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US 2008/0175769 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus to facilitate cooling syngas in a gasifier
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGeorge Albert Goller, Daniel Anthony Nowak
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Abstract
A method of cooling syngas in a gasifier is provided. The method includes channeling cooling fluid through at least one tube-bundle that includes at least three tubes coupled together within a radiant syngas cooler and extends through a reaction zone of the gasifier, and circulating reactant fluid around the at least one tube-bundle to facilitate transferring heat from the reactant fluid to the cooling fluid.
Claims17
A method of cooling syngas in a gasifier, said method comprising:
- channeling cooling fluid through at least one tube-bundle that includes at least three tubes coupled together within a radiant syngas cooler and extends through a reaction zone of the gasifier;
- and
- circulating reactant fluid around the at least one tube-bundle to facilitate transferring heat from the reactant fluid to the cooling fluid.
A radiant cooler for use in a gasifier, said cooler comprising:
- at least one cooling tube-bundle comprising at least three cooling tubes;
- and
- at least two connection members, a first of said connection members coupled between a first and a second of said at least three cooling tubes, a second of said connection members coupled between a third of said at least three cooling tubes and said first connection member, a portion of said first connection member mates substantially flush against a portion of said second connection member.
A gasifier comprising:
- a reaction zone;
- and
- a radiant cooler extending through said reaction zone, said radiant cooler comprising:
- at least one cooling tube-bundle comprising at least three cooling tubes;
- and
- at least two connection members, a first of said connection members coupled between a first and a second of said at least three cooling tubes, a second of said connection members coupled between a third of said at least three cooling tubes and said first connection member, a portion of said first connection member mates substantially flush against a portion of said second connection member.
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