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            (A)                      (B)     Pyrolyzer  Gas and oil vapors
                            Char, gas
            Biomass
                            and oil
                            Freeboard  Biomass                        Flue gas

                            Fluid hed             Solid and
                                                    char             Loop seal
              Screw           Heat                                  Combustor
                                                    Hot
                                    Screw feeder
                            Distributor
                                                          Air
                    Fluidizing       Fluidizing gas
                   gas (input)

            (C)                                 (D)
                 Reactor head
                            Biomass                 Spinning
                                                      disk
                                     Heat carrier
                                     solids
                                                  Pressure
                                                   applied
              Aluminum
               insert               Reactor        to wood
                                                                   Bio-oil
                                                                    liquid
                                                                   released
                                                                  from wood

                                             Biomass
            (E)
                     Hot solid
                                                                   Pyrolysis
                                                                    vapor






                                                               Char










                                 Air

            FIGURE 5.7 (A) Bubbling fluidized bed pyrolyzer; (B) Circulating fluidized bed pyrolyzer;
            (C) Ultrarapid pyrolysis; (D) Ablative pyrolysis; (E) Rotating cone pyrolyzer; and (F) Vacuum
            pyrolysis of biomass.
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