Transfer line coke calciner

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR CALCINING COKE PARTICLES MADE IN A FLUID COKE PROCESS TO RAPIDLY REMOVE VOLATILE MATTER AND TO RAPIDLY INCREASE THE DENSITY OF THE COKE SOLID PARTICLES WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF RAPIDLY HEATING THE COKE PARTICLES CONTAINING LESS THAN ABOUT 2 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SULFUR AND WHILE IN THE FORM OF A HIGH VELOCITY DISPERSED GASEOUS SUSPENSION PASSING THROUGH A TRANSFER LINE HEATING ZONE TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1600*F. TO 3000*F. IN ABOUT 0.1 TO 5.0 SECONDS BY THE COMBUSTION INITIALLY OF AN ADDED GASEOUS EXTRANEOUS FUEL WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS, THEN IMMEDIATELY AND RAPIDLY COOLING SAID DISPERSION OF COKE PARTICLES ADJACENT THE EXIT OF SAID TRANSFER LINE HEATING ZONE IN A COOLING OR QUENCHING ZONE TO A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 400*F. TO 500*F., THEN SEPARATING THE COOLED COKE PARTICLES FROM THE SUSPENDING FLUE GAS, AND THEN WITHDRAWING THE COOLED AND CALCINED COKE PARTICLES FROM THE SEPARATING STEP.