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Method of cooling partial oxidation gas containing finely divided impurities and used for combustion in a combined gas-steam turbine of a power plant

US4697413A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1985
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of cooling partial oxidation gas entraining finely divided impurities employs nitrogen obtained as a by-product in a low temperature air decomposing plant delivering oxygen into a gasifier where a fuel is partially oxidized at a temperature above slag melting point. Crude gas exiting from the gasifier is quenched by the admixture of nitrogen to a temperature immediately below the fusing of softening point of dust particles entrained in the crude gas. Then the mixture is indirectly cooled in a waste heat boiler and subsequently additionally cooled in a second gas quencher by the admixture of further nitrogen. Nitrogen remains admixed to the gas during subsequent separating and desulphurizing treatment and is also supplied in the combustion chamber of a gas turbine.

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