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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1988
Ekkehard Weber, Essen, DE;
Reinhard Schulz, Essen, DE;
Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
Described is a process in which the liquid ash is removed from a combustion gas which is produced by a combustion of coal with air under a pressure between 2 to 30 bars, wherein the combustion gas at a temperature between 1200.degree. and 1700.degree. C. is passed through at least one porous gas-permeable filter element which is disposed in the combustion chamber. The combustion is effected with a C:O.sub.2 mole ratio of 1:0.6 to 1:0.99 and the filter element consists of carbon; carbides of boron, silicon, titanium, zirconium or hafnium; nitrides of boron, silicon, titanium, zirconium or hafnium; borides of titanium, zirconium or hafnium; and/or oxides of aluminum, silicon, magnesium or zirconium.