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Apparatus for producing a product gas from a finely-divided carbon-bearing substance
Assignee: Krupp Koppers GmbH
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Filing: 1989-07-13
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Granted: 1990-08-21
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Expires: 2009-07-13
Abstract
Abstract The apparatus for producing a product gas from a fine-grained carbon-bearing substance during a high-pressure gasification comprises a vertical gasifier and radiative cooling device, a vertical convective cooling device through which a flow occurs from top to bottom and a connecting pipe between a head of the gasifier and radiative cooling device and a head of the convective cooling device. The gasifier and radiative cooling device comprises a pipe-like shaft, a lower cinder outlet and an upper conical connecting piece for the connecting pipe. The shaft is constructed as an equal speed flow duct, which is not equipped for feeding a foreign cooling means, but is designed so that solidification of the accompanying cinders travelling with the product gas occurs by radiative cooling.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Lang
- 👤 Gerhard Wilmer
- 👤 Michael Kuhn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 17:58
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10J; C10J3/00; C10J3/46; C10J3/48; C10J3/485; C10J3/72; C10J3/82; C10J3/84; C10J3/86; C10K; C10K1/00; C10K1/02; C10K1/024; C10K1/026; C10K1/08; C10K1/10; C10K1/101; C10J2300/00; C10J2300/18; C10J2300/1861; C10J2300/1884
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
In an apparatus for producing a flow including a product gas and accompanying cinder particles from a finely-divided carbon bearing substance in the course of a high-pressure gasification comprising: a vertical gasifier and radiative cooling device having a head through which said flow occurs in a flow direction from bottom to top, a vertical convective cooling device also having a head through which said flow occurs from top to bottom, and a cooled connecting pipe between said head of said gasifier and radiative cooling device and said head of said convective cooling device, said gasifier and radiative cooling device comprising a shaft which is circular in horizontal cross section and formed like a pipe, a lower cinder outlet and an upper conical connecting piece for said connecting pipe, and said gasifier and radiative cooling device being formed for cooling of said product gas as said accompanying fluidized cinder particles traveling with said product gas are undergoing solidification and said convective cooling device is provided with a lower outlet for said product gas and said accompanying cinder particles, the improvement wherein said shaft is constructed relative to said flow of said product gas as an equal speed flow duct, which is free of devices for direct and/or indirect feed of a foreign cooling means and said equal speed flow duct is designed in regard to cooling of said product gas, so that solidification of said accompanying cinder particles occurs by radiative cooling.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
In an apparatus for producing a flow including a product gas and accompanying cinder particles from a finely-divided carbon bearing substance in the course of a high-pressure gasification comprising: a vertical gasifier and radiative cooling device having a head through which said flow occurs in a flow direction from bottom to top, a vertical convective cooling device also having a head through which said flow occurs from top to bottom, and a cooled connecting pipe between said head of said gasifier and radiative cooling device and said head of said convective cooling device, said gasifier and radiative cooling device comprising a shaft which is circular in horizontal cross section and formed like a pipe, a lower cinder outlet and an upper conical connecting piece for said connecting pipe, and said gasifier and radiative cooling device being formed for cooling of said product gas as said accompanying fluidized cinder particles traveling with said product gas are undergoing solidification and said convective cooling device is provided with a lower outlet for said product gas and said accompanying cinder particles, the improvement wherein said shaft is constructed relative to said flow of said product gas as an equal speed flow duct, which is free of devices for direct and/or indirect feed of a foreign cooling means and said equal speed flow duct is designed in regard to cooling of said product gas, so that solidification of said accompanying cinder particles occurs by radiative cooling.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
110 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said vertical gasifier and radiative cooling device further comprises a nozzle-like connecting piece for said connecting pipe and a quenching device for feeding said foreign cooling means located in the vicinity of said nozzle-like connecting piece for said connecting pipe, said connecting pipe being provided with an entrance for said flow, said equal speed flow duct being cylindrical and designed for radiative cooling of said product gas until at about 1000° C. at said entrance to said connecting pipe and said connecting pipe having a connector part provided as a direct cooling segment designed for cooling said product gas to about 700° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said equal speed flow duct has a cross section decreasing in said flow direction of said product gas according to a volume reduction required by cooling of said product gas and is designed for radiative cooling of said product gas to about 700° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The improvement according to claim 1, wherein said vertical gasifier has a plurality of combustion chambers, said equal speed flow duct beginning directly above said combustion chambers of said gasifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said equal speed flow duct has a plurality of radial partitions which are designed for use in said radiative cooling.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 further comprising a steam superheater located in an upper portion of said convective cooling device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said equal speed flow duct is formed to provide a flow speed of said product gas of less than 1 m/s.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 further comprising a rapping cleaning device which engages exteriorly on said equal speed flow duct.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said convective cooling device is provided with a rapping cleaning device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said gasifier and radiative cooling device has a gasifying portion having a cooling medium and a radiating portion having another cooling medium, said gasifying portion being separated from said radiating portion and an operating pressure and/or a working temperature of said cooling mediums differing in said gasifying portion and said radiating portion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improvement according to claim 1 further comprising a base and said convective cooling device is mounted on said base with interposition of a thermal expansion compensating device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said connecting pipe is formed without compensators and is connected without compensators in said gasifying and radiative cooling device.
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