US 12,031,092 B2
Separation systems and methods for processing organic polymeric materials
Scott M. Sass, Seville, OH (US); Jeremy J. DeBenedictis, Macedonia, OH (US); Stanley G. Prybyla, Brecksville, OH (US); Dominic O. Rosace, Sagamore Hills, OH (US); and Nicholas A. VanSuch, Mogadore, OH (US)
Filed by Alterra Energy, LLC, Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,225.
Application 17/992,225 is a continuation of application No. 17/879,458, filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 17/879,458 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/045787, filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,669, filed on May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,316, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,371, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,414, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,391, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085993 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. C10G 1/10 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 1/10 (2013.01) [B01D 5/0027 (2013.01); B01D 5/0036 (2013.01); B01D 17/0217 (2013.01); B01J 6/00 (2013.01); C10G 1/002 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1003 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
 
1. An operations unit, comprising:
a reactor vessel, the reactor vessel having an interior volume and comprising within the interior volume a first chamber and
a second chamber;
a conduit extending through the first chamber and into the second chamber, the conduit configured to convey a material to the second chamber, the conduit being at least partially enclosed by a conduit jacket, the conduit jacket defining an outer diameter,
the conduit placing the second chamber into fluid communication with an environment exterior to the chamber,
the second chamber comprising a wall facing the conduit jacket, and
the second chamber being rotatable relative to the first chamber;
a seal disposed within the reactor vessel and defining a boundary between the first chamber and the second chamber,
the seal extending radially inward from the wall of the second chamber toward the conduit jacket, the seal contacting the conduit jacket and the seal being rotatable relative to the conduit jacket,
the seal comprising a first flange secured to and extending from the wall of the second chamber, the first flange defining an inner diameter,
(a) the seal comprising a layered portion that comprises a plurality of ring-shaped portions,
at least one of the ring-shaped portions having an inner diameter less than the outer diameter of the conduit jacket such that the at least one of the ring-shaped portions rotatably abuts the conduit jacket, the outer diameter of the conduit jacket optionally no more than about 1.25 cm larger than the inner diameter of the at least one of the ring-shaped portions, or
(b) the seal comprising a brush that rotatably abuts the conduit jacket.