Apparatus for gasification of solid carbonaceous material

Claim 1

A pressurized gasification apparatus of the closed type utilizing a high temperature molten metal bath, which comprises: a gasification furnace of the closed type composed of a gasification chamber and a slag discharge chamber; said gasification chamber being of the closed type, being provided with a product gas recovery port and at least one top-blowing lance, and maintaining said high temperature molten metal bath, said slag discharge chamber being separated from said gasification chamber by a partition wall hung down from above and being in fluid communication with said gasification chamber, said partition wall allowing a molten slag on said high temperature molten metal bath in said gasification chamber to flow into said slag discharge chamber; a pressure controlling means for controlling the pressure of said slag discharge chamber so as to control the level of the molten slag in said slag discharge chamber, said pressure controlling means comprising a valving means composed of a pressurizing valve and a reducing valve for pressure control of said slag discharge chamber, a pressure measuring means for said slag discharge chamber and said gasification chamber, a means for detecting the difference in pressure between said two chambers, and a means for controlling the pressure of said slag discharge chamber; a means for discharging the molten slag from said slag discharge chamber when the level of the molten slag in said slag discharge chamber reaches a predetermined height; and a slag collecting chamber of the closed type which separates and collects the slag discharged out of said slag discharge chamber, said slag collecting chamber being in fluid communication with said slag discharge chamber so that the molten slag in said slag discharge chamber may flow into said slag collecting chamber.