FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to methods for processing condensed fuels,
including solid fuel wastes, by pyrolysis and by gasifying the organic constituents
thereof in a dense layer to produce pyrolysis products and gas fuel used for power
generation. The problem of processing low-grade condensed fuels, including solid domestic
waste (SDW), coals, oil-slime, biologic mass, is rather urgent because conventional
methods of disposal/processing thereof suffer largely from being uneconomical and
environment-unfriendly. Considerable advantages are provided by gasifying the condensed
fuels which makes it possible to employ advanced power generation techniques with
ecologically pure gas emissions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Various processes have been developed heretobefore for processing condensed fuels
in the combustion regime to produce fuel gas, based on successive layerwise gasification
of solid organic fuels in countercurrent flow to an oxidizing gas in shaft kilns.
A scheme of such type designed for processing pyroshale is described in
US-A-2,796,390 (Elliot) and
US-A-2,798,032 (Martin et al.).
[0003] A scheme of gasifying solid organic fuels in countercurrent flow to a gasifying agent
can be generally described as follows. An oxygen-containing gasifying agent which
possibly containing water and/or carbon dioxide are supplied into a combustion zone
where oxygen reacts with carbon in a solid fuel in the form of coke or semi-coke at
temperatures about 900-1500°C. The gasifying agent is admitted into the reactor in
countercurrent flow to the fuel so that at least part of the oxidizing gas is preliminary
passed through a layer of hot solid combustion products that are already free from
carbon. In this zone the solid combustion products are cooled and the gasifying agent
is heated prior to entering the combustion zone. In the combustion zone, free oxygen
of the gasifying agent is completely consumed and hot gaseous combustion products
including carbon dioxide and steam enter the next solid fuel layer, which is referred
to as a reduction zone, where carbon dioxide and steam chemically react with carbon
in fuel to produce combustible gases. Heat energy of the gases heated in the combustion
zone is partially consumed in the reduction reactions. Gas flow temperature decreases
as the gas flows through the solid fuel and gives its heat to the latter. The fuel
heated in the absence of oxygen is subjected to pyrolysis. As the result, coke, pyrolysis
tars and fuel gases are produced. Gaseous products are passed through a fresh fuel
feed to cool the gas and to heat the fuel and reduce its moisture content. And finally,
the gaseous product (also referred to as gas product) containing hydrocarbon vapors,
steam and pyrolysis tars is withdrawn for subsequent use.
[0004] This scheme has various known applications.
RU-2-062284 (Manelis et al.) discloses processing worn automobile tires;
RU-2079051 and
RU-2152561 (Manelis et al.) disclose processing solid domestic waste, oil-slime and similar oil waste. In the
latter case, solid lump inert material is introduced into a reactor along with the
processed fuel to provide, in particular, uniform gas permeability of the feed in
the reactor. Kiln gas, preferably mixed with air, is used as a gasifying agent, the
kiln gas portion in the gasifying agent being increased when the temperature in the
combustion zone exceeds 1300°C, and reduced when the temperature in the combustion
zone falls below 800°C.
[0005] At the same time, an important problem stays unresolved - the providing of stable
combustion behavior when the processed feed material is being gasified. As the processed
materials often have nonuniform gas permeability and to form cakes at pyrolysis, the
pyrolysis and gasification front may propagate over the reactor section unevenly.
"Burnouts" can appear in the processed feed layer, through which mainly gas flow passes,
materials fall in cavities formed in combustion, and at the same time substantially
gas-impermeable regions can form. As a consequence, temperature distribution in the
combustion zone becomes nonuniform and poorly controlled.
[0006] To provide uniform propagation of combustion zones throughout the feed material a
method of gasifying wastes is proposed in
US 4,732,091 (Gould). The method comprises introducing a solid fuel into an upper section of a shaft
kiln. The fuel is caused to move at a controlled rate through a series of chambers
horizontally separated by moveable grates, where the fuel is pyrolyzed and burned
in countercurrent flow of a vapor/air gasifying agent. The method includes loosening
the waste in the course of treatment to provide uniform gas permeability and uniform
movement of the processed feed material successively to drying, pyrolysis, gasification
and cooling zones. A method is also proposed for controlling the fuel entry into respective
zones. However, the prior art method suffers largely from the presence of moveable
grates. The moveable grates will be inevitably worn fast in high-temperature zones.
Furthermore, particles of dust and tars will deposit on the moveable units of the
reactor and disturb its maintenance.
[0007] U.S. Patent 5743196 discloses a mobile waste incinerator that has a receiving chamber arranged to receive
waste to be incinerated and an incineration chamber connected with the a the receiving
chamber via a preparation chamber and provided with means for mixing the fuel with
air and igniting a mixture, and means for discharging the wastes from the incineration
chamber, the incineration chamber being connected with the preparation chamber so
that hot gases from the incineration chamber are supplied into the preparation chamber,
means for connecting the chambers with one another and closing chambers from one another.
The axis of the said incineration chamber being made tilted relative to a horizontal
plane and can incline up to 25° and the chamber can perform sway rotation by the angle
up to 45° for better waste mixing, fuel saturation and burning of waste, and its unloading
during and after the preparation and incineration cycles.
[0008] Rotary kilns are also widely known. They are extensively used for burning cement
and combustion of waste. Kiln rotation provides uniform mixing of the material processed.
A rotary kiln is known to be used for gasification process, e.g. as taught in
US 247,322 issued 30 September, 1881. Application
US-2005051066 discloses a method of gasifying a solid fuel in a parallel gas/solid flow using a
rotary kiln.
US 3,990,865 (Cybriwsky A. & Petersen G.) discloses gasification process carried out in a slightly tilted rotary kiln having
a raw material inlet end arranged higher than the outlet end. Solid carbon-containing
material is continuously fed into the rotary kiln. In the kiln, the material which
is introduced at a temperature below 600°F (315°C) passes through pre-heating and
devolatilizing zones and is gradually heated to 1600°F (871°C); at this temperature
the material loses its caking tendency and then enters a gasifying zone, where a vapor-containing
oxidizing medium is admitted under the mixed layer, this resulting in formation of
combustible gases containing hydrocarbon that are removed from the kiln side where
the fuel is fed.
[0009] As the kiln rotates, the processed feed is efficiently mixed by action of gravity,
But in the conventional rotary kilns the combustion process occurs mainly above the
feed surface. None of the embodiments implemented in such kilns is capable of providing
conditions for efficient inter-phase heat exchange typical for a dense porous layer.
[0010] It is the object of the present invention to overcome the deficiencies of the prior
art and to enable efficient processing of condensed fuels, including low-calorie fuels,
without using additional power sources. The object can be attained in a method for
gasifying condensed fuels.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0011] The present invention provides a method for processing a condensed organic fuel by
gasifying, including: feeding a fuel into a cylindrical reactor; supplying an oxygen-containing
gasifying agent into the reactor at the reactor side where the resultant residual
solids accumulate; moving the fuel feed along the reactor axis; discharging the resultant
residual solids from the reactor; driving-off the products of drying, pyrolysis and
combustion as a gas product from the reactor such that gasification is carried out
as the fuel successively resides in a heating/drying zone, a pyrolysis zone, a combustion
(oxidation) zone and a cooling zone, and the gas flow is filtered through the fuel
feed layer while passing successively through the cooling zone, the combustion zone,
the pyrolysis zone and the heating/drying zone. The important distinctive feature
of the invention is that the combustion process in the dense layer is stabilized by
rotating the reactor about an axis tilted relative to the horizon, at an angle in
the range of from 40 to 65 degrees.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] Fig.1 is a general schematic diagram of a device for implementing an embodiment of
a method in accordance with the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0013] A method in accordance with the invention includes the following basic steps that
are implemented in respective zones. At a first step, a condensed fuel in solid, liquid
of paste state, possibly including solid noncombustible components and moisture (hereinafter
referred to as "fuel") is fed into a reactor to successively perform therein drying
the fuel and then pyrolysis/gasification of combustible constituents of the fuel.
An oxygen-containing oxidizing gas (e.g. air) is supplied into the reactor through
the reactor section where the resultant residual solids accumulate, so that to substantially
direct the gas flow in countercurrent flow through the dense layer of the fuel feed
in the reactor. Fuel passes through a number of zones in the reactor, as described
below. First, it passes through a drying zone where the fuel temperature increases
to 200°C owing to the heat exchange with the flow of gas product filtering through
the fuel; in this zone the fuel is dried, and the gas flow is cooled before driving-off
the latter from the reactor. After passing this zone as a gas product, gaseous products
of drying, pyrolysis and gasification are removed from the reactor. Then the fuel
enters the pyrolysis and coking zone where the temperature increases gradually to
800°C owing to the heat exchange with the gas flow, and combustible constituents of
the fuel are pyrolyzed to produce coke. The coked fuel enters then a combustion and
gasification zone, where the solid phase has a temperature of 700-1400°C. The coke
reacts with the hot oxidizing gas to produce a fuel gas. Residual solids enter a cooling
zone where they are cooled by the counter flow of the gasifying agent from the combustion
temperature to a discharge temperature. The oxidizing gas counter flow, filtering
through the dense layer of residual solids, is in turn heated to a temperature close
to the combustion temperature before it enters the combustion zone.
[0014] It should be understood that this classification of zones is somewhat arbitrary.
The zones may be defined differently, e.g. based on the gas temperature, content of
agents, etc. In particular, in
US-A-4,732,091 the same zones are referred to differently. Whatever the classification of zones,
the essential feature is that in the countercurrent interpenetrating flows of gas
and solid feed material the oxidizing gas (gasifying agent) is pre-heated on residual
solids, and hot gaseous combustion products will further transfer their heat to the
raw fuel.
[0015] The invention allows the efficient inter-phase heat exchange that is advantageously
provided by the process in the dense layer to be combined with mixing the processed
material by action of gravity as the reactor rotates, which is typical to rotary kilns.
[0016] To attain the object of efficient countercurrent gasification in a dense layer and
stabilization of the combustion process in a reactor, a condensed fuel is fed into
a cylindrical reactor such that to form a dense layer of the fuel feed in the reactor.
An oxygen-containing gasifying agent is supplied into the reactor section where the
resultant residual solids accumulate, and the fuel is gasified in the reactor by successively
passing through the zones of drying, pyrolysis, combustion, gasification and cooling
in a gas flow filtering through the dense fuel layer countercurrent to the fuel movement
along the reactor axis with a predetermined time of holding in each of the zones.
To stabilize the combustion process in the reactor and provide equal time of holding
the fuel in the aforementioned zones throughout the dense layer thickness, the cylindrical
reactor is mounted with its axis tilted at an angle relative to the horizon and rotated
such that the material pours in the direction perpendicular to and along the reactor
axis and fills the voids formed when the low-density material bums out. The gasifying
agent is supplied at the bottom end of the cylindrical reactor, while the gas product
is removed at the opposite end.
[0017] The cylindrical reactor axis is tilted at an angle from 40 to 65 degrees relative
to the horizon. With a tilt angle below the lower limit, bulk material will not form
a dense layer in the tilted reactor. On the opposite, a layer of solid fuel will be
formed with a gas flow above it. The gas flow is not filtered through the fuel, consequently
the main advantage of gasification in a dense layer, highly efficient inter-phase
heat exchange, will not be realized, as well as uniform process will not be provided
over the reactor section. With a tilt angle above the aforementioned range the solid
material will not be adequately mixed in case of "burnouts".
[0018] Optimum combination of conditions for the fuel movement along the reactor axis and
uniform combustion zone structure will be attained with a tilt angle of the reactor
axis relative to the horizon from 40 to 50 degrees.
[0019] Preferably, the reactor rotation period should be sufficiently small to provide mixing
of materials in the combustion zone. This will enable the invented process to be implemented
in a reactor having a smaller length. To attain efficient rotation effect trough the
entire material volume in the combustion zone, provided that the combustion zone dimensions
along the reactor axis don't exceed, by an order of magnitude, diameter D (m) of the
reactor flow section, a sufficient rotation speed of the reactor must be provided.
If the bulk velocity of discharging the residual solids is V,(m
3/h), the average time of holding the residual solids in the combustion zone will be
about πD
3/4V (hour). Reactor rotation period T should be preferably no more than approximately
D
3/4V (hour) to provide no less than triple mixing of the material for the time when
it stays in the combustion zone.
[0020] The fuel processed is preferably a solid lump material which is sufficiently permeable
to the filtering gas flow. If the fuel is insufficiently permeable, in particular,
when fine-dispersed, liquid or paste fuels are processed, a noncombustible solid lump
material is fed into the reactor along with the fuel to provide uniform gas permeability
of the fuel feed in the reactor and improve conditions of mixing the material in the
combustion zone in case of burnouts. When liquid or paste materials are processed,
it is not obligatory to preliminary mix them with a solid lump material before feeding
into the reactor, because uniform mixing will be provided by the reactor rotation.
To provide conditions of mixing the materials in the pyrolysis and combustion zones,
the solid inert material added to the feed should preferably have a density different
from that of the processed fuel.
[0021] The process is performed in a device for gasifying a condensed solid fuel including
a feeder, a cylindrical reactor, a discharge unit, a gasifying agent supply unit,
a gas product outlet, a driver for rotating the reactor, seals to provide gas tightness
in the reactor rotation, wherein the cylindrical reactor is mounted such that its
axis is tilted at a tilt angle from 40 to 65 degrees relative to the horizon; the
feeder and the gas product outlet are arranged in the upper section of the reactor,
while the discharge unit and the gasifying agent supply unit are arranged in the lower
section of the reactor. The tilt angle of the rotary reactor relative to the horizon
is preferably from 40 to 50 degrees.
[0022] For providing the fuel move along the axis of the reactor as the latter is rotating,
it is necessary to control the discharge of residual solids from the reactor. This
is preferably implemented at the expense of natural pouring out of the solid bulk
material from holes in the reactor side wall as the reactor rotates. Sizes and number
of the holes are chosen to match the solid material portion pouring out per revolution
with a desired volume of the material discharge. There should be at least two holes
having a linear dimension that doesn't exceed half the reactor internal diameter to
provide uniform discharge of the residual solids over the reactor section. Residual
solids freely fall out from the reactor to the discharge unit, such as a lock or hydraulic
lock, providing removal of the residual solids with preserved gas tightness of the
device.
[0023] The holes in the reactor side surface are preferably equipped with free passage control
means, such as controlled shutters.
[0024] Alternatively, the reactor can be discharged through a cone having an opening along
the reactor axis, the cone secured in the lower section of the reactor, the opening
diameter being smaller than half the internal diameter of the reactor.
[0025] To successively hold the fuel in the heating, pyrolysis, combustion and cooling zones,
the cylindrical reactor should have a sufficient length. To arrange the respective
zones in the reactor, the following relationship between geometrical dimensions of
the reactor should be observed:
where L is the length of the rotary reactor,
α is the tilt angle of the reactor axis relative to the horizon, and
D is the internal diameter of the reactor.
[0026] To maintain the upper feed level in the reactor as the fuel is consumed in pyrolysis,
combustion and discharge, the use may made of both measuring the actual level (e.g.
by a radiation sensor) and outputting a command to introduce the next portion of the
fuel, and a feeder including a vertical cylinder having a smaller diameter than that
of the rotary reactor, the lower end of the cylinder extending inside the upper section
of the reactor. The feeder maintains a constant level of the fuel feed in the reactor
at the expense of pouring the fuel out from a vertical tube as the fuel is consumed
in the reactor.
[0027] A better understanding of the invention may be had by reference to the following
description of an embodiment schematically shown in Fig.1.
[0028] Condensed fuel F, previously milled, if necessary, and to which a noncombustible
solid material is added when needed, is introduced into a reactor 1 through a feeder
2 comprising a feed-lock chamber 3. The fuel enters the reactor through a vertical
cylinder 4. The processed fuel level is maintained constant in the reactor owing to
pouring the fuel out from the cylinder 4 as the reactor 1 rotates and filling in the
material consumed in combustion and removal of ashes.
[0029] In the reactor, the material passes successively through a drying zone 4, a pyrolysis
zone 6, a combustion zone 7 and a cooling zone 8. As the reactor rotates, residual
solids R pour out through holes 9 equipped with shutters 10, and then they are discharged,
continuously or in batches, through a gas-tight discharge unit 11 (a hydraulic lock
shown schematically in the drawing). A discharge velocity of the residual solids at
which the combustion zone maintains the same position in the reactor, in the middle
section of the reactor, is provided by the relationship between free passages of the
holes 9, rotation speed of the reactor and consumption of an oxidizer admitted into
the reactor.
[0030] Air A, along with steam if required, is supplied by a compressor 12 into the lower
section of the reactor. Gas product G is driven-off from the upper section of the
reactor and directed to further use which may include purification and combustion
in a power equipment. Temperatures in the respective zones are continuously measured,
and when the temperatures go beyond the specified optimal ranges the control parameters:
rotation speed of the reactor, air intake flow rate, vapor flow rate, are adjusted.
A level sensor monitors whether the amount of fuel is sufficient in the feeder, and
as the fuel is exhausted fresh portions are fed via the feed-lock chamber 3. To match
the discharge velocity of residual solids, free passages of the holes 9 are adjusted:
they are increased when the discharge velocity exceeds a desired one, and reduced
in the opposite case.
[0031] Owing to the reactor rotation at an angle relative to the horizon, the material is
mixed, primarily in the pyrolysis and combustion zones where the volume of fuel significantly
decreases and cavities appear. Where the reactor rotates at an angle relative to the
horizon, "burnouts" occurring as low-density materials burn out are filled with portions
of unburned material falling by action of gravity, this stabilizing the combustion
process in the reactor.
[0032] A better understanding of the invention may be had by reference to the following
example of practice of the present invention.
EXAMPLE
[0033] A mixture of sawdust with broken firebrick in the 2:1 ratio (by weight) was subjected
to gasification in an experimental laboratory reactor made of quartz. A tilt angle
of the reactor axis relative to the horizon was varied from 5 to 90 degrees. Direct
observation has revealed that with a tilt angle below 22 degrees, no filtering of
gas flow through a dense fuel layer takes place because of a cavity formed along the
upper generating line of the reactor, through which cavity the gas flow passes over
the fuel surface. Where the reactor is in upright position, burnouts form in the fuel
layer along the reactor walls within a short operation time, one of the burnouts eventually
extending to the feed surface. In this situation the gas product starts burning directly
above the feed surface in the reactor. Where the reactor axis deviated from the vertical,
burn-out cavities fall down gradually as the reactor rotates. With an axis angle relative
to the horizon smaller than 65 degrees, the rise of burnouts to the surface can be
completely restrained and the combustion zone can be stabilized in the middle section
of the reactor. Within the complete range of angles at which the combustion zone is
stabilized, stable flame burning of the gas product is observed, and the residual
solids are free from unburned carbon. The combustion front is stabilized best of all
when a tilt angle of the axis is from 40 to 50 degrees and the combustion zone dimension
along the reactor axis is no more than half the reactor diameter. To provide the stabilized
front, the rotation speed should exceed a predetermined value for each tilt angle.
It has been estimated that to stabilize the combustion zone the material should be
more than once mixed as it passes the distance along the axis of the reactor approximately
equal to the diameter of the latter.
Therefore, the present Invention, as compared to the conventional methods, provides
an efficient method for gasifying condensed fuels with high yield of gas fuel and
high power efficiency.
1. A method for processing a condensed organic fuel using gasification, including feeding
a fuel into a cylindrical reactor (1) by means of a feeder (2), supplying an oxygen-containing
gasifying agent (A) into the reactor at the reactor side where resultant residual
solids (R) accumulate, moving the fuel feed along the reactor axis, discharging the
resultant residual solids from the reactor, driving off the products of drying, pyrolysis
and combustion as a gas product (G) from the reactor such that gasification is carried
by successively holding the fuel in a heating/drying zone (5), a pyrolysis zone (6),
a combustion (oxidation) zone (7) and a cooling zone (8), and the gas flow is filtered
through the fuel feed layer while passing successively through the cooling zone, the
combustion zone, the pyrolysis zone and the heating/drying zone, said method characterized in that
the combustion process in a dense layer formed by the fuel feed within the reactor
(1) is stabilized by rotating the reactor about an axis tilted relative to the horizon
at an angle in the range from 40 to 65 degrees.
2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tilt angle of the reactor (1) relative to the horizon is maintained in the range
from 40 to 50 degrees.
3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a noncombustible solid lump material is introduced into the reactor (1) along with
the fuel processed.
4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the noncombustible solid lump material introduced into the reactor (1) has a density
different from the density of the fuel processed.
5. A device for processing a condensed fuel according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising
cylindrical reactor (1), a feeder (2), and a gas product outlet (G) in the upper section
of the rotating reactor (1) and a discharge unit (11) and a gasifying agent supply
unit (A) in the lower section of the rotating reactor, a driver for rotating the reactor,
seals for providing gas flow tightness of the reactor in rotation,
characterized in that the cylindrical reactor being mounted such that the reactor axis is tilted relative
to the horizon at an angle in the range from 40 to 65 degrees and the reactor is able
to rotate about its axis; and
the reactor (1) comprises a heating/drying zone (5), a pyrolysis zone (6), a combustion
(oxidation) zone (7) and a cooling zone (8).
6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the tilt angle of the reactor relative to the horizon is in the range from 40 to
50 degrees.
7. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower section of the cylindrical surface of the reactor comprises at least two
holes having a linear dimension of no more than half the internal diameter of the
reactor.
8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the holes in the side surface of the reactor comprise means for varying free passages
thereof, e.g. controlled shutters.
9. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower section of the cylindrical surface of the reactor comprises a cone comprising
an opening arranged along the reactor axis and having the diameter smaller than half
the internal diameter of the reactor.
10. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the reactor length satisfies the condition: L·sinα>3D, where L is the length of the
reactor, α is the tilt angle of the reactor axis relative to the horizon, and D is
the internal diameter of the reactor.
11. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the feeder includes a vertical cylinder having a diameter smaller than the reactor
diameter and arranged with the lower end inside the upper section of the reactor.
1. Verfahren zur Verarbeitung von kondensiertem organischen Brennstoff mittels Vergasung,
einschließlich Zufuhr vom Brennstoff in einen zylindrischen Reaktor (1) mittels eines
Förderers (2), Zuleitung von sauerstoffhaltigem Vergasungsmittel (A) in den Reaktor
an der Reaktor-Seite, wo die verbleibende Restfeststoffe (R) akkumulieren, Verschiebung
von Brennstoff entlang der Reaktorachse, Entladung von den verbleibenden Restfeststoffen
aus dem Reaktor, Entladung von den Trocknungs-, Pyrolyse- und Verbrennungsprodukten
als Gasprodukt (G) aus dem Reaktor, so dass die Vergasung durch nacheinanderfolgende
Aufnahme von Brennstoff in der Heiz-/Trockenzone (5), Pyrolysezone (6), Verbrennungszone
(Oxidationszone) (7) und Kühlzone (8) durchgeführt wird, und der Gasstrom wird durch
der Brennstoffschicht gefiltert beim Durchlaufen der Kühlzone, Verbrennungszone, Pyrolysezone
und Heiz-/Trockenzone nacheinander, wobei das Verfahren dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
der Verbrennungsprozess in der dichten Schicht, gebildet durch den Brennstoff im Reaktor
(1), stabilisiert ist, indem der Reaktor um eine zum Horizont in einem Winkel von
40° bis 65° geschwenkte Achse gedreht wird.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schwenkwinkel des Reaktors (1) zum Horizont von 40° bis 50° beibehalten wird.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass nichtbrennbares festes Stückmaterial zusammen mit dem verarbeiteten Brennstoff in
den Reaktor (1) zugeführt wird.
4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass nichtbrennbares festes Stückmaterial, zugeführt in den Reaktor (1), die Dichte hat,
die von der Dichte des verarbeiteten Brennstoffes abweicht.
5. Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von kondensiertem Brennstoff nach einem der vorgehenden
Ansprüche 1 bis 4, besteht aus einem zylindrischen Reaktor (1), einem Förderer (2)
und einem Gasproduktauslass (G) im oberen Teil des rotierenden Reaktors (1) und einer
Entladungseinheit (11) und Zuführeinheit für Vergasungsmittel (A) im unteren Teil
des rotierenden Reaktors, einem Treiber für die Drehung des Reaktors, Dichtungen für
die Gasstromdichte bei Drehung vom Reaktor,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zylindrische Reaktor ist so montiert, dass die Reaktorachse zum Horizont in einem
Winkel von 40° bis 65° geschwenkt ist und der Reaktor um seine Achse dreht; und
der Reaktor (1) eine Heiz-/Trockenzone (5), Pyrolysezone (6), Verbrennungszone (Oxidationszone)
(7) und Kühlzone (8) enthält.
6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schwenkwinkel des Reaktors (1) zum Horizont von 40° bis 50° ist.
7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der untere Teil der Zylinderfläche des Reaktors mindestens zwei Löcher enthält, mit
einer linearen Dimension vom höchstens halben Innendurchmesser des Reaktors.
8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Löcher an der Seitenfläche des Reaktors Elemente für Veränderung von ihrem freien
Durchgang enthalten, z.B. als gesteuerte Verschlüsse.
9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der untere Teil der Zylinderfläche des Reaktors einen Konus enthält, der ein Loch
entlang der Reaktorachse hat mit dem Durchmesser kleiner als die Hälfte des Innendurchmessers
des Reaktors.
10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Reaktorlänge die folgende Bedingung erfüllt: Lxsinα>3D, wobei L die Reaktorlänge
ist, α der Schwenkwinkel der Reaktorachse zum Horizont ist, und D der Innendurchmesser
des Reaktors ist.
11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Förderer einen vertikalen Zylinder enthält, der den Durchmesser kleiner als der
Durchmesser des Reaktors hat und mit seinem unteren Ende im oberen Teil des Reaktors
angeordnet ist.
1. Procédé de traitement de combustible condensé organique par gazification, le procédé
comprenant ce qu'on
alimente le combustible dans le réacteur cylindrique (1) par un moyen d'alimentation
(2), fournit un agent gasifiant comprenant de l'oxygène (A) dans le réacteur du côté
du réacteur où les solides résiduels du réacteur (R) s'accumulent ;
transporte le combustible le long de l'axe du réacteur ;
décharge les solides résiduels du réacteur, emporte les produits de séchage, de pyrolyse
et de combustion en tant que produit gasifié (G) du réacteur ainsi qu'on conduit la
gasification par chauffer succéssivement le combustible par le maintenat successivement
dans la zone de chauffage/séchage (5), zone de pyrolyse (6), zone de combustion (oxydation)
(7) et dans la zone de refroidissement (8) ;
on filtre le flux gaseux à travers une couche de combustible chargée par le faire
passer succéssivement la zone de refroidissement, la zone de combustion, la zone de
pyrrolyse et une zone de chauffage / séchage
charactérisé en ce qu'on stabilise le procédé de combustion dans la couche dense formée
par le combustible dans le réacteur (1) par rotation du réacteur autour un axe incliné
par rapport à l'horizon sous l'angle entre 40 et 65° C.
2. Le procédé selon la revendication 1 charactérisé en ce que l'angle d'inclinaison du
réacteur (1) par rapport à l'horizon est maintenu dans les limites entre 40 et 50°
C.
3. Le procédé selon la revendication 1 charactérisé en ce qu'un matériel solid non-combustible
est introduit dans le réacteur (1) en morceaux avec le combustible traité.
4. Le procédé selon la revendication 3 charactérisé en ce que le matériel solid non-combustible
est introduit dans le réacteur (1) a une densité differente de celle du combustible
traité.
5. Dispositif pour le traitement du combustible condensé selon l'une quelconque des revendications
1 à 4 comprenant un réacteur cylindrique (1), un moyen d'alimentation (2), orifice
d'évacuation du produit gasifié (G) dans la partie supérieure du réacteur de rotation
(1), un moyen de décharge (11), un moyen d'alimentation de l'agent gasifiant (A) dans
la partie inférieure du réacteur de rotation, transmission du réacteur de rotation,
des agents d'étanchement assurant l'étanchéité du flux gaseux dans le réacteur au
cours de rotation ;
le dispositif charactérisé par ce que le réacteur cylindrique est établi avec un angle
de son axe par rapport à l'horizon dans les limites entre 22 et 65° C, et le réacteur
peut se tourner autour de son axe et
le réacteur (1) comprend une zone de chauffage/séchage (5), zone de pyrolyse (6),
zone de combustion (oxydation) (7) et dans la zone de refroidissement (8).
6. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 charactérisé en ce que l'angle d'inclinaison
du réacteur par rapport à l'horizon est maintenu dans les limites entre 40 et 50°
C.
7. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 charactérisé en ce dans la partie inférieure
de la surface sylindrique du réacteur il y a deux ou plus orifices ayant une taille
linéaire ayant un diamètre de moins de la moitié du diamètre interne du réacteur.
8. Le dispositif selon la revendication 7 charactérisé en ce les orifices sur la surface
latérale du réacteur ont des appareils modifiant l'interstice des orifices par exemple
en tant que valves contrôlées.
9. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 charactérisé en ce dans la partie inférieure
de la surface sylindrique du réacteur il y a un cône avec une orifice placée sur l'axe
du réacteur ayant un diamètre de moins de la moitié du diamètre interne du réacteur.
10. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 charactérisé en ce la longeur du réacteur est
conforme à l'équation L * sinα > 3D, dans lequel L est la longeur du réacteur, α est
l'angle d'inclinaison de l'axe du réacteur par rapport à l'horizon et D est le diamètre
interne du réacteur.
11. Le dispositif selon la revendication 5 charactérisé en ce le moyen d'alimentation
comprend un cylindre vertical ayant un diamètre moins du diamètre du réacteur placé
par son bout inférieur au-dédains de la partie supérieure du réacteur.