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US 2012/0073196 A1Published application
System and method for operating a gasifier
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorGeorge Albert Goller
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Abstract
A gasifier that includes a combustion chamber and a pressure vessel surrounding the combustion chamber, wherein the pressure vessel includes an inner surface. A heater surrounds the pressure vessel and increases a temperature of the inner surface of the pressure vessel. A method for operating a gasifier includes increasing an inner wall temperature of a pressure vessel surrounding the gasifier.
Claims20
A gasifier comprising:
- a. a combustion chamber;
- b. a pressure vessel surrounding the combustion chamber, wherein the pressure vessel includes an inner surface;
- and
- c. a heater surrounding the pressure vessel, wherein the heater increases a temperature of the inner surface of the pressure vessel.
1 more element
A gasifier comprising:
- a. a combustion chamber;
- b. a pressure vessel surrounding the combustion chamber, wherein the pressure vessel includes an inner surface;
- c. a heater surrounding the pressure vessel;
- and
- d. a controller connected to the heater, wherein the controller generates a heater signal to activate the heater.
2 more elements
A method for operating a gasifier comprising:
- a. increasing an inner wall temperature of a pressure vessel surrounding the gasifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.