Apparatus for pyrolyzing organic solid waste

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, Apparatus for carrying out an essentially closed loop pyrolysis process includes a pyrolysis reactor, a first collection vessel in which char separated from the products of the reactor is deposited a cross connection, from the first collection vessel to a char burner a second collection vessel, in which the particulate heat source produced by the char burner is deposited and a cross connection from the second collection vessel to the reactor. A higher pressure is established at the outlet of each collection vessel than the pressure at the inlet to which it is cross connected. Specifically each, collection vessel comprises a hopper a standpipe extending downwardly …