Krupp Koppers Gmbh

Hans-Gunter Richard

Gerhard Wilmer

A method of radiant cooling of a product gas mass stream discharged from a gasification reactor and loaded with particles in a cylindrical radiant cooler with a radiant cooling casing comprises the steps of subdividing the product gas mass stream into concentric cylindrical layer streams by cylindrical radiant cooling walls arranged at a distance from the radiant cooling casing, adjusting layer thickness of the cylindrical layer streams to provide a high radiant heat exchange, and cooling regions of the product gas mass stream which flow to the radiant cooling walls in a pre-cooling region to a temperature caking of the particles. A radiant cooler for radiant cooling of a product gas mass quantity from a gasification reactor, comprises a cylindrical radiant cooling casing having an axis, means forming a product gas inlet for supplying the product gas mass stream and an outlet for a radiant-cooled product gas, additional radiant cooling walls located in the region of the radiant cooling casing, the additional radiant cooling walls being formed as cylindrical radiant cooling walls and arranged in a flow direction of the product gas after the pre-cooling region concentrically relative to one another and at a distance from the radiant cooling casing to form cylindrical layer streams.

Method of and radiant cooler for radiant cooling of product mass stream

The cooling of a stream of hot product gas exiting from an outlet opening of a gasification reactor is made by way of two separate partial streams of cooling fluid such as a cooling gas, vapor or liquid. The first partial stream of the cooling fluid is fed from the outside substantially in a radial direction against an outer layer of the product gas stream. The second partial stream of cooling liquid is fed axially in a counter direction to the product gas stream to impinge against a central portion thereof. In this manner the path of mixing of the product gas with the cooling fluid is substantially shortened.

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Essen, Germany

Hans-Gunter Richard