Carbonization of peat with the utilization of excess heat to produce surplus power

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE CARBONISATION OF SOLID FUELS WHICH COMPRISES PASSING THE FUEL TO BE CARBONISED IN SUCCESSION THROUGH DRYING, CARBONISING AND QUENCHING ZONES IN A CARBONISATION PLANT, REMOVING GASES AND VAPOURS FROM A PLURALITY OF OUTLETS IN THE CARBONISING ZONE, SEPARATING OILS AND TARS FROM SAID GASES, COMPRESSING THE THUS TREATED GASES, HEATING THE COMPRESSED GASES IN A HEAT EXCHANGER, PASSING THE HEATED COMPRESSED GASES THROUGH A FIRST TURBINE, HEATING THE EXHAUST GASES FROM THE FIRST TURBINE IN A SECOND HEAT EXCHANGER, PASSING THE HEATED GAS THROUGH A SECOND TURBINE AND SPLITTING THE EXHAUST GASES FROM THE SECOND TURBINE INTO A PLURALITY OF STREAMS, PASSING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STREAMS THROUGH SAID DRYING ZONE AND PASSING AT LEAST ONE OTHER OF SAID STREAMS THROUGH SAID CARBONISING ZONE, BURNING A COMBUSTIBLE GAS, UTILISING A PART OF THE SENSIBLE HEAT OF THE COMBUSTION GASES THUS PRODUCED TO EFFECT HEATING OF THE GASES PASSING INTO SAID CARBONISING ZONE FROM SAID SECOND TURBINE BY HEAT EXCHANGE, THEN PASSING SAID COMBUSTION GASES THROUGH SAID SECOND HEAT EXCHANGER AND SAID FIRST EXCHANGER IN SEQUENCE.