Process and plant for producing char and fuel gas

A plant for producing char and fuel gas comprising:

• a fluidized bed reactor including a first inlet in a lower region of the fluidized bed reactor configured to supply a primary fluidizing gas, a second inlet disposed above the first inlet and configured to supply a secondary gas, and a third inlet configured to supply dried and crushed coal, the fluidized bed reactor being configured to discharge solid material into a first conduit disposed at the lower region of the reactor;
• downstream plant components configured to perform a further process, the first conduit being connected to the downstream plant components such that the solid material discharged from the fluidized bed reactor is fed to the downstream plant components using at least one of a pneumatic injection system and a transportation system;
• and
• at least one of a cyclone and a multiclone configured to separate char and dust from a fuel gas disposed downstream of the fluidized bed reactor and connected to the fluidized reactor by a second conduit,
• wherein the first inlet is connected to a first supply of a first gas having an oxygen content which is smaller than a second supply of an oxygen enriched second gas connected to the second inlet, and
• wherein the first conduit bypasses the at least one of a cyclone and multiclone.