Feedstock injector

Claim 1

IN A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION UNIT, IN COMBINATION, A CONDUIT EXTENDING INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE UNIT FOR THE ADMISSION OF CATALYST PARTICLES THERETO, A FEED INLET PIPE EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID UNIT INTO SAID CONDUIT AND DEPENDING THEREIN, SAID CONDUIT AND SAID FEED INLET PIPE DEFINING AN ANNULAR SPACE THROUGH WHICH A STREAM OF CATALYST PARTICLES MAY BE FED DOWNWARD IN THE FORM OF A COMPACT MOVING BED, SAID FEED INLET PIPE TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A SPRAY NOZZLE WITHIN THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID CONDUIT, SAID CONDUIT TAPERING OUTWARDLY AT ITS SAID DISCHARGE END TO FORM A CONE-SHAPED OUTLET, THE BASE ANGLE OF SAID CONE-SHAPED OUTLET BEING GREATER THAN THE ANGLE OF RESPOSE OF THE CATALYST PARTICLES SO AS TO PERMIT SAID STREAM OF CATALYST PARTICLES TO MOVE PAST SAID SPRAY NOZZLE, SAID NOZZLE COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONCENTRIC CONES WITHIN SAID CONE-SHAPED OUTLET, SAID PAIR OF CONCENTRIC CONES SEPARATED BY A SECOND ANNULAR SPACE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH SAID FEED INLET PIPE, THE INNER CONE SERVING TO DEFLECT INCOMING FEED TOWARD A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY-DIRECTED RADIAL OUTLET CONDUITS POSITONED IN THE LOWR PERIPHERY OF SAID SECOND ANNULAR SPACE, AND A DEFLECTOR BAFFLE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY OVER