Apparatus for the gasification under pressure of bituminous coal especially of fine coal in a generator

US4057400A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Walter Kaimann
• Rudolf Pasternak
• Jochen Bauer · Gettorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 1976
• Grant date: Nov 8, 1977
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10J2300/093
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for the gasification under pressure of bituminous coal, especially fine coal, comprising a generator which has a container to receive the coal to be gasified and a feed device which supplies the coal to the container, while keeping the container closed off so as to maintain the pressure in the generator. The feed device includes a device for agglomerating the coal to be gasified located on the container, and a continuously operable screw conveyor which feeds the coal to be gasified to the agglomerating device which delivers the formed agglomerates, in a green condition, into the container. The feed device is encapsulated and, together with the fine coal and agglomerates within it, forms a gas tight closure for the container to maintain the pressure therein.