Continuous flow, high capacity system for rapidly converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer and post-industrial waste and renewable feedstocks into biofuel
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C10G-001/06
B01J-003/02
B01J-019/00
B01J-019/20
C10G-001/00
출원번호
US-0205160
(2014-03-11)
등록번호
US-9475993
(2016-10-25)
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Cudahy, George Francis
출원인 / 주소
Cudahy, George Francis
대리인 / 주소
Buskop Law Group, PC
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A continuous high capacity system for converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock into a biofuel, using a pug for blending less than 200 micron diameter particulate with a plasticizing agent; a sealing auger for forming an agglomerate
A continuous high capacity system for converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock into a biofuel, using a pug for blending less than 200 micron diameter particulate with a plasticizing agent; a sealing auger for forming an agglomerated material and sealing, a cutting device, a vacuum chamber to remove air from the cut material, an extruder forming an extrudate, a heating chamber or the heat exchanger to evolve at least one gas; a pressure sensor and temperature sensors in the heating chamber or the heat exchanger, a cooling chamber providing controlled pressure and controlled temperature cooling of the evolved gasses, wherein the cooling chamber liquefies sequentially at least 50 percent of the evolved gasses forming a liquid.
대표청구항▼
1. A continuous high capacity system for converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock or combinations thereof, into a biofuel, comprising: a. a pug for receiving less than 200 micron diameter particulate post-consumer hydrocarbon conta
1. A continuous high capacity system for converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock or combinations thereof, into a biofuel, comprising: a. a pug for receiving less than 200 micron diameter particulate post-consumer hydrocarbon containing waste, post-industrial hydrocarbon containing waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock, or combinations thereof, and blending the less than 200 micron diameter particulate with a plasticizing agent to form a plasticized material;b. a sealing auger in communication with the pug for receiving and agglomerating the plasticized material, wherein the agglomerated material in combination with the sealing auger forms a seal with the pug;c. a cutting device shreds the plasticized and agglomerated material into shredded particles;d. a vacuum chamber for receiving the shredded particles, wherein a vacuum pump connected to the vacuum chamber removes air from the shredded particles, forming de-aerated particles, and wherein the vacuum chamber is sealed from the pug and ambient air using the sealing auger;e. an extruder for receiving the de-aerated particles and pressurizing the de-aerated particles to a pressure from below ambient pressure to 500 psi, agglomerating the plasticized material into an extrudate, which can be a continuous plasticized mass, wherein the extrudate in combination with the extruder forms a seal from the vacuum chamber;f. a heating chamber for receiving the extrudate and rapidly heating the extrudate to a temperature from 500 degrees Fahrenheit to 1200 degrees Fahrenheit to evolving at least one gas;g. a heating chamber pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the heating chamber;h. at least one heating chamber temperature sensor for detecting temperature in the heating chamber;i. a cooling chamber providing controlled pressure and controlled temperature cooling of the at least one gas which has been evolved, wherein the cooling chamber liquefies sequentially at least 50 percent of the at least one gas which has been evolved, forming at least one separated liquid;j. at least one temperature sensor in the cooling chamber;k. a pressure sensor in the cooling chamber;l. a pressure sealing controllable particle port with a valve for removing particles and liquids from the cooling chamber that are not converted to gas in the heating chamber;m. at least one liquid removal port, wherein each liquid removal port removes a liquid at a preset temperature and pressure as the gas is cooled;n. a pressure regulator valve for controlling pressure in the cooling chamber and for removing gas from the cooling chamber;o. a temperature monitoring device for monitoring at least one cooling chamber temperature sensor and at least one heating chamber temperature sensor; andp. a pressure monitoring device for monitoring the heating chamber pressure sensor and the cooling chamber pressure sensor. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plasticizing agent inlet port for injecting a plasticizing agent. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the temperature monitoring device and the pressure monitoring device communicate to a network. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising: transporting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock or combination thereof, through a heat exchanger which consists of a plurality of heat exchanger tubes to supply external heat to the extrudate. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the heat exchanger is a thin walled tube style heat exchanger allowing for rapid transfer of external heat to the extrudate in the heating chamber. 6. The system of claim 4, wherein the heat exchanger has a heat duct that flows hot gasses or liquids over and around the heat exchanger tubes to supply external heat to the heat exchanger tubes and the extrudate and evolved gasses contained on an interior of the heat exchanger tubes. 7. The system of claim 4, further comprising a natural gas manifold positioned between the extruder and the heating chamber or the extruder and the heat exchanger allowing natural gas to flow into the extrudate as the extrudate flows in the heating chamber or the heat exchanger. 8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a shredder connected between the extruder and the heating chamber or heat exchanger for shredding the extrudate into an air-free shredded extrudate. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the pressure regulator valve for controlling pressure in the cooling chamber can remove gas and recycle the gas as a fuel for the heating chamber, the heat exchanger, and other uses. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the extruder has an extruder motor and an extruder motor current sensor for monitoring: a. plasticity of the air-free plasticized materials in the extruder; andb. pressure on the air-free plasticized materials in the extruder. 11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a current monitoring device for monitoring the extruder motor current sensor. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the current monitoring device communicates to a network.
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