Coal gasification plant

Patent · 31 December 1977

OSTI ID:863234

Wood, Andrew ^[1]

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1. Dunfermline, GB6

A removable annular hearth member, shaped to fit over the slag outlet of a slagging gasifier, comprises a cast body of high thermal conductivity having integral coolant passageways, said passageways being formed by shaping a metal tube into a coil having an inlet and an outlet, and casting metal to the desired shape around the coil such that the inlet and outlet communicate exteriorly of the cast body.

• Research Organization: British Gas Corporation
• Assignee: British Gas Corporation (London, GB2)
• Patent Number(s): US 4129422
• OSTI ID: 863234
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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