(19)
(11) EP 0 124 159 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.1984 Bulletin 1984/45

(21) Application number: 84200474

(22) Date of filing: 03.04.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 02.05.1983 DE 3315917

(71) Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
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(72) Inventor:
  • Eckstein, Günter Klaus
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(54) Process and apparatus for the preparation of synthesis gas


(57) Process and apparatus for producing synthesis gas by partial combustion of carbon-containing fuel with oxygen-containing gas in a reactor in which molten slag is removed through a slag discharge in the bottom and passed by gravity into a water bath where it is solidified by quenching. The slag is passed in the water bath through a sloping screen covering the total horizontal cross section of the bath and slag captured by the screen is conducted to the wall of the bath.





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