Gasification reactor apparatus
AssigneeGraveson Energy Management Ltd.
InventorMaurice Edward George Maton
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Abstract
A gasification reactor apparatus (10) comprising a gasification vessel (12), a gas-fired combustion chamber (70) and a combination fan and cyclone unit (20) in an upper part (12′) of the vessel (12) with two functions: first, the fan (62, 64) impels incoming feedstock (14, 14′) centrifugally into contact with the hot inside surface of the vessel to produce rapid onset of gasification. Second, the unit (20) exerts a cyclonic motion on the product gas causing outward separation of particulate matter from the gas, which passes to the outlet via a path through the middle of the vessel (12).
Claims25
Gasification reactor apparatus, comprising a combustion chamber wherein is mounted a gasification vessel which has an upper part, an inlet for feedstock to be gasified and an outlet for discharging product gas, the inlet including air-isolating and sealing means for preventing ingress of air to the vessel with feedstock, and in said upper part of the vessel there is a combination rotary fan and cyclone unit which, in use, respectively (a) disperses incoming feedstock into contact with a heated inside wall of the vessel and (b) establishes a cyclone in said product gas for ridding said product gas of particulate matter before discharge from the outlet.
Apparatus according to claim, 6, wherein the combustion chamber is a gas-fired furnace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.