Power plants – Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat – Process of power production or system operation
Patent
1995-06-07
1997-11-11
Kwon, John T.
Power plants
Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat
Process of power production or system operation
44280, 44281, 110238, F01K 1700
Patent
active
056851537
ABSTRACT:
A process for enhancing the fuel form, raising the energy content, and lowering the level of impurities of low rank coals and/or carbonaceous wastes, like Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), and sewage sludge, by providing the low rank fuel, carbonaceous waste, or mixtures thereof as a slurry in water of processable viscosity. This feed slurry is heated under pressure, usually in the presence of an alkali, to a temperature at which a significant physical and molecular rearrangement occurs, characterized by the splitting off of a substantial proportion of the oxygen bound in the low rank coal or carbonaceous waste as carbon dioxide. At these conditions, solid particles in the feed slurry lose much of their fibrous and hydrophilic character, and are broken up into smaller particles of char, resulting in a slurry of dramatically improved rheology, i.e., capable of a much higher solids concentration (or energy density) at processable viscosity. Simultaneously, cation and anion impurities, like sodium, potassium, chlorine, sulfur, nitrogen, toxic metals, and others, are significantly reduced in the resulting product char slurry fuel.
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Dickinson Norman L.
Klosky Michael K.
Murray Robert G.
EnerTech Environmental, Inc.
Kwon John T.
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