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Process for fixed bed coal gasification

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868459
The combustion of gas produced from the combination of coal pyrolysis and gasification involves combining a combustible gas coal and an oxidant in a pyrolysis chamber and heating the components to a temperature of at least 1600.degree. F. The products of coal pyrolysis are dispersed from the pyrolyzer directly into the high temperature gasification region of a pressure vessel. Steam and air needed for gasification are introduced in the pressure vessel and the materials exiting the pyrolyzer flow down through the pressure vessel by gravity with sufficient residence time to allow any carbon to form carbon monoxide. Gas produced from these reactions are then released from the pressure vessel and ash is disposed of.
Assignee:
CRS Sirrine Engineers, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
US 5145490
OSTI ID:
868459
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English