Process and apparatus for the thermal treatment of pulverulent substances

US7288501B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UMICORE AG & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Emmanuel Auer · Frankfurt, DE
• Peter Biberbach · Rodenbach, DE
• Michael Gross · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Andreas Gutsch · Thedinghausen, DE
• Markus Pridöhl · Großkrotzenburg, DE
• Karsten Ruth · Alzenau, DE
• Edwin Staab · Geiselbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2007
• Expiry date: May 20, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2208/00327
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process and apparatus for the thermal treatment of pulverulent substances, in which the pulverulent substance is dispersed in a carrier gas and is passed in a continuous manner through a heated reactor where it is thermally treated and is then quenched by a cooling medium and is collected in a gas-solids separating unit.