Spray calcination reactor

Claim 1

A SPRAY CALCINATION REACTOR COMPRISING AN OUTER SHELL, AN INNER SHELL IN CAOXIAL RELATION WITH THE OUTER SHELL, THE SAID INNER SHELL DEFINING AN INNER REACTION CHAMBER AND THE SAID INNER SHELL AND OUTER SHELL TOGETHER DEFINING A SINGLE ANNULAR OUTER REACTION CHAMBER, HEATING MEANS IN INTIMATE ASSOCIATION WITH THE INNER SHELL THROUGH A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF ITS LENGTH, MEANS ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE REACTOR FOR SPRAYING DOWNWARDLY AND UNOBSTRUCTEDLY INTO THE INNER SHELL, AND IMPELLING GAS LINE AND A FLUID CARRYING LINE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEANS FOR SPRAYING, THE SAID INNER CHAMBER AND THE SAID ANNULAR OUTER CHAMBER BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER ALONG THE GREATER PORTION OF THEIR LENGTHS BY THE INNER SHELL AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH OPEN REGIONS, AN UPPER OPEN REGION ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE INNER SHELL AND A LOWER OPEN REGION ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE INNER SHELL, AND A SOLIDS PRODUCT RECOVERY OUTLET THROUGH THE OUTER SHELL, COAXIAL WITH AND DIRECTLY BENEATH THE INNER SHELL AND OPPOSITE THE SAID MEANS FOR SPRAYING.