Ebara Corporation

Shugo Hosoda

Shuichi Nagato

Norihisa Miyoshi

Seiichiro Toyoda

Takahiro Oshita

Shosaku Fujinami

Tetsuhisa Hirose

Kazuo Takano

Yoshio Hirayama

Katsutoshi Naruse

Nobutaka Kashima

Chikashi Tame

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Katsuyuki Aoki

Shinji Sekikawa

Tomoyuki Shinano

Akira Shimokura

Masayuki Horio

The present invention provides a fuel gasification furnace including a gasification chamber () for fluidizing a high-temperature fluidizing medium therein to form a gasification chamber fluidized bed having an interface, and for gasifying a fuel in the gasification chamber fluidized bed, a char combustion chamber () for fluidizing a high-temperature fluidizing medium therein to form a char combustion chamber fluidized bed having an interface, and for combusting char generated by gasification in the gasification chamber () in the char combustion chamber fluidized bed to heat the fluidizing medium, and a first energy recovery device () for using gases generated by the gasification chamber () as a fuel. The gasification chamber () and the char combustion chamber () are integrated with each other. The gasification chamber () and the char combustion chamber () are divided from each other by a first partition wall () for preventing gases from flowing therebetween, and which extends vertically upward from the interfaces of the respective fluidized beds. The first partition wall () has a first opening () provided in a lower portion thereof, and the first opening () serves as a communication between the gasification chamber () and the char combustion chamber (), for allowing the fluidizing medium heated in the char combustion chamber () to move from the char combustion chamber () via the first opening () into the gasification chamber ().

Fuel gasification system

A gasification furnace and a combustion furnace are integrated with each other to form a single fluidized-bed gasification and combustion furnace in which unburned char generated in the gasification furnace is combusted in the combustion furnace, and the thus generated heat of combustion is utilized as a heat source for gasification. The fluidized-bed gasification and combustion furnace () comprises a gasification furnace () and a combustion furnace () which are divided by a first partition wall (). In the gasification furnace (), a revolving flow of the fluidized medium is formed by diffusion devices () provided on furnace bottoms, and an upward flow of the fluidized medium partly flows in the combustion furnace (). The combustion furnace () is divided into a main partition wall (). In the main combustion chamber (), a revolving flow of the fluidized medium is formed by diffusion devices () provided on furnace bottoms, and an upward flow of the fluidized medium partly flows in the heat recovery chamber ().

Fluidized-bed gasification and combustion furnace

A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt the ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace ( ) has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed ( ), in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed ( ), in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in the peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed ( ) from the upper part of the fluidized bed ( ), thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter ( ) is cast into the upper part of the moving bed ( ) and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium. The amount of oxygen supplied to the fluidized-bed furnace ( ) is set so as to be the same contained in an amount of air not higher than 30% of the theoretical amount of combustion air. The temperature of the fluidized bed ( ) is maintained at 450&deg; C. to 650&deg; C. so that the combustible gas produced contains a large amount of combustible component. The combustible gas and fine particles produced in the fluidized-bed furnace ( ) are supplied to a melt combustion furnace where they are burned at high temperature, and the resulting ash is melted.

Method of and apparatus for fluidized-bed gasification and melt combustion

A pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler is incorporated in a combined-cycle electric generating system in which a fuel such as coal, petro coke or the like is combusted in a pressurized fluidized bed and an exhaust gas produced by the combusted fuel is introduced into a gas turbine. The pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler includes a pressure vessel, a combustor disposed in the pressure vessel and a main fluidized bed combustion chamber provided with an air diffusion device. A thermal energy recovery chamber is partitioned from the main combustion chamber by an inclined partition wall. A fluidized medium flows into and out of the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber. A free board is provided integrally above the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber so that combustion gas from the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber is mixed in the free board.

Pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler

A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in the peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium. The amount of oxygen supplied to the fluidized-bed furnace is set so as to be not higher than 30% of the theoretical amount of oxygen required for combustion. The temperature of the fluidized bed is maintained at 450.degree. C. to 650.degree. C. so that the combustible gas produced contains a large amount of combustible component. The combustible gas and fine particles produced in the fluidized-bed furnace are supplied to a melt combustion furnace where they are burned at high temperature, and the resulting ash is melted.

Method of and apparatus for fluidized-bed gasification and melt

A combustion apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in a peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium. The amount of oxygen supplied to the fluidized-bed furnace is set so as to be not higher than 30% of the theoretical amount of oxygen necessary to combust the combustible matter. The temperature of the fluidized bed is maintained at 450.degree. C. to 650.degree. C. so that the combustible gas produced contains a large amount of combustible component.

Apparatus for fluidized-bed gasification and melt combustion

A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in a central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in a peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium. The amount of oxygen supplied to the fluidized-bed furnace is set so as to be not higher than 30% of the theoretical amount of oxygen necessary to combust the combustible matter. The temperature of the fluidized bed is maintained at 450.degree. C. to 650.degree. C. so that the combustible gas produced contains a large amount of combustible component. The combustible gas and fine particles produced in the fluidized-bed furnace are supplied to a melt combustion furnace where they are burned at high temperature, and the resulting ash is melted.

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