US 12,404,460 B2
System and method for processing feedstock with volatile components
Ross A Falconer, Lake County, CA (US); Robert P. W. Miller, Friday Harbor, WA (US); and Paul F Ndione, Lakewood, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/786,759
Filed by Ross A Falconer, Lake County, CA (US); Robert P. W. Miller, Friday Harbor, WA (US); and Paul F Ndione, Lakewood, CO (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127590, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,892, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020430 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. C10G 7/12 (2006.01); B01D 3/04 (2006.01); B01D 3/42 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); C10G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 7/12 (2013.01) [B01D 3/04 (2013.01); B01D 3/42 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); C10G 31/06 (2013.01); C10G 2300/301 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4006 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4043 (2013.01); C10G 2300/405 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method producing near-zero emissions via a closed-loop configuration, the method comprising:
preparing feedstock including a variety of volatile components;
heating the feedstock to produce vaporized volatile components;
transporting the vaporized volatile components through a piping network to an array of thermal information exchangers and associated collection vessels;
reducing heat content of successive units in the array to produce vaporized distillates from the vaporized volatile components; and
transporting remaining feedstock to a conversion vessel for heating and vaporization, wherein the closed-loop configuration enables a near-zero emission system.