Apparatus for removal of particulate matter from gas streams

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:872864

Smith, Peyton L ^[1]; Morse, John C ^[1]

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1. Baton Rouge, LA

An apparatus for the removal of particulate matter from the gaseous product stream of an entrained flow coal gasifier which apparatus includes an initial screen, an intermediate screen which is aligned with the direction of flow of the gaseous product stream and a final screen transversely disposed to the flow of gaseous product and which apparatus is capable of withstanding at least a pressure differential of about 10 psi (68.95 kPa) or greater at the temperatures of the gaseous product stream.

• Research Organization: Wabash River Joint Venture
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-92MC29310
• Assignee: Destec Energy, Inc. (Houston, TX)
• Patent Number(s): US 6027540
• OSTI ID: 872864
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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