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Process for quenching product gas of slagging coal gasifier
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1975-06-05
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Granted: 1977-10-18
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Expires: 1995-06-05
Abstract
Abstract A process is disclosed for quenching of the partial combustion product gas of a slagging coal gasifier containing suspended molten slag particles wherein the hot product gas of the gasifier is passed through a tubular quench zone into which a shielding gas is introduced circumferentially to form an annular layer or protective gas shield between the product gas and the walls of the quench zone and a cooling gas is injected radially to effect direct cooling of the product gas to a temperature at which the molten slag particles solidify and lose their stickiness, said protective gas shield being maintained for a sufficient distance along the axis of the quench zone to prevent contact between the quench zone walls and the hot product gas during said cooling.
Inventors
- 👤 Gernot Staudinger
- 👤 Maarten J. VAN DER Burgt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 16:57
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10J; C10J3/00; C10J3/72; C10J3/82; C10J3/84; C10J3/46; C10J3/48; C10J3/52; C10J3/526; C10J3/845; F; F28; F28C; F28C3/00; F28C3/02; C10J2300/00; C10J2300/09; C10J2300/0913; C10J2300/093; C10J2300/0946; C10J2300/0953; C10J2300/0956; C10J2300/0959; C10J2300/0973; C10J2300/0976; C10J2300/18; C10J2300/1846; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/54; Y10S261/76; Y10S48/00; Y10S48/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A process for quenching of the partial combustion product gas of a slagging coal gasifier containing suspended molten, sticky slag particles to a temperature at which the slag particles are no longer sticky which comprises: a. passing the hot partial combustion product gas into a tubular quench zone; b. introducing into said quench zone a cooling gas which is injected radially to effect admixture with, and direct quenching of, the hot product gas and c. introducing circumferentially into said quench zone, at its inlet end, a particle-free shielding gas thereby forming an annular layer between the product gas and the quench zone walls, said annular layer being maintained for a sufficient distance along the axis of the quench zone to prevent contact between the quench zone walls and the hot product gas prior to quenching.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A process for quenching of the partial combustion product gas of a slagging coal gasifier containing suspended molten, sticky slag particles to a temperature at which the slag particles are no longer sticky which comprises: a. passing the hot partial combustion product gas into a tubular quench zone; b. introducing into said quench zone a cooling gas which is injected radially to effect admixture with, and direct quenching of, the hot product gas and c. introducing circumferentially into said quench zone, at its inlet end, a particle-free shielding gas thereby forming an annular layer between the product gas and the quench zone walls, said annular layer being maintained for a sufficient distance along the axis of the quench zone to prevent contact between the quench zone walls and the hot product gas prior to quenching.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the volume ratio between the flow of particle-free shielding gas and hot product gas to the quench zone is at least 0.1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein the axial velocities of the product gas and the shielding gas are about equal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the shielding gas and/or the cooling gas consist at least partly of steam.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the shielding gas and/or the cooling gas consist at least partly of the product gas of the slagging coal gasifier, said product gas having been freed of entrained particles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the annular layer formed by the shielding gas extends along the axis of the quench zone for a distance of about 2 to 3 times the quench zone diameter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the cooling gas is introduced immediately downstream of the point in the quench zone at which the shielding gas is introduced.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 7, wherein the volume ratio between the flow of hot product gas and cooling gas ranges from 1:0.5 to 1:3.0.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to claim 8, wherein the volume ratio between the flow of cooling gas and hot product gas is about 1:1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process according to claim 7, wherein the cooling gas is introduced through radially directed outlets located at about the same axial distance from the quench zone entrance and spaced equally around the circumference of the tubular quench zone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
72 words
The process according to claim 10, wherein the cooling gas outlets are of two different diameters such that the cooling gas injected radially through the large diameter outlets penetrates to the center of the hot product gas flow and the cooling gas injected through the smaller diameter outlets penetrates a lesser distance thereby facilitating contact of the hot product gas and the cooling gas over the entire cross-section of the quench zone.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process according to claim 11, wherein the cooling gas is injected at a linear velocity ranging from 5 to 30 m/sec.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 12, wherein the ratio of the diameters of the two different sized cooling gas outlets ranges from 1.2 to 1.5.
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