APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING A TWO-PHASE GAS-SOLID MIXTURE FOR INJECTION INTO A REACTOR

摘要

Apparatus and method for concentrating a two-phase gas-solids mixture within a cyclone separator and utilizing the energy of the cyclone's concentrated solids stream for the purpose of injecting and dispersing said solid particles into a reactor. The mixture is introduced into the separator with a tangential vortexing motion permitting the mixture to flow downwardly in a spiral. The gas phase of the mixture is separated and removed from the separator through the gas exit at the top, while the solids phase of the mixture is removed through the solids exit at the bottom in the form of a hollow, swirling cone of solids which is then passed directly into a reactor while a gas adapted to react with the solids is injected therein into communication with the cone of solids.