Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke Ag

Lothar Schrader

Gunther Velling

Hermann Schumacher

In a reactor for gasification of solid carbonaceous materials in a fluidized bed under elevated pressure and at high temperatures using a hot gasification agent, a feed device for the gasification agent is installed in the lower part of the reactor chamber and traverses this chamber in the form of a bridge, which has an arch joined to the walls of the reactor chamber, said arch consisting of refractory brick and supporting a section of metal pipe. The latter is shielded from the outside by the arch and by a top-mounted structure of refractory material. On the inside, the metal pipe is also provided with a tubular lining of refractory material. Metal pipe, lining, and arch have openings for passage of the gasification agent. The size and shape of the openings are selected to assure passage of the gasification agent even if the parts undergo changes in length as a result of the effects of temperature. The metal pipe section also serves to absorb the forces resulting from the positive pressure of the gasification agent inside it, as well as for the purpose of metering and distributing the gasification agent in the interior of the reactor.

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Erftstadt-Liblar, Germany

Lothar Schrader