Multifuel bubbling bed fluidized bed combustor system
Apparatus for generating heat is described, comprising: a fluidized bed pyrolyzer; a fluidized bed combustor; a combustor vessel; means for supporting a combustor bed of granular material within the combustor vessel; means for adding the gaseous effluents removed from the pyrolyzer bed to the combustor bed; means for adding granular material to the combustor bed; means for removing gaseous effluents from the combustor vessel; means for removing bed material from the combustor; a heat exchanger comprising a vessel; means for adding gaseous effluents to, and means for removing gaseous effluents from, the heat exchanger vessel, and means for adding an exchange coolant to, and means for removing an exchange coolant from, the heat exchanger vessel; particulate collector means connected to the heat exchanger for removing particulate matter from the gaseous effluents removed from the heat exchanger; and stack means connected to the particulate collector for releasing the gaseous effluents removed from the heat exchanger to the atmosphere.
- Assignee:
- Wormser Engineering, Inc., Woburn, MA
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4823712
- OSTI ID:
- 5773743
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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