TORBED Process Reactor Technology - Application

General Introduction - The patented TORBED technology involves suspending a gently rotating bed of free flowing particles above a ring of static vanes through which high velocity hot air is directed. The TORBED Reactor is an excellent gas solids contacting device, which suspends solid particles in a rapidly moving gas flow environment. This provides intense mixing and extremely rapid heat and mass transfer within the reactor with each individual particle being uniformly heated. The key to high rates of heat and/or mass transfer between gases and solids is the disruption of the microscopic boundary layer of gas that surrounds the solid particle. To achieve disruption, the solid must be impacted by gases at high velocity to strip away the insulating boundary layer. The TORBED® Reactor reactor types achieve this by using higher velocities of gas impact than have hitherto been achieved. The energy efficient heating system is unique to the TORBED and provides “flame free” process conditions.