Fluidized bed gasification ash reduction and removal system

Patent · 28 February 1984

OSTI ID:864901

Schenone, Carl E.; Rosinski, Joseph

In a fluidized bed gasification system an ash removal system to reduce the particulate ash to a maximum size or smaller, allow the ash to cool to a temperature lower than the gasifier and remove the ash from the gasifier system. The system consists of a crusher, a container containing level probes and a means for controlling the rotational speed of the crusher based on the level of ash within the container.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-80ET14752
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): 4,433,978
• Application Number: 06/342,024
• OSTI ID: 864901
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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