Scale separates the TORBED® reactor from the conventional industrial fluidized-bed gasifier more clearly than any other dimension, but the picture is more nuanced than a simple “big versus small” framing. Conventional fluidized-bed gasifiers — bubbling
Why Use a TORBED Gasifier rather than an Industrial Fluidized Bed Gasifier?
Fluidized bed and TORBED reactors are both gas–solid contacting systems used for gasification, but they differ fundamentally in how they suspend and process particles. A fluidized bed lifts an inert bed of sand or olivine vertically using upward gas flow at modest velocities of one ...
Why Use A TORBED Processor Instead Of A Rotary Kiln For Calcining?
1. Much faster heat transfer → shorter processing time TORBED systems use a high-velocity gas stream to suspend and circulate particles. This creates extremely efficient heat transfer, so calcination can happen in seconds to minutes, compared to hours in a rotary kiln. 2. More uniform ...
The TORBED as an Industrial Waste Combustor
Torbed processors have been employed treating industrial waste since 1987. On some projects these involve the TORBED in its role as an industrial Waste combustor: burning waste wood, combusting the material found at the bottom of oil tanker’s tanks, burning hydrocarbons off waste asphalt and ...
Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology and The Torbed Processor
One of the key features of a TORBED processor is process intensification: making the process happen in a more concentrated way. A result of this is that a TORBED processor of any given capacity is smaller in scale than a conventional circulating fluidised bed of ...
The Torbed Processor: A Modern Industrial Gasifier
We sold our first TORBED gasifier in 2006. Use of a TORBED processor as a gasifier is one of several thermal biomass processes including drying, torrefaction, gasification and combustion for which our technology is suited. We have treated at test or commercial scale sewage sludge, ...
The Torbed Processor: an Alternative to a Rotary Kiln for Calcining
In calcining applications, rotary kilns and TORBED reactors differ mainly in their operating principles, heat transfer characteristics, and processing speed. A rotary kiln is a long, slightly inclined rotating cylindrical furnace in which solid materials slowly move from the feed end to the discharge end ...