Low inlet gas velocity high throughput biomass gasifier

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:866949

Feldmann, Herman F ^[1]; Paisley, Mark A ^[2]

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1. Worthington, OH
2. Upper Arlington, OH

The present invention discloses a novel method of operating a gasifier for production of fuel gas from carbonaceous fuels. The process disclosed enables operating in an entrained mode using inlet gas velocities of less than 7 feet per second, feedstock throughputs exceeding 4000 lbs/ft.sup.2 -hr, and pressures below 100 psia.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Development Corporation (Columbus, OH)
• Patent Number(s): US 4828581
• OSTI ID: 866949
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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