Process for the generation of gas in two or more producers

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF GAS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF WATER GAS FROM FINE-GRAINED FUEL IN AT LEAST TWO GENERATORS, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF PASSING A GASIFYING AGENT DOWNWARDLY SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH SETTLED BEDS OF SAID FUEL IN SAID GENERATORS TO EFFECT HEATING OF SAID BEDS, THEREAFTER PASSING STREAM DOWNWARDLY SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH THE THUS HEATED BEDS, DRESSING ONE OF SAID BEDS BY PASSING A DRESSING GAS UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH AT A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO FLUIDIZE SAID ONE BED AND THEREBY CAUSE CINDERS THEREIN TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID ONE BED, PASSING SAID DRESSING GAS LEAVING SAID ONE FLUIDIZED BED DOWNWARDLY THROUGH ANOTHER OF SAID BEDS, THEREAFTER DRESSING SAID OTHER BED BY PASSING A DRESSING GAS UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH AT A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO FLUIDIZE SAID OTHER BED AND THEREBY CAUSE CINDERS THEREIN TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID OTHER BED, PASSING SAID DRESSING GAS LEAVING SAID OTHER FLUIDIZED BED DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID ONE BED, AND REMOVING CINDERS FROM THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF SAID BEDS.