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Recent developments in high-temperature fluidization at the ash-agglomeration pilot plant

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OSTI ID:5724518
This paper concentrates on the ash-agglomerating performance of the IGT fluidized-bed U-GAS pilot plant. Important new data are introduced on operations with ROM and washed Western Kentucky No. 9 coal covering fluidized-bed ash content, cyclones employed and fines returned. All test work has been conducted in a pilot plant reactor which is 3-foot (0.91 m) inside diameter and 25-foot (7.62 m) high. This reactor has recently been operated at pressures to 4 atmospheres (405 kPa) and temperatures to 1900/sup 0/F (1038/sup 0/C) during recent tests with Western Kentucky No. 9 bituminous coal. Currently, gasification tests are underway to further investigate process applicability to all US coals.
OSTI ID:
5724518
Report Number(s):
CONF-791108-11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English