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Apparatus for gasification of finely divided fuel

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OSTI ID:5867218
A coal gasification reactor is disclosed which includes a gasification chamber surrounded by a pressure shell, a tubular quench section above the gasification chamber and a superposed waste heat boiler. Heat expansive members are provided in the form of bellow type expansion members between the waste heat boiler and the quench section as well as between the quench section and the gasification chamber to absorb or compensate for relative thermal expansion differences due to the temperature ranges involved in gasification.
Assignee:
Shell International Research Maatshappij B.V. (Netherlands)
Patent Number(s):
US 4202672
OSTI ID:
5867218
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English