Coaxial coal water paste feed system for gasification reactor
US5772708A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S48/04
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system for feeding a coal-water paste material coaxially upwardly through a feed nozzle assembly into a pressurized fluidized bed reactor having a lower portion and a larger diameter upper portion. The feed nozzle assembly includes a nozzle unit for atomizing the coal paste feed material, and a concentric outer shroud tube enclosing the nozzle unit. The feed nozzle assembly is inserted upwardly through an opening in the bottom portion of the pressurized fluidized bed reactor into a coaxial orientation with the bed, so as to provide substantially complete combustion and/or carbonization of the coal paste material fed into the reactor to produce a combustible gas product. If desired, a sorbent material nay be fed into the fluidized bed together with the coal paste feed, so as to absorb sulfur from the coal and produce a clean fuel gas. During reactor operations at 130-200 psig pressure and 1,600.degree.-1,800.degree. F. temperature, at hot zone is advantageously formed just above the nozzle assembly exit end which produces rapid dehydration and passivation prior to combustion of the coal with minimal agglomeration to produce a fuel gas product.
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