US4800825A
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Slagging-combustor sulfur removal process and apparatus
Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corp
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Filing: 1988-02-24
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Granted: 1989-01-31
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Expires: 2008-02-24
Abstract
Abstract In the operation of a slagging combustor, including an apertured baffle defining part of a cylindrical combustion chamber having a head end which includes a nozzle for injection of sulfur-containing particulate carbonaceous material to be combusted in a whirling oxidant flow field, there is injected a particulate sulfur sorbent at the aperture of the baffle towards the nozzle to react with released sulfur. The sulfur sorbent is injected into the combustion zone from a location near the exit end thereof. Fuel is injected near the center of the head end. A relatively fuel-rich recirculation zone is established and maintained along the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber surrounded by a relatively oxygen-rich annular region. Sorbent mixes intimately with, and flows co-currently with, recirculating gases, generally toward the head end of the combustion zone, whereby the mixture of sorbent and gaseous products of combustion are maintained at temperatures and stoichiometric conditions favoring conversion of sulfur to compounds that dissolve in the molten slag.
Inventors
- 👤 John D. Kuenzly
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 20:08
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23C; F23C3/00; F23C3/006; F23C3/008; F23J; F23J7/00; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E20/00; Y02E20/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
A method for the combustion of particulate sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in a combustion zone and removing a major proportion of the sulfur from the gaseous products of combustion before the same leave the combustion zone, which method comprises in combination: (a) introducing an oxidant at a temperature of from about 1200° to about 2000° F. tangentially into a combustion chamber having a fuel-injection nozzle extending from an end wall of said chamber into a combustion zone within said chamber, said oxidant being introduced tangentially and flowing substantially helically towards the end wall of said chamber and an apertured baffle positioned at the exit end of said chamber, said injection being at a velocity sufficient to form and maintain along a cylindrical wall between the end wall and apertured baffle a molten flowing slag layer along the surface thereof and resulting from combustion of the carbonaceous fuel, while simultaneously introducing to said combustion zone, through said nozzle, particulate carbonaceous material fluidized in a carrier fluid; (b) combusting said particulate sulfur-containing carbonaceous material to yield molten slag and sulfur-containing gaseous combustion products; (c) regulating the fuel and oxidant input velocities and mass-flow rates in a manner to maintain a relatively oxygen-rich annular region adjacent the cylindrical walls and a relatively fuel-rich recirculation zone within said annular region; and (d) injecting particulate sorbent, at a particle size of from about 5 to about 50 microns, into said recirculation zone co-current with the flow therein, and reacting said particulate sorbent with sulfur-containing combustion products to form a sulfur-containing compound, said sulfur-containing compound passing to, and being taken up by, said molten slag and; (e) discharging products of combustion of reduced sulfur content from said primary combustion zone, and separately disposing of molten slag containing the sulfur-containing compound for collection external of said combustion zone.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
300 words
A method for the combustion of particulate sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in a combustion zone and removing a major proportion of the sulfur from the gaseous products of combustion before the same leave the combustion zone, which method comprises in combination: (a) introducing an oxidant at a temperature of from about 1200° to about 2000° F. tangentially into a combustion chamber having a fuel-injection nozzle extending from an end wall of said chamber into a combustion zone within said chamber, said oxidant being introduced tangentially and flowing substantially helically towards the end wall of said chamber and an apertured baffle positioned at the exit end of said chamber, said injection being at a velocity sufficient to form and maintain along a cylindrical wall between the end wall and apertured baffle a molten flowing slag layer along the surface thereof and resulting from combustion of the carbonaceous fuel, while simultaneously introducing to said combustion zone, through said nozzle, particulate carbonaceous material fluidized in a carrier fluid; (b) combusting said particulate sulfur-containing carbonaceous material to yield molten slag and sulfur-containing gaseous combustion products; (c) regulating the fuel and oxidant input velocities and mass-flow rates in a manner to maintain a relatively oxygen-rich annular region adjacent the cylindrical walls and a relatively fuel-rich recirculation zone within said annular region; and (d) injecting particulate sorbent, at a particle size of from about 5 to about 50 microns, into said recirculation zone co-current with the flow therein, and reacting said particulate sorbent with sulfur-containing combustion products to form a sulfur-containing compound, said sulfur-containing compound passing to, and being taken up by, said molten slag and; (e) discharging products of combustion of reduced sulfur content from said primary combustion zone, and separately disposing of molten slag containing the sulfur-containing compound for collection external of said combustion zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the sorbent includes a calcium compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the sorbent includes a magnesium compound.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the gaseous combustion products include hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the sorbent is selected from the group consisting of dolomite, calcite, lime and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
231 words
In a method of combusting carbonaceous fuel and removing sulfur compounds from the gaseous products of combustion, the steps of: (a) introducing carbonaceous fuel into a combustion chamber near the center of one end thereof; (b) injecting a flow of preheated oxidizer into said chamber intermediate the ends thereof in a manner to produce a high velocity whirling flow field within said chamber adjacent the walls thereof and a lower-velocity, relatively fuel-rich core portion within said high-velocity flow field; (c) independently regulating the input velocities and mass flow rates of said oxidizer and the injected fuel to maintain temperatures within said chamber substantially above the fusion temperature of slag so that substantially all of the non-combustible constituents of the fuel are centrifugally driven to the inner surfaces of said chamber in the form of droplets of molten slag; (d) introducing sulfur-sorbent particulate into said fuel-rich core portion from a position near the center of the exit end of said chamber; (e) reacting sulfur-bearing constituents of the gaseous products of combustion with said particulate sulfur-sorbent within said core portion under temperature and stoichiometric conditions favoring the reaction of hydrogen sulfide formed from sulfur-bearing constituents with said sulfur sorbent to produce sulfides; (f) dissolving said sulfides in liquid slag before the slag is removed from the combustion chamber; and (g) separately removing liquid slag and high temperature gaseous combustion products from said chamber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
231 words
In a method of combusting carbonaceous fuel and removing sulfur compounds from the gaseous products of combustion, the steps of: (a) introducing carbonaceous fuel into a combustion chamber near the center of one end thereof; (b) injecting a flow of preheated oxidizer into said chamber intermediate the ends thereof in a manner to produce a high velocity whirling flow field within said chamber adjacent the walls thereof and a lower-velocity, relatively fuel-rich core portion within said high-velocity flow field; (c) independently regulating the input velocities and mass flow rates of said oxidizer and the injected fuel to maintain temperatures within said chamber substantially above the fusion temperature of slag so that substantially all of the non-combustible constituents of the fuel are centrifugally driven to the inner surfaces of said chamber in the form of droplets of molten slag; (d) introducing sulfur-sorbent particulate into said fuel-rich core portion from a position near the center of the exit end of said chamber; (e) reacting sulfur-bearing constituents of the gaseous products of combustion with said particulate sulfur-sorbent within said core portion under temperature and stoichiometric conditions favoring the reaction of hydrogen sulfide formed from sulfur-bearing constituents with said sulfur sorbent to produce sulfides; (f) dissolving said sulfides in liquid slag before the slag is removed from the combustion chamber; and (g) separately removing liquid slag and high temperature gaseous combustion products from said chamber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the preheated oxidizer gas has a temperature of about 1200° to about 1800°.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the fuel and oxidant are injected into the combustion chamber in a manner to maintain an annular region adjacent to the walls of the chamber which is oxygen rich with respect to the fuel-rich core portion within the high-velocity flow field.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the walls of the chamber form a cylindrical wall and the preheated oxidizer gas is injected at a velocity sufficient to form a molten layer of slag along the surface of the cylindrical wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the stoichiometry within the combustion chamber is about 0.7 to about 0.9.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the sulfur-sorbent particle is an alkaline-earth containing material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the temperature maintained in the core portion is from about 2000° to about 3000° F.
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