Patent ID: 7862707

Claim:
A process for converting feedstock into liquid hydrocarbon fuel condensate comprising the steps of: a) providing a feedstock for producing liquid hydrocarbon fuel, wherein said feedstock is chosen from the group including in whole or in part: biomass, bitumen, crude oil, oil shale, tar, coal, b) providing a heated heat transfer medium flow having a flow surface, said flow flowing through at least one thermal reaction zone under substantially carbon rejection process conditions, c) placing said feedstock onto said heated heat transfer medium flow so that said feedstock substantially rides on said flow surface of said heated heat transfer medium flow without substantially any mixing of said feedstock with said heat transfer medium flow under said substantially carbon rejection process conditions, d) vaporizing at least a portion of said feedstock to form vapours while said feedstock is in said at least one thermal reaction zone by heat transfer to said feedstock from a heat transfer medium in said heat transfer medium flow, while leaving unvaporized by-products including an unvaporized remainder portion of said feedstock, e) condensing said vapours into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel condensate, f) collecting said condensate.