Gasification process for coal gasification furnace and apparatus therefor

• Main Authors: HISHINUMA; YUKIO, MORIHARA; ATSUSHI, NOGITA; SHUNSUKE, MIYAMOTO; TOMOHIKO, KOYAMA; SHUNTARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.02.1989
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: CARBURETTING AIR OR OTHER GASES; CHEMISTRY; FUELS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROMSOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

This invention relates to a gasification process for a coal gasification furnace in a coal gasification plant and to an apparatus therefor. In particular, the invention relates to a gasification process for a coal gasification furnace which comprises ejecting coal and an oxidizing agent along the circumferential direction of a gasification chamber to form a whirling stream, making the two contact and react with each other in the gasification chamber, thereby producing a combustible gas from the coal while making ash in the coal melt into the form of slag, and withdrawing the slag through a slag tap provided at the lower part of the gasification chamber into a slag cooling chamber, wherein said process comprises causing the whirling stream to produce pressure difference such that the pressure decreases from the wall surface of the gasification chamber toward the central part thereof, forming, by use of the pressure difference, a recycle system wherein a part of the combustible gas produced is introduced from the gasification chamber to the slag cooling chamber and returned again therefrom to the gasification chamber, and heating the slag tag by means of the circulating combustible gas, and to a process therefor.