A tapping system for removing molten fluid from a vessel, the tapping system includes: a taphole assembly configured to receive molten fluid from a vessel; an induction coil encircling at least a portion of a taphole channel in the taphole assembly; a launder assembly configured to receive fluid exiting the taphole channel and to form a pressure seal; and a plasma torch extending into the vessel and configured to direct a plasma plume toward an inlet of the taphole channel.
B01J 2/06 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la granulation de substances, en généralTraitement de matériaux particulaires leur permettant de s'écouler librement, en général, p. ex. en les rendant hydrophobes par division du produit liquide en gouttelettes, p. ex. par pulvérisation, et solidification des gouttelettes en milieu liquide
B01J 8/00 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés
C10B 53/08 - Distillation destructive spécialement conçue pour des matières premières solides particulières ou sous forme spéciale sous forme de briquettes, mottes ou similaires
A system for processing a syngas stream including particulate matter, a combustible gas, and acid components is disclosed. The system includes a gasifier vessel configured to produce a raw syngas stream; a gas cooling apparatus configured to cool the raw syngas stream to produce a cooled syngas stream; an HCl and particulate removal apparatus configured to produce a reduced-HCl syngas stream; a first reheat apparatus configured to produce a first reheated syngas stream; a COS and HCN hydrolysis apparatus configured to produce a hydrolyzed syngas stream; an H2S removal apparatus configured to produce a reduced-H2S syngas stream; a second reheat apparatus configured to produce a second reheated syngas stream; an activated carbon bed apparatus configured to produce a polished syngas stream; and a compression and intercooling apparatus configured to compress and cool the polished syngas stream to produce a clean syngas stream.
An exhaust elbow includes an inlet, an outlet, a curved gas guiding duct between the inlet and the outlet, and a plurality of thermally insulated stiffeners connected to an external surface of the curved gas guiding duct, each of the stiffeners including a metallic component and thermal insulation adjacent to at least a portion of a surface of the metallic element.
B08B 17/06 - Procédés pour empêcher la salissure pour empêcher le dépôt de crasses ou de poussières en donnant aux objets susceptibles de s'encrasser une conformation ou un agencement particulier
C10L 3/00 - Combustibles gazeuxGaz naturelGaz naturel de synthèse obtenu par des procédés non prévus dans les sous-classes , Gaz de pétrole liquéfié
F16L 55/24 - Prévention de l'accumulation de résidus ou autres matières dans les tuyaux, p. ex. par purgeur, par crépine
F16L 59/22 - Dispositions spécialement adaptées aux nécessités localisées telles qu'à l'endroit des brides, des jonctions, des soupapes ou d'autres éléments similaires adaptées aux coudes
F23J 13/00 - Appareillage pour cheminées ou conduits de fumée
F27D 25/00 - Dispositifs pour enlever les incrustations
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RETRACTABLE PLASMA TORCH FOR GASIFICATION REACTORS
An apparatus comprises: a gasifier vessel; an orifice in a wall of the gasifier vessel; a plasma torch; a torch support structure connected to the wall of the gasifier vessel and having an opening configured to receive the plasma torch, the torch support structure including a shroud gas spool configured to inject shroud gas into the opening and around the torch and an isolation valve configured to prevent gas flow between an internal environment of the gasifier and an external environment outside of the torch support structure when the plasma torch is retracted; and an actuator configured to extend the plasma torch into the gasifier vessel through the orifice and to retract the plasma torch from the gasifier vessel.
An apparatus includes a tuyere chamber, a plasma torch configured to produce a superheated gas and to direct the superheated gas into the tuyere chamber in an axial direction, and a shroud gas inlet assembly configured to direct a shroud gas into the tuyere chamber wherein one part of the shroud gas is injected coaxially with the super heated gas and a second part of the shroud gas is injected as a swirl shielding the tuyere walls.
An apparatus includes a tuyere, a plasma torch positioned to inject hot gas into the tuyere, and a plurality of nozzles configured to inject a combustible material into the tuyere for combustion of the combustible material within the tuyere. The apparatus can be used to practice a method including: injecting a combustible material into a plurality of tuyeres in a wall of a reactor vessel, using a plasma torch to inject hot gas into the tuyeres to ignite the combustible material, and directing heat from combustion of the combustible material into the reactor vessel to preheat the reactor vessel.
A carbonaceous bed in a reactor includes carbon bearing material that is not coke and rather includes natural wood blocks or bricks formed of non-coke carbonaceous material in a binder along with, as options, other constituents such as catalysts and fluxing agents. The bed reduces the amount of coke required in processes such as for syngas production. Such non-coke units are applicable to an original carbonaceous bed in a reactor and also to replenishment of reacted carbon in the original bed. The bed may include ungasified carbon particulate matter separated from gaseous reaction products of a gasification reactor, either in non-coke bricks or otherwise applied, as may other carbonaceous material often regarded as waste such as spent potliner material from aluminum making and soot residue from a gasification reactor. Certain reactor structural modifications can also result in reduced consumption of carbon in a bed.
B01J 8/02 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés avec des particules immobiles, p. ex. dans des lits fixes
C10J 3/02 - Gazéification en couche fixe de combustibles en morceaux
C10J 3/18 - Procédés en continu au moyen de l'électricité
C04B 35/52 - Produits céramiques mis en forme, caractérisés par leur compositionCompositions céramiquesTraitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques à base de non oxydes à base de carbone, p. ex. graphite
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PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF INCINERATOR ASH
A method for treatment of ash from incineration plants (10) includes: collecting ash from an incinerators feeding the collected ash and additional feed material to a gasification/vitrification reactor (12); vitrifying the ash and additional feed material in the gasification/vitrification reactor, to form a slag of molten material; allowing the slag to flow from the gasification/vitrification reactor (12)and solidify outside the gasification/vitrification reactor; gasifying volatile components in the ash and the additional feed material; and using syngas generated in the gasification/vitrification reactor (12) to augment the thermal environments of the incinerator (10).
B03B 9/04 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p. ex. schéma opératoire spécialement adapté aux résidus de foyers, scories de fusion ou de fonderie
B09B 3/00 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif
B03B 9/00 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p. ex. schéma opératoire
A plasma gasification reactor, and process for its operation, with one or both of, first, a quench zone within an upper part of a top section of the reactor and, second, feed ports through a lateral wall of a middle section of the reactor for supplying feed material to a feed bed within the middle section and the feed ports located proximate the feed bed. The quench zone is provided with nozzles for introducing a fluid to reduce the temperature of molten solid bits sufficiently to minimize their sticking within external ductwork. The middle section feed port arrangement assists in more thorough reaction of light particles in the feed material that may otherwise exit with gaseous products. Among feed port arrangements, they may be located above a feed bed and angled upwardly to allow close proximity to the upper feed bed surface without severe radiation heating or they may be located at a level to feed material laterally directly into a feed bed, in which case a cooling arrangement may be provided, as well as a feed mechanism, to facilitate passage of feed material.
A syngas stream composition comprising on a dry basis up to about 50,000 mg/Nm3 particulates; 5-39 vol% H2; 5-39 vol% CO; 15-50 vol% CO2; 8-30 vol% N2; 0-2 vol% Argon; and 15-50 vol% moisture on a wet basis. The stream includes a H2/CO ratio that is about 0.3-2 and at least 15 wt% of particulates have an aerodynamic particle diameter of less than or equal to 1 micron. A gasified waste stream and a method for forming a gasified waste stream are also disclosed.
C10J 3/18 - Procédés en continu au moyen de l'électricité
C01B 3/34 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par réaction de composés organiques gazeux ou liquides avec des agents gazéifiants, p. ex. de l'eau, du gaz carbonique, de l'air par réaction d'hydrocarbures avec des agents gazéifiants
C10J 3/00 - Production de gaz contenant de l'oxyde de carbone et de l'hydrogène, p. ex. du gaz de synthèse ou du gaz de ville, à partir de matières carbonées solides par des procédés d'oxydation partielle faisant intervenir de l'oxygène ou de la vapeur
C10K 1/10 - Purification des gaz combustibles contenant de l'oxyde de carbone par lavage avec des liquidesRégénération des liqueurs de lavage avec des liquides aqueux
A plasma gasification reactor vessel having a top section with a conical wall extending up from a bottom section, containing a carbonaceous bed into which plasma is injected by plasma torches, to a roof of the vessel is arranged in ways that can contribute to characteristics of gas flow and solids residence time that are favorable for thoroughness of reactions and yield of useful reactions products. In some cases, such a conical wall is combined in arrangements with other features such as one or more feed ports arranged to give more uniform distribution including examples with a feed port that has a distributive feed mechanism. The roof of the vessel, in some examples, has vertical outlet ports that include intrusions into the interior volume of the reactor proximate the conical wall of the top section. The configurations of outlet ports with intrusions and the configurations of feed ports for more uniform distribution of feed material are also applicable to reactor vessels with other geometries.
B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
C10G 15/12 - Craquage des huiles d'hydrocarbures par des moyens électriques, par des vibrations électromagnétiques ou mécaniques, par des radiations particulaires ou avec des gaz surchauffés dans des arcs électriques avec des gaz surchauffés dans des arcs électriques, p. ex. avec un plasma
H05H 15/00 - Méthodes ou dispositifs pour accélérer des particules chargées non prévus ailleurs
12.
SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND CONVERSION OF BIOMASS
A system and process for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas, particularly carbon dioxide, uses, in some forms, a reactor, such as a plasma gasification reactor (PGR), to chemically reduce sequestered carbon dioxide with high heat in a carbonaceous bed to form gaseous products then used above the bed to convert biomass to lighter hydrocarbons, as well as hydrogen and carbon monoxide. In some arrangements the sequestered carbon dioxide supplied to a reactor is derived from a power plant's exhaust. The gaseous products of a reactor may be supplied to an additional reactor for processing to form liquid fuels or may be supplied as gas fuel to an electric power plant or otherwise combusted. Where the output of the CO2 conversion and the biomass conversion is converted to liquid fuels, such as ethanol, such fuels may be either applied as transportation fuels or used to generate electric power, among other uses.
C10G 1/00 - Production de mélanges liquides d'hydrocarbures à partir de schiste bitumineux, de sable pétrolifère ou de matières carbonées solides non fusibles ou similaires, p. ex. bois, charbon
13.
SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR UPGRADING HEAVY HYDROCARBONS
A system and process for upgrading hydrocarbons such as heavy oils includes high temperature plasma reactor apparatus, in one or more vessels, into which the oils are introduced along with water, such as steam, to produce lighter hydrocarbon fractions, along with carbon monoxide and hydrogen, that flows to an additional stage where more hydrocarbons and water are introduced for further fractionating reactions facilitated by reaction of carbon monoxide and water to produce carbon dioxide and nascent, or prompt, free radicals of hydrogen. Heavy hydrocarbons upgraded can include heavy oils in the form of tar sands, oil shale, and oil residuals. The vessel or vessels can each contain a carbonaceous bed facilitating the described reactions and example embodiments include one vessel with the reactions performed in a single bed and, also, two vessels with the reactions performed in a carbonaceous bed portion in each vessel.
C10G 2/00 - Production de mélanges liquides d'hydrocarbures de composition non définie à partir d'oxydes de carbone
C10G 15/12 - Craquage des huiles d'hydrocarbures par des moyens électriques, par des vibrations électromagnétiques ou mécaniques, par des radiations particulaires ou avec des gaz surchauffés dans des arcs électriques avec des gaz surchauffés dans des arcs électriques, p. ex. avec un plasma
C10G 47/22 - Craquage non catalytique, en présence d'hydrogène
F23G 7/05 - Procédés ou appareils, p. ex. incinérateurs, spécialement adaptés à la combustion de déchets particuliers ou de combustibles pauvres, p. ex. des produits chimiques d'huiles résiduelles
B01J 7/00 - Appareillage pour la production de gaz
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