Method for supplying gaseous materials

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR SUPPLYING LARGE VOLUMES OF GASEOUS MATERIAL TO A BED OF CONTACT MATERIAL IN A CONTACT ZONE AT A DESIRED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE WHICH COMPRISES COMPRESSING SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL IN A FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE, PASSING A PORTION OF SAID COMPRESSED GASEOUS MATERIAL TO AN INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE, SEPARATING COMPRESSED GASEOUS MATERIAL FROM SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO A DIRECT FIRE HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE WHEREIN A COMBUSTIBLE FUEL IS BURNED IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL TO ELEVATE THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL, SEPARATING GASEOUS MATERIAL OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE FROM SAID HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO SAID CONTACT ZONE TO EFFECT THE DESIRED CONTACT THEREIN, SEPARATING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID CONTACT ZONE AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, PASSING SAID SEPARATED EFFLUENT GASES TO SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE, RECOVERING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME AT A REDUCED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE TO A SOLIDS REMOVAL ZONE, WHEREIN ENTRAINED SOLID MATERIAL IN THE EFFLUENT GASES ARE SEPARATED FROM SAID EFFLUENT GASES, REMOVING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID SOLIDS REMOVAL ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO A SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE, IN SAID SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE RAISING THE PRESSURE OF SAID EFFLUENT GASES SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE PRESSURE OF THE GASEOUS MATERIAL LEAVING SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE, PASSING COMPRESSED EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE TO A FIRED TURBINE ZONE, EXPANDING SAID COMPRESSED EFFLUENT GASES AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN SAID FIRED TURBINE ZONE TO PROVIDE THE POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE AND PROVIDING FREE FLOW OF GASEOUS MATERIAL BETWEEN THE INLET TO SAID FIRED TURBINE ZONE AND THE OUTLET FROM SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR SUPPLYING LARGE VOLUMES OF GASEOUS MATERIAL TO A BED OF CONTACT MATERIAL IN A CONTACT ZONE AT A DESIRED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE WHICH COMPRISES COMPRESSING SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL IN A FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE, PASSING A PORTION OF SAID COMPRESSED GASEOUS MATERIAL TO AN INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE, SEPARATING COMPRESSED GASEOUS MATERIAL FROM SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO A DIRECT FIRE HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE WHEREIN A COMBUSTIBLE FUEL IS BURNED IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL TO ELEVATE THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL, SEPARATING GASEOUS MATERIAL OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE FROM SAID HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO SAID CONTACT ZONE TO EFFECT THE DESIRED CONTACT THEREIN, SEPARATING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID CONTACT ZONE AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, PASSING SAID SEPARATED EFFLUENT GASES TO SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE, RECOVERING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME AT A REDUCED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE TO A SOLIDS REMOVAL ZONE, WHEREIN ENTRAINED SOLID MATERIAL IN THE EFFLUENT GASES ARE SEPARATED FROM SAID EFFLUENT GASES, REMOVING EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID SOLIDS REMOVAL ZONE AND PASSING THE SAME TO A SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE, IN SAID SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE RAISING THE PRESSURE OF SAID EFFLUENT GASES SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE PRESSURE OF THE GASEOUS MATERIAL LEAVING SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE, PASSING COMPRESSED EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID SECOND COMPRESSION ZONE TO A FIRED TURBINE ZONE, EXPANDING SAID COMPRESSED EFFLUENT GASES AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN SAID FIRED TURBINE ZONE TO PROVIDE THE POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE AND PROVIDING FREE FLOW OF GASEOUS MATERIAL BETWEEN THE INLET TO SAID FIRED TURBINE ZONE AND THE OUTLET FROM SAID FIRST COMPRESSION ZONE.