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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Francis Sikming Lau, Darien, IL (US);
Assignee:
SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/02 (2006.01); C10J 3/52 (2006.01); F23C 10/24 (2006.01); C10J 3/48 (2006.01); C10J 3/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10J 3/526 (2013.01); C01B 3/02 (2013.01); C10J 3/485 (2013.01); C10J 3/723 (2013.01); C10J 2300/093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluidized bed gasification system which comprises a fluidized bed gasification reactor having a bottom ash discharge outlet below the reactor, wherein an L-valve is used to control the rate of bottom ash discharge. The L-valve uses an aeration port located on distal side of the L-valve vertical pipe at a location that is above the center line of the horizontal pipe. Also provided are methods of controlling the bottom ash discharge as well the fluidized reaction bed height of the system.