# US 8,770,555 B2 · Method and device for treating charged hot gas > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,555 B2 - Document ID: US8770555B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/676,682 - Filed: 2008-08-13 - Published: 2011-03-03 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2007-09-07 - Assignees: CCG Energy Technology Company Ltd. - Applicants: Olaf Schulze; Anton Althapp; Burkhard Möller; Michael Gätke; Reinhold Grunwald; Günter Scholz; Wolfgang Rabe - Inventors: Olaf Schulze; Anton Althapp; Burkhard Möller; Michael Gätke; Reinhold Grunwald; Günter Scholz; Wolfgang Rabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770555B2 ## CPC - C10J 3/84: with means for removing dust or tar from the gas - C10J 3/466: {Entrained flow processes} - C10J 3/845: {Quench rings} - C10K 1/06: combined with spraying with water {(C10K1/001 takes precedence)} - C10K 1/101: {with water only} - C10J 2300/093: Coal - C10J: PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES (synthesis gas from liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons C01B; underground gasification of minerals E21B43/295); CARBURETTING AIR OR OTHER GASES - C10K: PURIFYING OR MODIFYING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COMBUSTIBLE GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE ## Abstract The invention relates to a process and a device for the treatment of charged hot gas, in particular hot pressure gasification gases from fly stream gasifiers during the partial oxidation of dust-type and/or liquid ash-containing feed in the fly stream. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for the treatment of a charged hot gas comprising a cooling and/or quenching vessel having a gas inlet and a gas discharge, wherein: a first quenching chamber and a second quenching chamber are formed in said cooling and/or quenching vessel, the first quenching chamber is arranged in the upper part of the cooling and/or quenching vessel in the area of the gas inlet and has a diameter which is approximately 1.05 to 5 times that of an inside diameter of the gas inlet and a length which is approximately 0.5 to 5 times that of the inside diameter of the gas inlet, one or more nozzle rings comprising nozzles are arranged in the lower area of the first quenching chamber which are designed in such a way that 1 to 30 nozzles are available per 10,000 m3 of hot gas in the standard state, dry (i.s.dr.), and the nozzles are configured in such a way that a quenching liquid issues at a downward angle of −30° to an upward angle of 5° in a quantity of 5 to 50 m3 per 10,000 m3 of hot gas in the standard state, dry, with a nozzle discharge rate of 2 to 30 m/s and with a droplet spectrum of 100-3,000 μm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a film producing device is allocated to the first quenching chamber for the production of a quenching liquid film on the inside wall of the first quenching chamber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one additional nozzle ring is arranged behind and/or below the first quenching chamber, wherein the additional nozzle ring is configured to issue quenching liquid in a quantity of 1 to 10 m3 per 1000 m3 hot gas in the standard state, dry, and a nozzle discharge rate of 1 to 10 m/s and with a droplet spectrum in the range of 50-500 μm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the nozzle rings exhibiting at least 4 individual nozzles each. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a gas exit arranged essentially in the axis of the second quenching chamber is provided which is equipped with an essentially conical gas outlet device with a conus tip directed upwards. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device according to claim 5, wherein the conus tip of the gas outlet device is equipped with a nozzle system for the formation of a film on the surface of the conus tip. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, wherein the conus tip of the gas outlet device is loadable from the inside towards the outside through at least one aperture with liquid. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a Venturi scrubber is allocated to all gas exits after leaving the cooling and quenching vessel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein at least one additional nozzle ring is arranged behind and/or below the first quenching chamber, wherein the additional nozzle ring is configured to issue quenching liquid in a quantity of 1 to 10 m3 per 1000 m3 hot gas in the standard state, dry, and a nozzle discharge rate of 1 to 10 m/s and with a droplet spectrum in the range of 50-500 μm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein a gas exit arranged essentially in the axis of the second quenching chamber is provided which is equipped with an essentially conical gas outlet device with a conus tip directed upwards. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device according to claim 10, wherein the conus tip of the gas outlet device is equipped with a nozzle system for the formation of a film on the surface of the conus tip. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the gas discharge is equipped with a device which ensures charging of the gas discharge in the direction of flow with quenching liquid. ### Claim 13 A device for the treatment of charged hot gas comprising a cooling and/or quenching vessel, the vessel comprising: a) a gas inlet; b) a first gas phase quenching chamber arranged in an upper part of the cooling and/or quenching vessel in the area of the gas inlet; c) a second gas phase quenching chamber arranged vertically downward under the gas inlet and including the first quenching chamber concentrically in its upper part; d) a gas discharge in a lower area of the cooling and/or quenching vessel; and, e) wherein one or several nozzle rings are arranged in a lower area of the first gas phase quenching chamber with a beam direction of the nozzles onto the axis of the charged hot gas stream. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein the first gas phase quenching chamber has a diameter which is approximately 1.05 to 5 times that of an inside diameter of the gas inlet and a length which is approximately 0.5 to 5 times that of the inside diameter of the gas inlet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein 1 to 30 nozzles are available per 10,000 m3 of hot gas in the standard state, dry (i.s.dr.). ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device according to claim 15, wherein the nozzles are configured in such a way that a quenching liquid issues at a downward angle of −30° to an upward angle of 5° in a quantity of 5 to 50 m3 per 10,000 m3 of hot gas in the standard state, dry, with a nozzle discharge rate of 2 to 30 m/s and with a droplet spectrum of 100-3,000 μm. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein a film producing device is allocated to the first quenching chamber for the production of a quenching liquid film on the inside wall of the first quenching chamber. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein at least one additional nozzle ring is arranged behind and/or below the first quenching chamber, wherein the additional nozzle ring is configured to issue quenching liquid in a quantity of 1 to 10 m3 per 1000 m3 hot gas in the standard state, dry, and a nozzle discharge rate of 1 to 10 m/s and with a droplet spectrum in the range of 50-500 μm. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein the gas discharge is arranged essentially in the axis of the second quenching chamber and is equipped with an essentially conical gas outlet device with a conus tip directed upwards, wherein the gas discharge is equipped with a nozzle system for the formation of a film on the surface of the conus tip. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein the gas discharge is equipped with a device which ensures charging of the crude gas discharge in the direction of flow with quenching liquid. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein a Venturi scrubber is allocated to the gas discharge after the gas discharge leaves the cooling and quenching vessel.