Patent ID: 8961743
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: C10B,C10G,C10K,F28C,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A system for converting biomass or non-biomass feedstock into liquid product, comprising: i) a feed system for introducing feedstock comprising biomass feed stock or non-biomass feedstock; ii) a reactor in communication with the feed system for thermally converting the introduced feedstock into a vapor stream at a conversion temperature of between 350 and 600° C., wherein the reactor includes a mixing zone that mixes the feedstock with a solid heat carrier; iii) a separation system located downstream from the reactor that separates the solid heat carriers from the vapor stream; iv) a condensing chamber located downstream from the separation system that condenses the separated vapor stream into liquid product by rapidly quenching the vapor stream with a quench media to a temperature of less than 100° C. in less than 1 second; and v) a liquid product recovery system located downstream from the condensing chamber that collects the liquid product from the condensing chamber.