Gas cooler arrangement

Claim 2

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of vertically disposed heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, and an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 3

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 1 which further comprises a closure element connected to said ash chamber for removal of particles therefrom.

Claim 4

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tubes of at least said faller flue are interconnected to form vertical tube banks.

Claim 5

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 1 wherein each flue is of rectangular cross-section and has gas-tight boundary walls.

Claim 6

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 4 wherein said boundary walls of said faller flue include vertical evaporator tubes and webs interconnecting said evaporator tubes in gastight manner.

Claim 7

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 4 wherein said boundary walls of said riser flue encompasses said boundary walls of said faller flue.

Claim 8

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tubes in at least one of said flues are parallel to a longitudinal axis of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 9

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tubes of at least said riser flue are disposed in serpentine fashion.

Claim 10

A gas cooler arrangement as set forth in claim 8 wherein said tubes of said riser flue are disposed to form gaps for passage of tube cleaning means therethrough.

Claim 11

A gas cooler arrangement for receiving a flow of hot particle-laden gas, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving and cooling the gas, and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween, said riser chamber being in communication with said downcomer chamber to receive cooled gas therefrom; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber to receive the cooled gas therefrom, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue within said second pressure vessel for receiving the cooled gas and having vertically disposed heat-removing tubes for further cooling the cooled gas, at least one riser flue within said second pressure vessel for receiving the gas from said faller flue and having heat-removing tubes for still further cooling of the gas, and a chamber below said flues to receive particles separated from the flues.

Claim 12

A gas cooler arrangement for receiving a flow of hot particle-laden gas, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving and cooling the gas, and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween, said riser chamber being in communication with said downcomer chamber to receive cooled gas therefrom; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber to receive the cooled gas therefrom, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue within said second pressure vessel for receiving the cooled gas and having vertically disposed heat-removing tubes for further cooling the cooled gas, at least one riser flue within said second pressure vessel for receiving the gas from said faller flue and having heat-removing tubes for still further cooling of the gas, and a chamber below said flues to receive particles separated from the flues.

Claim 13

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, each said flue having parallel rows of said tubes with said tube rows of said faller flue being spaced apart a greater distance than said tube rows of said riser flue and an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 14

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, each said flue having parallel rows of said tubes with said tube rows of said faller flue being spaced apart a greater distance than said tube rows of said riser flue and an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 15

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a connection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, said riser flue and said second pressure vessel defining a downcomer passage therebetween for receiving a cooled gas from said riser flue for cooling of said pressure vessel, an exit connection at abottom of said second pressure vessel in communication with said downcomer passage, and an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 16

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a connection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, said riser flue and said second pressure vessel defining a downcomer passage therebetween for receiving a cooled gas from said riser flue for cooling of said pressure vessel, an exit connection at abottom of said second pressure vessel in communication with said downcomer passage, and an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 17

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel, supply lines for supplying a working medium to said tubes of said flues near a top of said second pressure vessel, exhaust lines for exhausting the working medium from said tubes of said flues near said top of said second pressure vessel and expansion loops in said tubes near said bottom end of said second pressure vessel whereby the working medium flows through said tubes from said supply lines in countercurrent to the gas flow.

Claim 18

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat removing tubes, an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel, supply lines for supplying a working medium to said tubes of said flues near a top of said second pressure vessel, exhaust lines for exhausting the working medium from said tubes of said flues near said top of said second pressure vessel and expansion loops in said tubes near said bottom end of said second pressure vessel whereby the working medium flows through said tubes from said supply lines in countercurrent to the gas flow.

Claim 19

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat-removing tubes, an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel, a gas entry connection to said faller flue and a gas exit connection to said riser flue disposed at a top of said second pressure vessel, and separating flanges in said second pressure vessel below said connections to permit disengagement of said to of said second pressure vessel with said connections from the remainder of said second pressure vessel.

Claim 20

A gas cooler arrangement for a coal gasification plant, said arrangement comprising a first pressure vessel having a peripheral radiant cooling wall defining an axial downcomer chamber for receiving a flow of particle-laden gas and a surrounding cooling surface about said wall defining an annular riser chamber therebetween; and a convection gas cooler connected at an upper end to a top of said annular riser chamber, said cooler including a vertically disposed second pressure vessel, a faller flue composed of heat-removing tubes, at least one riser flue composed of heat-removing tubes, an ash chamber connected to said flues at a bottom end of said second pressure vessel, a gas entry connection to said faller flue and a gas exit connection to said riser flue disposed at a top of said second pressure vessel, and separating flanges in said second pressure vessel below said connections to permit disengagement of said to of said second pressure vessel with said connections from the remainder of said second pressure vessel.