Patent ID: 6048374
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: C10B,C10J,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A process for pyrolysis of feedstock, comprising the following steps:introducing feedstock into, and moving said feedstock through, a reactor tube;heating the feedstock within said reactor tube to a sufficient temperature such that pyrolysis occurs; andgenerating heat within a combustion chamber, wherein the combustion chamber is in direct thermal contact with the reactor tube such that heat generated within the combustion chamber is transferred to the feedstock in the reactor tube to provide the heat for pyrolysis,wherein the feedstock is introduced into the reactor tube from an inner hopper, wherein gases of pyrolysis travel though the feedstock in the inner hopper such that said feedstock in the inner hopper acts as a filter, wherein heat generated in the combustion chamber is transferred to the feedstock within the inner hopper.