Efficient volatile metal removal from low rank coal in gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods

Title: Efficient volatile metal removal from low rank coal in gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods

Efficient coal pre-processing systems (69) integrated with gasification, oxy-combustion, and power plant systems include a drying chamber (28), a volatile metal removal chamber (30), recirculated gases, including recycled carbon dioxide (21), nitrogen (6), and gaseous exhaust (60) for increasing the efficiencies and lowering emissions in various coal processing systems.

Inventors:: Bland, Alan E.; Sellakumar, Kumar Muthusami; Newcomer, Jesse D.

Issue Date:: 2017-03-21

OSTI Identifier:: 1347585

Assignee:: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation NETL

Patent Number(s):: 9,598,653

Application Number:: 14/934,459

Contract Number:: FC26-98FT40322; FC26-98FT40323

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Nov 06

Research Org:: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation, Laramie, WY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS

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Removal of oxides of nitrogen from gases in multi-stage coal combustion

Patent Mollot, Darren J. ; Bonk, Donald L. ; Dowdy, Thomas E.

Polluting NO.sub.x gas values are removed from off-gas of a multi-stage coal combustion process which includes an initial carbonizing reaction, firing of char from this reaction in a fluidized bed reactor, and burning of gases from the carbonizing and fluidized bed reactions in a topping combustor having a first, fuel-rich zone and a second, fuel-lean zone. The improvement by means of which NO.sub.x gases are removed is directed to introducing NO.sub.x -free oxidizing gas such as compressor air into the second, fuel-lean zone and completing combustion with this source of oxidizing gas. Excess air fed to the fluidized bed reactormore »« less
Full Text Available January 1998