Substoichiometric combustion of low heating value gases
US4366668A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23C13/00
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The combustible component of a stream of low heating value gas comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane is combusted using less than a stoichiometric amount of air 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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