Gas: heating and illuminating – Processes – Fuel mixtures
Patent
1996-04-08
1998-01-27
McMahon, Timothy
Gas: heating and illuminating
Processes
Fuel mixtures
48DIG4, 16510417, 16510421, 422198, F28D 2002
Patent
active
057117713
ABSTRACT:
A latent heat-ballasted gasifier suitable for converting biomass, coal, or low-quality fuels into a producer gas. Latent heat is stored in the reactor in ballasts containing a metal alloy with a melting point approximate the pyrolysis temperatures of the fuel. A fluidized bed reactor is used to enhance heat transfer between the latent heat material and the fuel. The latent heat-ballasts allows the reactor to be operated in a quasi-steady mode rather than a batch operation employed in the prior designs.
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Iowa State University & Research Foundation, Inc.
McMahon Timothy
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