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US5213587A
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Refining of raw gas
Assignee: Studsvik AB
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Filing: 1992-05-04
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Granted: 1993-05-25
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Expires: 2012-05-04
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a process for the refining of a raw gas produced from a carbonaceous material by means of a gasification process, refining taking place in a secondary stage separated from the gasifier. In order to reduce the gas contents of tar in the form of organic compounds condensible at lower temperatures, such as ambient temperatures, and of ammonia, the refining is carried out in a secondary stage being a fast circulating fluidized bed, the bed material of which at least mainly being an active material in the form of a material that is catalytic for tar and ammonia conversion, whereby a catalytic conversion of tar and ammonia contained in the raw gas is obtained. In order to decrease the content of hydrogen chloride in the gas, an active material that also can absorb chloride is used. Fresh catalytic and absorbing material is supplied in an amount sufficient to have the hydrogen chloride present in the raw gas absorbed on the material, a corresponding amount of the material containing absorbed chloride being discharged from the secondary stage.
Inventors
- 👤 Clas Ekstrom
- 👤 Bengt-Goran Espenas
- 👤 Waclaw Kowalic
- 👤 Erik Rensfelt
- 👤 Lars Waldheim
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-29 08:00
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10K; C10K1/00; C10K1/20; C10J; C10J3/00; C10J3/46; C10J3/48; C10J3/482; C10J3/72; C10J3/80; C10J3/82; C10J3/84; C10K1/002; C10K1/003; C10K1/02; C10K1/024; C10K1/026; C10K1/08; C10K1/10; C10K3/00; C10K3/02; C10K3/023; C10J2300/00; C10J2300/09; C10J2300/0983; C10J2300/0986; C10J2300/0996; C10J2300/18; C10J2300/1807; C10J2300/1861; C10J2300/1884
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
204 words
In a process for the refining of a raw gas produced from a carbonaceous material by means of gasification, the raw gas containing tar and ammonia as impurities, the improvement comprising: (a) contacting the raw gas in a secondary stage separate from the gasification, the secondary stage comprising a fast circulating fluidized bed containing active material which acts as a catalyst for conversion of tar and ammonia in said raw gas; (b) maintaining the average suspension density of the catalytic material in said fluidized bed at a level between about 80 and about 250 kg/m 3 ; (c) converting said tar and ammonia in said raw gas by catalytic reaction in said fluidized bed to thereby result in a refined gas having a tar concentration of less than about 500 mg/Nm 3 and an ammonia concentration of less than about 300 mg/Nm 3 , said tar being converted by catalytic cracking, wherein the catalytic material is selected from the group consisting of magnesium-calcium carbonate, calcined magnesium-calcium carbonate, and mixtures thereof; and the operating temperature of the secondary stage is maintained at between about 600° C. and about 1000° C.; and (d) separating the refined gas from the active material by means of particle separation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
204 words
In a process for the refining of a raw gas produced from a carbonaceous material by means of gasification, the raw gas containing tar and ammonia as impurities, the improvement comprising: (a) contacting the raw gas in a secondary stage separate from the gasification, the secondary stage comprising a fast circulating fluidized bed containing active material which acts as a catalyst for conversion of tar and ammonia in said raw gas; (b) maintaining the average suspension density of the catalytic material in said fluidized bed at a level between about 80 and about 250 kg/m 3 ; (c) converting said tar and ammonia in said raw gas by catalytic reaction in said fluidized bed to thereby result in a refined gas having a tar concentration of less than about 500 mg/Nm 3 and an ammonia concentration of less than about 300 mg/Nm 3 , said tar being converted by catalytic cracking, wherein the catalytic material is selected from the group consisting of magnesium-calcium carbonate, calcined magnesium-calcium carbonate, and mixtures thereof; and the operating temperature of the secondary stage is maintained at between about 600° C. and about 1000° C.; and (d) separating the refined gas from the active material by means of particle separation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
A process according to claim 1, including the step of monitoring and adjusting reaction parameters to maintain the concentrations of tar and ammonia in said refined gas at the levels recited in step (c), said reaction parameters including the particle size and quantity of active material in said fluidized bed, the operating temperature and the residence time of the raw gas in the fluidized bed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said raw gas includes hydrogen chloride as an impurity and said active material is a chloride absorbing material, and wherein said process includes the steps of absorbing chloride on said absorbing material and discharging the active material containing said absorbed chloride from the secondary stage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the operating temperature of the secondary stage is maintained at between about 850° C. and about 950° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1, including the step of controlling the operating temperature of the secondary stage by addition of oxygen containing gas to the fluidized bed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said magnesium-calcium carbonate comprises dolomite.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said active material becomes deactivated during said refining, and wherein said process includes the step of discharging deactivated active material from said secondary stage and replacing the discharged deactivated material with an equivalent amount of active material selected from one or both fresh and activated catalytic material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 7, wherein the deactivated material discharged from the secondary stage is activated by treatment with an oxidizing gas in a separate oxidizing stage and said activated material is recycled to the secondary stage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the oxidizing gas is selected from the group consisting of an oxygen containing gas, steam and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said active material becomes deactivated during said refining and wherein said process includes the steps of discharging the deactivated material from the fluidized bed, activating it by treatment with an oxidizing gas, and recycling the activated material via a recirculation system.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the activation takes place at an operating temperature of from about 600° C. to about 1000° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the activation takes place at an operating temperature of from about 750° C. to about 900° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the operating temperature of the activation is controlled by addition of a gas-containing oxygen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
A process according to claim 3, wherein a portion of the active material remains with the refined gas after the particle separation step (d), the hydrogen chloride content of the refined gas being lowered further by means of absorption on the remaining active material, and wherein the process includes the steps of lowering the temperature of the refined gas and subjecting the refined gas to additional particle separation for removal of the remaining active material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
114 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the gasification comprises a fast circulating fluidized bed including a particle separator and utilizes active material of a type similar to that of the secondary stage, wherein the raw gas feed to the secondary stage comprises the output from the particle separator of the gasification, and wherein said process includes the step of recycling at least part of the active material separated in the particle separation of the secondary stage to the lower part of the fluidized bed of the gasification, thereby at least partly replacing active material lost through entrainment with the raw gas, through discharge from the bottom of the gasification fluidized bed, or both.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the raw gas is supplied to the secondary stage directly from the gasifier without any intermediate dust removal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claim 16, wherein the gasifier comprises a fast circulating fluidized bed, characterized in that the raw gas is supplied to the secondary stage directly from the primary separator of the gasifier without any additional dust separation.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the fluidizing gas of the secondary stage comprises the raw gas and an oxidizing gas.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
A process according to claim 18, characterized in that oxidizing gas which does not constitute a fluidizing gas, is added to the reactor of the secondary stage at one or several levels above the fluidizing gas supply.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized by chosing the total amount of active material present in the secondary stage and controlling the recirculation flow of bed material for providing a suspension density of the circulating fast fluidized bed such that the desirable contact between the passing gas and the active material, for the catalytic conversion, is accomplished.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the gas velocity in the secondary stage calculated on an empty reactor shaft, is maintained below 10 m/s.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the particle size of the catalytic and absorbing material is smaller than 2 mm.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the residence time of the gas calculated on an empty reactor shaft, is kept within the interval of 0.2-20 s.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 3, characterized in that the operating temperature of the secondary stage is controlled by added amounts of oxygen containing gas.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the operating temperature of the secondary stage is controlled by added amounts of oxygen containing gas.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 3, characterized in that the operating temperature of the secondary stage is controlled by added amounts of oxygen containing gas.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 10, characterized in that the activation takes place at an operating temperature within the interval of 600°-1000° C.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 10, characterized in that the operating temperature of the activation is controlled by means of added amounts of gas containing oxygen.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 11, characterized in that the operating temperature of the activation is controlled by means of added amounts of gas containing oxygen.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 27, characterized in that the operating temperature of the activation is controlled by means of added amounts of gas containing oxygen.
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