Utilization of energy obtained by substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4299086A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 1978 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02C6/04
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The combustible component of a gas stream of low heating value is combusted using less than a stoichiometric amount of oxygen in the presence of an oxygenation catalyst and the heat energy in the combusted gas is utilized, for example, by expansion in a gas turbine.
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