Operation of a Powdered-Coal Gasifier at Louisiana, Mo. - 1954
Dressler, R. G.1/
H. R. Batchelder2/
R. F. Tenney3/
L. P. Wenzell, Jr.4/
L. L. Hirst5/
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Summary and conclusions | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Acknowledgments | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Introduction | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Description of equipment | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Operations | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Initial heating | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Preliminary tests | 6 | |||||||||||||||
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Initial operations | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Study of process variables | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Ratio of oxygen to coal | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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Method of adding steam | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Coal mesh size | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Length of burner nozzles | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Ratio of steam to coal | 15 | |||||||||||||||
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Data and calculations for a typical run | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Extended gasification run 43 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
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Miscellaneous auxiliary studies | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Gasifier heat losses | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Heat losses to water-cooled elements | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Heat losses from shell | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Heat radiation losses to water-cooled elements | 27 | |||||||||||||||
Inspection
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| North cone | 28 | |||||||||||||||
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Cylindrical section | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Ash legs | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| South cone | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| Slag and ash | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| Appendix A | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| Tabulated data | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| Appendix B | 34 | |||||||||||||||
| Purpose of runs and alterations of operating conditions | 34 | |||||||||||||||
1/ Formerly chief, Gas Synthesis Demonstration Plant, Synthetic Fuels Demonstration Plant, Fuels Technology Division, Bureau of Mines, Louisiana, Mo.; now with Atlas Powder Co, Wilmington, Del.
2/ Formerly chemical engineer, Synthetic Fuels Demonstration Plant, Fuels Technology Division, Bureau of Mines, Louisiana, Mo.; now at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio.
3/ Formerly chemical engineer, Synthetic Fuels Demonstration Plant, Fuels Technology Division, Bureau of Mines, Louisiana, Mo.; now chemical engineer, Anthracite Research Laboratory, Anthracite Subregion, Bureau of Mines, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
4/ Formerly chemical engineer, Synthetic Fuels Demonstration Plant, Fuels Technology Division, Bureau of Mines, Louisiana, Mo.; now with Celanese Corp. of America, New York, N. Y.
5/ Formerly chief, Synthetic Fuels Demonstration Plant, Fuels Technology Division, Bureau of Mines, Louisiana, Mo.; now chief, Synthesis Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. Va.