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US 9,140,447 B2Granted
Two stage dry feed gasification process
AssigneeLummus Technology Inc.
InventorShuncheng Ji
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Abstract
A dry feed two stage gasification system and process is disclosed for gasifying feedstock such as carbonaceous materials with improved energy efficiency, along with reductions in feedstock consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The feedstock is first dried and pretreated with the hot syngas in the upper section of the gasifier to generate a dry char that is low in volatile-matter content. This dry char is sent to the first stage of a two stage gasifier where it reacts with oxygen in the presence of steam to produce a hot syngas stream.
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A gasification process, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a gasification reactor comprising a reactor upper section and a reactor lower section;
- (b) introducing a solid carbonaceous feedstock and a gas stream into a chamber downstream of the gasification reactor and mixing therein to produce a warm solid-gas mixture comprising a substantially dry solid carbonaceous feedstock, wherein the gas stream comprises syngas produced by the gasification reactor of step (a), wherein said warm solid-gas mixture is maintained at a temperature that minimizes the formation of tar;
- (c) separating the warm solid-gas mixture in a separating device to produce a separated substantially dry carbonaceous feedstock and a separated gaseous product;
- (d) passing the separated substantially dry carbonaceous feedstock into the reactor upper section and reacting therein with a first mixture product from a reactor lower section to form a second mixture product, wherein the temperature of the second mixture product leaving the reactor upper section is in a range of between 1500° F. to 2000° F.;
- (e) passing the separated gaseous product to a particulate filtering device to separate out at least a portion of the residual solid fines and particulates and produce a separated second gaseous product;
- (f) passing the residual solid fines and particulates separated by the particulate filtering device to the reactor upper section;
- (g) cooling the separated second gaseous product in a heat recovery unit to produce a cooled second gaseous product and steam, wherein the cooled second gaseous product stream is fed as the gas stream to the solid-gas mixing chamber of step (b), and wherein the steam is fed to the reactor lower section.
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A gasification process, comprising:
- contacting a feedstock comprising particulate carbonaceous material with a gasification reactor product stream in a solid-gas mixer to form a solid-gas mixture at a temperature that minimizes the formation of tar;
- separating the solid-gas mixture in a first separating device to recover a substantially dry feedstock and a gasification product stream;
- feeding the substantially dry feedstock to a reactor upper section of a gasification reactor, comprising a reactor lower section and the reactor upper section, and reacting therein with a first mixture product from the reactor lower section to form a second mixture product comprising gasification reaction products and solid fines and particulates;
- separating the second mixture product in a second separating device to recover a stream comprising the solid fines and particulates and the gasification reactor product stream;
- cooling the separated second gaseous product in a heat recovery unit to produce a cooled second gaseous product and steam, wherein the cooled second gaseous product stream is fed as the gasification reactor product stream to the solid-gas mixer, and wherein the steam is fed to the reactor lower section.
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