Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
An apparatus for thermally decomposing and gasifying combustible material, comprising: a reactor constructed in the form of a cylindrical hollow tower containing a fluidized bed and having an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section, the lower section including a tapered portion, and the length of the tower being more than three times as long as its inner diameter at its middle section; a first partition extending substantially in the vertical direction within the tower such that the upper section of the tower is divided into two sections; a second partition intersecting the first partition in the middle portion of the tower at substantially a right angle thereto, said second partition extending lower than said first partition and into said lower section to a location above the bottom such that the interior of the tower is divided into four space sections at the middle section and into two space sections at the lower section; a plurality of steam supply connected feed ports formed at both space sections of said lower section for supplying steam thereinto; a plurality of air or oxygen supply connected feed ports formed at two space sections of said middle section for supplying air or mixture gas of oxygen thereinto; and a plurality of steam supply connected feed ports formed at the other two space sections of said middle section for supplying steam thereinto.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
229 words
An apparatus for thermally decomposing and gasifying combustible material, comprising: a reactor constructed in the form of a cylindrical hollow tower containing a fluidized bed and having an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section, the lower section including a tapered portion, and the length of the tower being more than three times as long as its inner diameter at its middle section; a first partition extending substantially in the vertical direction within the tower such that the upper section of the tower is divided into two sections; a second partition intersecting the first partition in the middle portion of the tower at substantially a right angle thereto, said second partition extending lower than said first partition and into said lower section to a location above the bottom such that the interior of the tower is divided into four space sections at the middle section and into two space sections at the lower section; a plurality of steam supply connected feed ports formed at both space sections of said lower section for supplying steam thereinto; a plurality of air or oxygen supply connected feed ports formed at two space sections of said middle section for supplying air or mixture gas of oxygen thereinto; and a plurality of steam supply connected feed ports formed at the other two space sections of said middle section for supplying steam thereinto.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein a combustible material feed port through which preferably liquid combustible material is to be supplied is located in position at the middle portion of the tower.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein a combustible material feed port through which preferably solid combustible material is to be supplied is located in position above the upper surface of the fluidized bed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein, said feed ports protrude into the middle part of the middle sections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the lower section of the reactor has a rectangular section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first and second partitions are unsymmetrically located at a right angle to each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein gas outlet ports are provided at both of the upper two sections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein dust collectors are arranged at both of the upper two sections.