Abstract: A reactor comprising a first portion having a generally cylindrical housing, an inlet at one end of said first portion housing, the opposed end of said first portion housing being the outlet of said first portion, where said first portion includes a rotatable shaft positioned axially within said housing and including at least two shearing paddles extending radially from said rotatable shaft and a second portion having a generally frustoconical housing having a first end larger than a second end, said first end constituting an inlet to said second portion and coextensive with said opposed end of said first portion housing, and an outlet at said second end, where said second portion includes a rotatable shaft positioned axially within said housing and including at least one generally helical flight extending radially from said rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A fuel coal processing system is provided which consists of a centrifugal type pulverizer, a coal purifier and an optional fuel coal size classifier, all combined into one integral, cooperatively acting, fuel coal preparation device. The pulverizer consists of a pair of opposed multicup concentric ring rotors, mounted on a common axis, counter rotating at relatively high speed, an axially located feed tube through which material is fed into the center of the rotor system and then is thrown tangentially, progressively and outwardly from ring to ring on each of the counter rotating rotors thereby being reduced in size by the repeated high speed impacts and skidding abrasion associated with the process.