Coal combustion to produce clean low-sulfur exhaust gas
US4598652A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23D1/02
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process is provided for combusting sulfur-containing coal in a combustion stage to which is provided at least 60% of the oxygen stoichiometrically required for substantially complete combustion of the coal and combustion is conducted under highly turbulent conditions in a furnace burner cavity to which finely divided iron oxide and/or iron powder is provided and in which a high heat release rate is maintained to form a liquid iron oxysulfide phase which acts to scrub sulfur-containing gaseous species from the combustion atmosphere and is separated from the combustion atmosphere with substantially the sulfur originally contained in the coal. Following separation, the hot fuel gas resulting is burned to completion in a heat exchanging furnace, gas turbine or other energy extracting device.
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