Manufacture of water gas
An intermittent process for the manufacture of carburetted water gas in a generator is provided. The process consists of blasting fuel in a reaction zone to incandescence by means of a blast of air passing in an up direction successively through a grate and an ash bed hot from a previous operation, passing the hot blast gases leaving the top of said reaction zone to a regenerator to heat the same. The process continues by initiating a gas-making cycle by passing steam through the heated regenerator and thence downwardly through the reaction zone to produce water gas. The water gas from said reaction zone is then passed downwardly into the ash bed, removing said water gas through an outlet in the generator wall, which is located at a fixed point above the grate. The process regulates the depth of the ash bed between the point of withdrawal of the water gas and the bottom of the reaction zone so that the sensible heat of the water gas utilizes the thus extracted heat from the water gas made during the down run used to preheat gases. It is then led to said generator through said ash bed in a succeeding up run which is mixing the water gas leaving the generator with a gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
- Assignee:
- JMT; EDB-87-061821
- Patent Number(s):
- US 2525318
- OSTI ID:
- 7010286
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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