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Apparatus and method for feeding coal into a coal gasifier

US4153427A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1978
Grant dateMay 8, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S48/07
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention is directed to a system for feeding coal into a gasifier operating at high pressures. A coal-water slurry is pumped to the desired pressure and then the coal is "dried" prior to feeding the coal into the gasifier by contacting the slurry with superheated steam in an entrained bed dryer for vaporizing the water in the slurry.

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