Two stage slagging gasifier

Claim 1

In a two stage coal gasifier having an elongated gasifier chamber through which gas is made to flow, said elongated gasifier chamber being defined by a plurality of elongated members interconnected so as to extend in parallel relation one to another, said elongated gasifier chamber having an opening formed adjacent one end thereof through which the gas after flowing through said elongated gasifier chamber exits from the two stage coal gasifier and having a centrally located slag tap opening formed at the other end thereof through which the slag formed in the two stage coal gasifier exits therefrom, combustor fuel injection means located at a first elevation within said elongated gasifier chamber operative for injecting carbonaceous material therewithin, reductor fuel injection means located at a second elevation within said elongated gasifier chamber operative for injecting carbonaceous material therewithin, the improvement comprising baffle means mounted within said elongated gasifier chamber at a third elevation located between said combustor fuel injection means and said reductor fuel injection means, said baffle means being operative to divide said elongated gasifier chamber into a combustor section and a reductor section, said combustor section extending between said baffle means and said centrally located slag tap opening, said reductor section extending between said baffle means and said opening through which gas exits from the two stage coal gasifier, said baffle means being operative to block off greater than fifty percent of the plan area of said elongated gasifier chamber so as to thereby block radiation from occurring from said combustor section to said reductor section as well as to thereby minimize the possibility of the gas in said reductor section backmixing with the gas in said combustor section, said baffle means having a plan area substantially larger than the plan area of said centrally located slag tap opening so as to thereby cause the slag dropping past said baffle means to fall at a location remote from the location of said centrally located slag tap opening, said baffle means including a plurality of water cooled tubes arranged so as to embody the shape of an inverted Vee with the point of the Vee projecting towards said reductor section, said plurality of water cooled tubes having refractory material secured thereto on the outer surfaces thereof, said baffle means further including first means connected in fluid flow relation to said plurality of water cooled tubes for conveying water thereto and second means connected in fluid flow relation to said plurality of water cooled tubes for conveying water therefrom.