Apparatus for cracking and distilling hydrocarbons. [using heated retort with metal bodies as catalysts]

Patent · Tue Apr 14 04:00:00 EST 1931

OSTI ID:5323972

Anderson, J H

An apparatus for cracking and distilling solid or liquid hydrocarbons comprises, in combination, a heating-chamber and means for supplying heat thereto, a conical retort rotatably supported within the heating-chamber with its axis inclined downwardly from its larger to its smaller end with the lowermost longitudinal line of its conical wall in substantially horizontal position, an inlet for the supply of the substance to be heated into the larger end of the retort, a loose mass of metal bodies contained within the retort, an outlet at the smaller end of the retort, a screen in the outlet permitting the discharge of the products of the operation but retaining the metal bodies within the retort, and means for axially rotating the retort.

• Assignee: Altithermo Engineering Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 1800672
• OSTI ID: 5323972
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
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HYDROCARBONS
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