Micro coker

Claim 1

IMPROVED FUEL COKER EQUIPMENT FOR MEASURING THE COKER CHARACTERISTICS OF A FUEL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION. (A) A SUBSTANTIALLY PRESSURE-TIGHT BODY FOR PYROLYZING A FUEL AND WHICH CONSISTS OF TOP AND BOTTOM RECTANGULAR PLATES EACH HAVING A FLAT INTERIOR FACE OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIMENSIONS, ONE OF SAID PLATES HAVING A CHANNEL ON SAID INTERIOR FACE DEFINING AN UNDULATING SERPENTINE COURSE CONNECTING INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS AT THE EXTERIOR FACE OF SAID PLATE, SAID COURSE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED SEGMENTS EXTENDING IN RECIPROCAL FASHION OVER AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID INTERIOR FACE WITH THE CENTRAL AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LENGTH OF SAID RECTANGULAR PLATE DIVIDING EACH CONNECTED SEGMENT INTO EQUIVALENT LENGTHS, A FLAT RELATIVELY THIN PANEL POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PLATES TO THEREBY FORM A HOLLOW, CONTINUOUS PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN THE FLAT SURFACE OF SAID PANEL ABOVE SAID CHANNEL, (B) MEANS FOR JOINING SAID SEPARALE MEMBERS TOGETHER TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID PRESSURE-TIGHT BODY CONSTRUCTED TO REMAIN PRESSURE TIGHT AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, (C) MEANS TO INTRODUCE A FUEL TO SAID BODY, AND (D) MEANS TO HEAT SAID BODY TO A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO PYROLYZE SAID FUEL.