Solar energy gasification of solid carbonaceous material in liquid dispersion
US5647877A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S48/09
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Use of solar energy for the production of synthesis gas from carbonaceous material. An aqueous dispersion of carbonaceous material is injected into a reactor in the form of a shower or a jet of droplets, and the droplets are allowed to sink inside the reactor across a high-temperature focal zone projected into the reactor by means of a system for the concentration of solar radiation. The residence time inside the reactor is adjustable by means of a countercurrent gas flow or by the injection of two or more discrete droplet jets in an impinging jet arrangement.
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