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Gasification system flow damping

US8986403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Helge Burghard Herwig Klockow · Niskayuna, US
James Michael Storey · Houston, US
Aaron John Avagliano · Houston, US
Guoqing Wang · Beijing, CN
Gary Dwayne Mandrusiak · Latham, US
Karl Hardcastle · Saratoga Springs, US
Scott R. Parent · Saco, US
Prashant Tiwari · Mountain View, US
Gregory Michael Laskowski · Saratoga Springs, US
Judeth Brannon Corry · Houston, US
Constantin Dinu · Katy, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2009
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E20/18
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In one embodiment, a gasification system component, such as a quench unit or scrubber may retain of pool of a cooling fluid for cooling another fluid. The gasification system component includes a flow damping mechanism designed to dampen flow of the cooling fluid, the other fluid, or both, within the gasification system component. The flow damping mechanism may be disposed in an inner chamber formed between a dip tube and a draft tube or disposed in an outer chamber formed between the walls of the gasification system component and the draft tube. The flow damping mechanism also may be disposed between the inner chamber and the outer chamber.

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