Sulfur sorbent feed system for a fluidized bed reactor

Claim 1

A fluidized bed reactor comprising a furnace section; means in said furnace section for supporting a bed of solid particulate material including fuel; means for introducing air into said bed at a velocity sufficient to fluidize said particulate material and support the combustion of said fuel; a separating section; means for directing to said separating section a mixture of said air, the gaseous products of said combustion, and the particulate material entrained by said air and said gaseous products of combustion; said separating section separating the particulate material from said mixture; means connecting said separating section to said furnace section for returning the separated particulate material back to said bed; a first supply source for supplying relatively coarse sorbent material; a second supply source for supplying relatively fine sorbent material; means for introducing said relatively coarse sorbent material and said relatively fine sorbent material directly from said first and second supply sources into said furnace section at two separate locations, respectively; and means for introducing said relatively coarse sorbent material and said relatively fine sorbent material directly from said first and second supply sources respectively to said connecting means.