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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Iosif K. Rabovitser, Skokie, IL (US);
Richard Knight, Brookfield, IL (US);
Mark J. Khinkis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Hamid A. Abbasi, Naperville, IL (US);
Stan Wohadlo, Lansing, IL (US);
Assignee:
Institute of Gas Technology, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23C 1/12 ; F23G 7/06 ; F23L 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23C 1/12 ; F23G 7/06 ; F23L 1/500 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for low-NO,combustion of a pulverized solid fuel in which combustion products from a partial oxidation combustor are mixed with a pulverized solid fuel, thereby preheating the pulverized solid fuel and resulting in devolatilization of at least a portion of the pulverized solid fuel. The preheated pulverized solid fuel and the devolatilization products are then burned in a burner firing directly into a combustion chamber.