Patent ID: 8888962
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: C10B,C10G,Y02E,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for pyrolysing an organic feed material which comprises: (a) a pyrolysis reaction chamber having an upstream end, a downstream end, an inlet for organic feed material, an outlet for gas produced in the chamber, and separate outlets for (i) a liquid water product and (ii) a dried and pyrolysed product; (b) an assembly for moving organic material through the reaction chamber from the upstream end towards the downstream end of the chamber counter-current to the flow of gas generated in the chamber; and (c) an assembly for establishing a temperature profile in the reaction chamber that comprises the following temperature zones extending successively along the length of the reaction chamber from the upstream end of the chamber: a first temperature zone for water condensation (Zone wherein the assembly for establishing the temperature profile in the reaction chamber comprises a plurality of heat transfer members that extend within the chamber to contribute to establishing and maintaining the temperature profile in the chamber.