US 12,285,751 B2
Fluidized bed reactor systems and methods for torrefaction and catalytic pyrolysis of biomass
Xiaotao Bi, Vancouver (CA); C. Jim Lim, Vancouver (CA); Shahab Sokhansanj, North Vancouver (CA); Jianghong Peng, Richmond (CA); Dening Jia, Vancouver (CA); and Ruixu Wang, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to The University of British Columbia
Filed by THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,308.
Application 18/048,308 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2020/050546, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149875 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. C10B 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01); B01J 8/24 (2006.01); B01J 8/42 (2006.01); C10B 47/24 (2006.01); C10B 49/10 (2006.01); C10L 5/36 (2006.01); C10L 5/40 (2006.01); C10L 5/44 (2006.01); C10L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 8/1818 (2013.01) [B01J 8/24 (2013.01); B01J 8/42 (2013.01); C10B 19/00 (2013.01); C10B 47/24 (2013.01); C10B 49/10 (2013.01); C10L 5/363 (2013.01); C10L 5/406 (2013.01); C10L 5/44 (2013.01); C10L 9/083 (2013.01); C10L 2290/02 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01); C10L 2290/141 (2013.01); C10L 2290/56 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluidized bed reactor for biomass treatment comprising:
a vessel defining a chamber extending continuously and uninterrupted in a first direction from a first end to a second end;
an inlet at the first end of the vessel for feeding particles into the vessel;
an outlet at the second end of the vessel for outputting processed particles;
a first fluid inlet independently activatable to deliver a first volume of a gas in a second direction into a first region of the chamber;
a second fluid inlet spaced apart from the first fluid inlet in the first direction and independently activatable to deliver a second volume of the gas in the second direction into a second region of the chamber, the second region adjacent the first region; and
wherein the first direction is non-parallel to the second direction.