Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid
Patent
1979-01-31
1981-10-20
Casaregola, Louis J.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
60 3912, 423415A, F02B 4308
Patent
active
042953316
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an economical continuous process for the production of energy from solid hydrocarbon fuels comprising conveying a solid hydrocarbon fuel through a reactor substantially filled with CO.sub.2 and raising the temperature within the reactor to at least about 400.degree. C. whereby in the substantial absence of air the solid hydrocarbon fuel reacts endothermically with CO.sub.2 to form CO, conveying the relatively light CO and other accompanying and formed gases from the top of said reactor to a combustion chamber for exothermic reaction of the CO gas with O.sub.2 to form CO.sub.2 and to generate both heat and gas pressure energy and recycling at least a portion of the gases exiting from said combustion chamber to a reactor for further reaction with solid hydrocarbon fuel. The invention thus provides an economical process for conversion of steam driven electric generating stations as well as other gas turbine and/or gas or liquid fuel powered engines to the use of solid hydrocarbon fuels, such as, coal, shale or peat.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2386336 (1945-10-01), Mosshart
patent: 3916617 (1975-11-01), McKenzie et al.
Casaregola Louis J.
Rosen Lawrence
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