Production of fuel gases from granular to pulverulent fuels

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUEL GASES FROM GRANULAR TO PULVERULENT FUELS WHICH CONSISTS IN INTRODUCING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE AFORESAID FUEL TO BE GASIFIED AND A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE GASEOUS GASIFYING AGENT USED IN THE REACTION INTO AN ANTECHAMBER ARRANGED DIRECTLY AT THE INLET OPENING OF A CENTRIFUGAL GASIFICATION CHAMBER PROPER, THE AXIS OF SAID ANTECHAMBER BEING DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIAL INCLINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID CENTRIFUGAL GASIFICATION CHAMBER PROPER, EFFECTING GASIFICATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE PULVERULENT FUEL IN SAID ANTECHAMBER BY REACTION WITH SAID GASEOUS GASIFYING AGENT, LEADING THE MIXTURE OF NON-GASIFIED SOLID FUEL, FUEL GAS AND ANY GASIFYING AGENT LEAVING THE ANTECHAMBER INTO THE CENTRIFUGAL GASIFICATION CHAMBER TANGENTIALLY, KEEPING IT IN ROTATION THEREIN BY TANGENTIALLY INTRODUCING INTO SAID CENTRIFUGAL GASIFICATION CHAMBER FURTHER AMOUNTS OF GASIFYING AGENT FOR A LENGTH OF TIME SUFFICENT TO EFFECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE GASIFICATION AT THE NON-GASIFIED SOLID FUEL AND FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THERE IS FORMED A LIQUID SLAG, WHICH SLAG, SEPARATES AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE GASIFICATION CHAMBER SO THAT IT CAN BE WITHDRAWN IN THE LIQUID PHASE.