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Combined fluidized bed retort and combustor

US4447297A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1982
Grant dateMay 8, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G1/02
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a combined fluidized bed retorting and combustion system particularly useful for extracting energy values from oil shale. The oil-shale retort and combustor are disposed side-by-side and in registry with one another through passageways in a partition therebetween. The passageways in the partition are submerged below the top of the respective fluid beds to preclude admixing or the product gases from the two chambers. The solid oil shale or bed material is transported through the chambers by inclining or slanting the fluidizing medium distributor so that the solid bed material, when fluidized, moves in the direction of the downward slope of the distributor.

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