Patent ID: 9162171
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B01D,B04C,C10B,C10G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a tubular vessel lacking a conical portion having a square pipe entry and a vapor outlet, wherein the vapor outlet is positioned at the top of the tubular vessel, and wherein the square pipe entry is tangential to an inner diameter of the tubular vessel; a barrel positioned below the tubular vessel; a double isolation knife valve positioned between the tubular vessel and the barrel, a cyclone separator disposed upstream from the tubular vessel, wherein the cyclone separator produces a stream of gas and solids; a quench vessel disposed downstream from the vapor outlet of the tubular vessel; and wherein a stream of gas and solids enters the tubular vessel through the square pipe entry, and wherein the gas and solids are separated by using centrifugal force, and wherein the gas exits the vapor outlet and the solids are collected in the barrel.