Method of operating a coal gasifier
Abstract
A method of operating an entrained flow coal gasifier which comprises the steps of firing coal at two levels in a combustion zone with near stoichiometric air, removing molten ash from the combustion zone, conveying combustion products upwardly from the combustion zone through a reduction zone, injecting additional coal into the combustion products in the reduction zone and gasifying at least a portion of the coal to form low BTU gas, conveying the gas to a point of use, including also reducing gasifier output by modifying the ratio of air to coal supplied to the upper level of the combustion zone so that the ratio becomes increasingly substoichiometric thereby extending the gasification of coal from the reduction zone into the upper level of the combustion zone, and maintaining the lower level of coal in the combustion zone at near stoichiometric conditions so as to provide sufficient heat to maintain effective slagging conditions.
- Inventors:
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- West Simsbury, CT
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863427
- Patent Number(s):
- 4168956
- Assignee:
- Combustion Engineering, Inc. (Windsor, CT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10J - PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; operating; coal; gasifier; entrained; flow; comprises; steps; firing; levels; combustion; zone; near; stoichiometric; air; removing; molten; ash; conveying; products; upwardly; reduction; injecting; additional; gasifying; portion; form; btu; gas; including; reducing; output; modifying; ratio; supplied; upper; level; increasingly; substoichiometric; extending; gasification; maintaining; conditions; provide; sufficient; heat; maintain; effective; slagging; reduction zone; btu gas; reducing gas; coal gasifier; combustion products; combustion zone; coal gas; provide sufficient; combustion product; sufficient heat; near stoichiometric; entrained flow; removing molten; flow coal; stoichiometric air; /48/
Citation Formats
Blaskowski, Henry J. Method of operating a coal gasifier. United States: N. p., 1979.
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Blaskowski, Henry J. Method of operating a coal gasifier. United States.
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"Method of operating a coal gasifier". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863427.
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abstractNote = {A method of operating an entrained flow coal gasifier which comprises the steps of firing coal at two levels in a combustion zone with near stoichiometric air, removing molten ash from the combustion zone, conveying combustion products upwardly from the combustion zone through a reduction zone, injecting additional coal into the combustion products in the reduction zone and gasifying at least a portion of the coal to form low BTU gas, conveying the gas to a point of use, including also reducing gasifier output by modifying the ratio of air to coal supplied to the upper level of the combustion zone so that the ratio becomes increasingly substoichiometric thereby extending the gasification of coal from the reduction zone into the upper level of the combustion zone, and maintaining the lower level of coal in the combustion zone at near stoichiometric conditions so as to provide sufficient heat to maintain effective slagging conditions.},
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