Process for forming charging fuel into agglomerates for the pressure gasification of coal

Claim 1

A process for forming charging fuel into agglomerates for the pressure gasification of coal, comprising the steps of: mixing fine, granular charging fuel of a particle size up to 30 millimeters, with a binder outside the pressure reactor, passing said mixture to a pump assembly, pumping said mixture through a first pipe, wherein the mixture forms a pressure-tight, heat-checking seal, and into a hollow worm heat exchanger, equalizing the pressure of the mixture when it is in the worm heat exchanger and the pressure prevailing in the reactor while cooling said mixture, feeding the mixture through a second pipe, wherein the mixture forms a pressure tight seal, to the fixed bed of the reactor from above, and gasifying the coal in the reactor; said mixture being made with a binder which hardens when heated and being kept below hardening temperature during subsequent subjection to pressure until fed to the reactor, the agglomerates being produced by hardening of the binder in the heat prevailing in the reactor above the fixed bed.