US 12,478,939 B2
Moving bed reactor for hydrocarbon pyrolysis
Samuel Shaner, Goleta, CA (US); Brett Parkinson, Goleta, CA (US); and Andrew Caldwell, Goleta, CA (US)
Assigned to CZero Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/040,397
Filed by CZero Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044864
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/032047, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,038, filed on Aug. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313049 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 8/12 (2006.01); C01B 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 8/12 (2013.01) [C01B 3/28 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0038 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00513 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moving bed reactor comprising:
a housing;
a core section disposed within the housing;
a first heat transfer media disposed within the core section;
an annular section disposed within the housing;
a second heat transfer media disposed within the annular section;
a heater disposed in an upper portion of the core section, wherein the heater is configured to heat the first heat transfer media in the upper portion of the core section; and
a reactor wall, wherein the reactor wall is disposed within the housing, wherein the reactor wall is disposed between and defines the core section and the annular section,
wherein the first heat transfer media has a first average particle diameter, wherein the second heat transfer media has a second average particle diameter, and wherein the first average particle diameter is larger than the second average particle diameter.