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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Ali Hoteit, Paris, FR;
Florent Guillou, Ternay, FR;
Sébastien Rifflart, Paris, FR;
Thierry Gauthier, Brignais, FR;
Ali Hoteit, Paris, FR;
Florent Guillou, Ternay, FR;
Sébastien Rifflart, Paris, FR;
Thierry Gauthier, Brignais, FR;
TOTAL SA, Courbevoie, FR;
IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The object of the invention is a chemical-looping combustion device utilizing a solid fuel generating unburnt particles and using oxygen-carrying particles such as metallic oxides, and comprising at least one combustion zone and a separator for the particles contained in a gaseous mixture coming from the combustion zone, wherein the separator comprises at least one enclosure () with an intake line () for said mixture, a discharge line () arranged in the lower part of the enclosure and an outlet line () arranged in the upper part of the device, the intake and discharge/outlet parameters being so selected as to create in the enclosure a dense phase in the lower part and a dilute phase in the upper part, and wherein said intake line opens into the dilute phase. The invention also relates to a combustion method implementing the device according to the invention.