Patent ID: 6709601
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B01J,C02F

Abstract:
A hydrothermal treatment system including:(a) a contactor and reactor arrangement connected to a water input conduit, a first reactant material input conduit, a second reactant material input conduit, and a hydrothermal reaction effluent conduit; (b) an effluent stream splitting arrangement connected to the hydrothermal reaction effluent conduit, to a first split effluent conduit, and to a second split effluent conduit; (c) a primary water heat exchanger operatively connected to the first split effluent conduit and to the water input conduit; (d) a first reactant material heat exchanger operatively connected to the second split effluent conduit and to the first reactant material input conduit; and (e) a preheating heat exchanger operatively connected to the second split effluent conduit and to the water input conduit.