Abstract:
A sluice type apparatus for discharging batches of material from a pressurized enclosure has a container with an upper inlet and a lower outlet each closable by a slide gate. Preferably, each slide gate has two slide gate members driven by respective piston cylinder devices so that one gate is closed while the other gate is open and vice versa. At least the slide gate members for opening and closing the inlet are withdrawn from their inlet closing position into a respective outwardly closed or sealed chamber for making it easier to keep the container pressurized. The seals between the chamber entrance slots and the respective slide gate member are not required to be precision seals because any material that may pass into these outwardly closed or sealed chambers is easily removed again.
Abstract:
An apparatus for taking a material to be treated into and out of a treating high pressure tank such as a heating sterilization tank comprises a conveyor passage interconnecting the high pressure tank and a water tank and constituted by two or more partially cylindrical casings connected in a side-by-side relation and each rotatably accomodating a rotary closure member having 2 to 6 blades adapted to make a sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the casing. Due to a specific phase difference between the blades of adjacent rotary closure members, the conveyor passage is always closed by some of the blades. A pair of endless conveyor chains, carrying a plurality of treating vessels accomodating the material, are adapted to run along both side surfaces of the conveyor passage through the high pressure tank and the water tank in a timed relation to the rotation of the rotary closure members. Means are provided for returning the leaked liquid back to the high pressure tank from the water tank.
Abstract:
A method for adding and removing fine particles from a pressurized reactor is provided, which comprises connecting the reactor to a container, sealing the container from the reactor, filling the container with particles and a liquid material compatible with the reactants, pressurizing the container to substantially the reactor pressure, removing the seal between the reactor and the container, permitting particles to fall into or out of the reactor, and resealing the container from the reactor. An apparatus for adding and removing particles is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A system for forming a reaction product such as calcium silicate comprises an autoclave for receiving the reaction constituents and for reacting these constituents to form a reaction product, a holding vessel for receiving the reaction product and a flow passage connecting the autoclave to the holding vessel and for allowing the passage of the reaction product from the autoclave to the holding vessel. The flow passage includes a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the reaction product during its passage through the flow passage to another medium. The system includes an electronic control system for maintaining the pressure in the holding vessel a controlled amount beneath the pressure in the autoclave during the transfer of the reaction product from the autoclave to the holding vessel. This minimizes the structural damage to the reaction product during its transfer to the holding vessel. The holding vessel can, if desired, be used to mix additional material into the reaction product.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus are shown for control of continuous feeding of pulverized material to a high pressure container. A rotor is located within the high pressure container. The pulverized material is fed from a feed hopper through a stationary feed pipe to a vented spin-up zone chamber to a plurality of sprues mounted in the rotor. Control of the pressure within control nozzles downstream from the sprues adjusts the flow rate of coal through the sprues.
Abstract:
In a high pressure tubular reactor containing a plurality of tubular sections interconnected in series by means of connection devices, which reactor contains one or more reaction zones, there is positioned within each reaction zone a single rupture disc device from about 24 to about 40 feet downstream from the reaction zone inlet. A particularly suitable rupture disc-connection block device is disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for making the supply of a material liquid and relief of pressure of a reaction product liquid in a high-pressure liquefaction reaction such as direct liquefaction of coal. The apparatus includes at least one cylinder having two working chambers separated by a movable float, one of which is adapted to receive the material liquid while the other is adapted to be charged with high-pressure product liquid. A gas discharging pipe having a valve is connected to the side of the cylinder to which the high-pressure product slurry is to be charged. For delivering the product slurry from the cylinder to the outside of the system, the pressure in the cylinder is beforehand relieved and the gases separated from the product slurry are discharged through the valve of the gas discharging pipe. Thereafter, the product slurry filling the cylinder is delivered to the outside by a low pressure of the material slurry supplied to the other side of the cylinder.
Abstract:
In a high pressure tubular reactor containing a plurality of tubular sections interconnected in series by means of connection devices, which reactor contains one or more reaction zones, there is positioned within each reaction zone a single rupture disc device from about 24 to about 40 feet downstream from the reaction zone inlet.
Abstract:
A composite injector is provided for handling the introduction to a thick-walled, high pressure polymerization autoclave of both monomer and catalyst streams. Said injector comprises an inner, separately enclosed, high pressure catalyst conduit of relatively small cross-section terminating in a fine orifice at its downstream end which substantially coincides with the inner wall boundary of said autoclave, and, surrounding the upstream portion of said catalyst conduit at least, a pressure-tight outer housing of much larger inner cross-section having an upstream monomer supply connection and a downstream fitting for sealing engagement with a matched opening through said thick-walled autoclave. By introducing the catalyst and the monomer through their respective separate passageways of this composite injector, the resultant catalyst stream is released into the monomer stream just as said streams are both emerging into the open space beyond the inner wall boundary of said autoclave. In other words, the fine orifice tip at the end of said catalyst conduit is substantially coplanar with said inner wall boundary where the monomer stream also emerges from the opening through said autoclave wall.
Abstract:
A catalyst spray nozzle for injecting a finely atomized spray of liquid catalyst into a high pressure chemical reactor such as an autoclave reaction vessel for polymerizing ethylene into polyethylene. The liquid catalyst is fed under pressure to the discharge end of a passageway in the spray nozzle. A valve member is biased closed against the discharge end of the passageway by a biasing spring in the form of belleville washers located entirely within the housing of the nozzle and prevents liquid catalyst from passing therethrough until a given backpressure on the catalyst is established. When the given backpressure is reached, the pressure biases the valve member away from the passagway and the catalyst is forced through at least one discharge orifice under sufficient pressure to cause it to be sprayed in a finely atomized state into the reactor.