ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,281, issued on Feb. 4.
"Reactor with shaft cooling" was invented by Anders Olsson (Esher, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reactor for recovery or recycling of hydrocarbon products from hydrocarbon-containing material by decomposing and gasifying the material in a reactor housing, comprising a gas/particle separator device arranged to separate solid particles accompanying the gas and to return these particles directly to the reactor housing in the opposite direction to axially flowing gasified hydrocarbon products, and/or comprising a rotor shaft with axially running channels which are in flow communication with a coolant,...