Inventors:
Robert W. Ebeling - Reading PA
Robert B. Weaver - Reading PA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
F26B 308, F27B 1500
Abstract:
The pressure within a pressurized flow reactor operated under harsh environmental conditions is controlled by establishing and maintaining a fluidized bed of uniformly sized granular material of selected density by passing the gas from the reactor upwardly therethrough at a rate sufficient to fluidize the bed and varying the height of the bed by adding granular material thereto or removing granular material therefrom to adjust the backpressure on the flow reactor.