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Title: Coal gasification burner

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6678231

This patent describes a process for burning hydrocarbon in a combustion zone, comprising: introducing combustion oxygen and the hydrocarbon into a combustion chamber as a central gas flow; surrounding the combustion oxygen with a transpiration gas; and passing at least some of the transpiration gas through a porous metal passage surrounding the combustion oxygen and having a non-constricted part of lower porosity metal next to the combustion zone, the porous metal comprising a compressed powdered metal.

Assignee:
Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4775314
OSTI ID:
6678231
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 6 Jan 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English