUID WHEREFROM IT PASSES INTO AND THROUGH SAID QUENCHING ZONE IN DIRECT COUNTERCURRENT CONTACT WITH SAID SECONDARY STREAM OF COLD SOLIDS TO TERMINATE THE REACTION, AND REMOVING THE EFFLUENT FROM SAID QUENCHING ZONE.

Claim 3

AND APPARATUS FOR CONTACTING A FLUID WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE GRANULAR SOLID CONTACT MATERIALS AT SHOR CONTACT TIMES WHICH COMPRISES A REACTION CHAMBER HAVING A LOWER OUTLET OPENING A RESTRICTED CROSS SECTION, AN INLET CONDUIT FOR REACTANT FLUIDS OPENING INTO THE TOP THEREOF, A QUENCHING CHAMBER SURROUNDING SAID REACTION CHAMBER AND CONNECTED AT A INTERMEDIATE POINT IN SOLIDS AND REACTIONCHAMBER EFFLUENT RECEIVEING RELATION THEREWITH, AN OUTLET CONDUIT FOR SOLIDS OPENING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER, AN OUTLET CONDUIT OPENING FROM THE TOP THEREOF FOR THE EFFLUENT FLUIDS, MEANS CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVEING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM ONF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER FOR DIVIDING SAID SOLIDS INTO A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STREAM, SEPARATE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOLIDS PRESSING MEANS CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO SAID LAST NAMED MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR RAISING THE PRESSURE OF FLUIDS IN THE INTERSTICES OF SAID SOLID STREAMS, AN ELONGATED PRIMARY SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF CONNCETED IN SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS PRESSURING MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING A PRIMARY CONVEYANCE AND HEATING FLUID CONCURRENTLY WITH SOLIDS THEREFROM THROUGH SAID CONVEYANCE AND HEATING CONDUIT TO CONVEY AND HEAT SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM SIMULTANEOUSLY, A SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS FOR DISENGAGINGH SAID FLUID FROM SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM AT THE OUTLET OF SAID CONVEYANCE AND HEATING CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM FROM SAID SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS AS A MOVING BED INTO THE TOP OF SAID SOLIDS RETION CHAMBER, AN ELONGATED SECONDARY SOLIDS CONVEYANCE AND COOLING CONDUIT CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVEING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS MEASURING MEANS MEANS FOR PASSING A SECONDARY CONVEYANCE AND COOLING FLUID THEREFROM THROUGH SAID COOLING CONDUIT TO CONVEY AND COOL SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM SIMULTANEOUSLY, SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID FLUID FROM SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM AT THE OUTLET OF SAID COOLING CONDUIT, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM FROM SAID SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS AS A MOVING BED INTO THE TOP OF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER AROUND SAID REACTION CHAMBER.

Claim 4

AND APPARATUS FOR CONTACTING A FLUID WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE GRANULAR SOLID CONTACT MATERIALS AT SHOR CONTACT TIMES WHICH COMPRISES A REACTION CHAMBER HAVING A LOWER OUTLET OPENING A RESTRICTED CROSS SECTION, AN INLET CONDUIT FOR REACTANT FLUIDS OPENING INTO THE TOP THEREOF, A QUENCHING CHAMBER SURROUNDING SAID REACTION CHAMBER AND CONNECTED AT A INTERMEDIATE POINT IN SOLIDS AND REACTIONCHAMBER EFFLUENT RECEIVEING RELATION THEREWITH, AN OUTLET CONDUIT FOR SOLIDS OPENING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER, AN OUTLET CONDUIT OPENING FROM THE TOP THEREOF FOR THE EFFLUENT FLUIDS, MEANS CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVEING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM ONF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER FOR DIVIDING SAID SOLIDS INTO A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STREAM, SEPARATE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOLIDS PRESSING MEANS CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO SAID LAST NAMED MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR RAISING THE PRESSURE OF FLUIDS IN THE INTERSTICES OF SAID SOLID STREAMS, AN ELONGATED PRIMARY SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF CONNCETED IN SOLIDS RECEIVING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS PRESSURING MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING A PRIMARY CONVEYANCE AND HEATING FLUID CONCURRENTLY WITH SOLIDS THEREFROM THROUGH SAID CONVEYANCE AND HEATING CONDUIT TO CONVEY AND HEAT SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM SIMULTANEOUSLY, A SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS FOR DISENGAGINGH SAID FLUID FROM SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM AT THE OUTLET OF SAID CONVEYANCE AND HEATING CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID PRIMARY SOLIDS STREAM FROM SAID SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS AS A MOVING BED INTO THE TOP OF SAID SOLIDS RETION CHAMBER, AN ELONGATED SECONDARY SOLIDS CONVEYANCE AND COOLING CONDUIT CONNECTED IN SOLIDS RECEIVEING RELATION TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS MEASURING MEANS MEANS FOR PASSING A SECONDARY CONVEYANCE AND COOLING FLUID THEREFROM THROUGH SAID COOLING CONDUIT TO CONVEY AND COOL SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM SIMULTANEOUSLY, SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID FLUID FROM SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM AT THE OUTLET OF SAID COOLING CONDUIT, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID SECONDARY SOLIDS STREAM FROM SAID SOLIDS RECEIVING MEANS AS A MOVING BED INTO THE TOP OF SAID QUENCHING CHAMBER AROUND SAID REACTION CHAMBER.