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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Edward Chen Pan, Houston, TX (US);
Ronnie Ranee Price, Kingwood, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes an integrated gasification vessel including an enclosure including a first section and a second section that may enclose a gasifier, one or more injectors circumferentially disposed within the gasifier. The one or more injectors may supply the gasifier with a fuel. The system also includes a syngas cooler disposed within an annulus of the gasification vessel. The syngas cooler includes a shell that may flow a coolant and the syngas cooler includes a plurality of tubes surrounding the gasifier and that may flow a syngas from the gasifier. The system further includes a reinforcement system configured to reinforce at least a portion of the enclosure and the gasifier. The reinforcement system may include one or more reinforcement beams disposed within the annulus and that may couple the enclosure and the gasifier.