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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ashok Rao, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10J 3/20 ; C10K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10J 3/20 ; C10K 3/00 ;
Abstract
A turbine produces in an improved gasification process a stream of pressurized air, which is cooled and further compressed by a cooler and booster/compressor. The cooled and compressed air is humidified in a humidifier, heated by a low temperature heat source and subsequently fed into a gasification vessel in which a feedstock is gasified or partially oxidized. The humidifier may advantageously utilize wastewater to humidify the cooled and compressed air, wherein the wastewater may or may not be produced by a component in a gasification plant.