Apparatus and process for manufacturing thermal black

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARBON BLACK, INCLUDING: A GAS-TIGHT SHELL, THE CONFINED SPACE WITHIN WHICH IS DIVIDED BY A VERTICAL HEAT TRANSMITTING MEMBER INTO A HEATING CHAMBER AND AT LEAST ONE ADJACENT NON-COMMUNICATING DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER; A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PERMEABLE MEMBER LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS DIVIDING IT INTO UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS; A PARTICULATE HEAT EXCHANGE BED PARTIALLY FILLING THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS; AN INLET IN THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBER; MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE INLET OF SAID HEATING CHAMBER FOR INTRODUCING HOT COMBUSTION GASES INTO THE BED THEREOF AT A VOLUME RATE SUFFICIENT TO FLUIDIZE SAID BED WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ENTRAINMENT OF BED PARTICLES; MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE INLET OF SAID DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER FOR INRODUCING A GASIFORM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK INTO THE BED THEREOF AT A VOLUME RATE SUFFICIENT TO FLUIDIZE SAID BED AND TO INSURE THAT CARBON BLACK PRODUCED IN SAID FLUIDIZED BED WILL BE ENTRAINED IN THE GASES EXITING SAID BED WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ENTRAINMENT OF BED PARTICLES; AND AN OUTLET IN EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS ABOVE THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF SAID BEDS WHEN SAID BEDS ARE FLUIDIZED.