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(11) EP 0 210 613 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.02.1987 Bulletin 1987/06

(21) Application number: 86110312

(22) Date of filing: 25.07.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.07.1985 JP 16697885

(71) Applicants:
  • SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
     ()
  • Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft
     ()

(72) Inventors:
  • Tanaka, Tsutomu
     ()
  • Sueyasu, Masanobu
     ()
  • Mutsuta, Akio c/o Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
     ()
  • Weiss, Henning
     ()
  • Rao, Chatty
     ()

   


(54) Method of gasifying solid carbonaceous materials and apparatus therefor


(57) A method and apparatus for gasifying a solid carbonaceous material in a molten metal bath are disclosed. The solid carbonaceous material is blown onto and/or into the molten metal bath together with a gasifying agent in a gasification chamber and the resulting slag is removed through a slag chamber provided adjacent to the gasification chamber. At least part of the slag chamber is filled with lumps of a solid carbonaceous material, and the resulting slag is removed through a space packed with the lumps, and the product gas is recovered through a space packed with the lumps.







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