Embodiments described herein relate to retorts for separating materials or substances (e.g., based on volatility thereof) and forming a base or waste material (e.g., basic sediment and water, inorganic materials, char, organic waste materials, and other solids) and a target material (e.g., shale oil or other oils), contained in feed-stock.

Embodiments described herein relate to retorts for separating materials or substances (e.g., based on volatility thereof) and forming a base or waste material (e.g., basic sediment and water, inorganic materials, char, organic waste materials, and other solids) and a target material (e.g., shale oil or other oils), contained in feed-stock.

The continuously operating pyrolysis equipment that consists at least of the feeding apparatus to feed the raw material into the reactor, the reactor to produce the pyrolysis products, the heating system to generate the heat energy that is needed in the pyrolysis process and to transfer it into the raw material, the mixing apparatus and the conveyor to mix the raw material particles advancing in the reactor and to transport them from there, and the channels to exit the solid, the liquid, and the gas pyrolysis products from the reactor and where the feeding apparatus includes the liquid seal to maintain an essentially oxygen-free condition in the reactor. The mentioned feeding apparatus includes at least: the push button to push the lighter than the liquid seal liquid raw material particles from the feeding apparatus feeding channel under the fluid surface of the fluid seal, the second conveyor leading from the liquid above the surface of the fluid to transport and lift the lighter than the fluid raw material particles to the surface of the liquid in the transfer channel and the first conveyor to lift the heavier than the liquid raw material particles from the liquid into the feeding channel and to transport them and to the surface of the liquid gotten raw material particles to the reactor feeding opening.

The continuously operating pyrolysis equipment that consists at least of the feeding apparatus to feed the raw material into the reactor, the reactor to produce the pyrolysis products, the heating system to generate the heat energy that is needed in the pyrolysis process and to transfer it into the raw material, the mixing apparatus and the conveyor to mix the raw material particles advancing in the reactor and to transport them from there, and the channels to exit the solid, the liquid, and the gas pyrolysis products from the reactor and where the feeding apparatus includes the liquid seal to maintain an essentially oxygen-free condition in the reactor. The mentioned feeding apparatus includes at least: the push button to push the lighter than the liquid seal liquid raw material particles from the feeding apparatus feeding channel under the fluid surface of the fluid seal, the second conveyor leading from the liquid above the surface of the fluid to transport and lift the lighter than the fluid raw material particles to the surface of the liquid in the transfer channel and the first conveyor to lift the heavier than the liquid raw material particles from the liquid into the feeding channel and to transport them and to the surface of the liquid gotten raw material particles to the reactor feeding opening.