The invention relates to a gaseous fuel composite, a device for producing the gaseous fuel composite, and subcomponents used as part of the device for producing the gaseous fuel composite, and more specifically, to a gaseous composite made of a gas fuel such as natural gas and its oxidant such as air for burning as part of different systems such as fuel burners, combustion chambers, and the like. The device includes several vortex generators each with a curved aerodynamic channel amplifier to create a stream of air to aerate the gas as successive stages using both upward and rotational kinetic energy. Further, a vortex generator may have an axial channel with a conical shape or use different curved channel amplifiers to further create the gaseous fuel composite.

A burner suitable for the over stoichiometric combustion of a hydrocarbon source, comprising a nozzle (2) for the formation of a diffusion flame outside the burner, and said nozzle (2) comprising one (20) or more (21, 22) tubular bodies which define a channel (25) or a plurality of coaxial channels (23, 24) for respective reactant streams, wherein the or each of the tubular bodies forming said nozzle (2) are made of a technical ceramic material.

A residue stream comprising liquid hydrocarbons and metal-rich solid particles is reacted with an oxidant stream in a gasifier to produce a syngas stream that is quenched in a water bath. The risk of plugging in the water lines is reduced by removing solids from the recycled water streams. Acid gases are stripped from at least a portion of the recycled water to reduce the risk of precipitates forming from the reaction of dissolved acid gases with metal ions.

A process and related reactor (1) for oxidation of a hydrocarbon feedstock are disclosed, the reactor (1) comprising a vessel (3) and a neck (5) with an axial burner (6) and a tangential gas inlet (2), wherein the neck (5) has a swirling chamber (10) located below said burner (6) and connected to said gas inlet (2), to produce a gas vortex (V) which optimizes the mixing between the gas stream (G) and the oxidizer in said neck (5). Preferably the swirling chamber (10) has an internal surface (12) with a log-spiral profile.

For producing synthesis gas by autothermal reformation of gaseous, liquid and/or solid fuels, the fuel is reacted with an oxidizing agent in a reaction space at a pressure of 10 to 120 bar and a reaction space temperature of 800 to 2,000 C. to obtain synthesis gas, wherein the oxidizing agent is introduced centrally in the upper region of the reaction space and wherein a flame is formed in the reaction space. The oxidizing agent is introduced into the reaction space separate from the fuel.

The invention relates to an oxidation reactor for partial oxidation of a feed stream with an oxygen-containing oxidant stream to give a hydrogen-containing product stream. This partial oxidation may be conducted as a noncatalytic partial oxidation (POX) or as an autothermal reforming (ATR). Useful feed streams here include hydrocarbonaceous streams, but also ammonia-containing streams. According to the invention, the inlet region of the oxidation reactor is configured as a combination of a dome-shaped region with a (frusto) conical region, where the (frusto) conical inlet region merges into the cylindrical section of the oxidation reactor.

The invention relates to an oxidation reactor for partial oxidation of a feed stream with an oxygen-containing oxidant stream to give a hydrogen-containing product stream. This partial oxidation may be conducted as a noncatalytic partial oxidation (POX) or as an autothermal reforming (ATR). Useful feed streams here include hydrocarbonaceous streams, but also ammonia-containing streams. According to the invention, the oxidation reactor is equipped with multiple cooling zones surrounding the reactor shell. As a result, operation of the oxidation reactor can continue if, for example, merely an inspection or repair at a particular point in the reactor shell is required. Operation of the oxidation reactor can continue over the duration of the inspection or repair measures, such that production shutdowns are avoided.

A process of partial oxidation is performed in a reactor which includes a reaction chamber and a burner assembly, wherein: the burner assembly has a single oxidant nozzle located within an fuel channel, said oxidant nozzle comprises a nozzle pipe and a nozzle outlet, the nozzle pipe and the fuel channel are arranged to produce a diffusion flame, the nozzle outlet has a shape with two or more elongate lobes projecting from a center of the nozzle pipe.

A PFA removal system includes a torch reaction zone and an organic compound stream, the organic compound stream injected into the torch reaction zone. The PFA removal system also includes a hydrogen stream, the hydrogen stream injected into the torch reaction zone and an oxygen stream, the oxygen stream injected into the torch reaction zone. In addition, the PFA removal system includes a hot waste stream injected into the torch reaction zone and a flue gas stream, the flue gas stream discharged from the torch reaction zone.

The invention relates to the unique operation of a partial oxidation (POx) system by enabling simultaneous injection of feeds with widely varying properties, including simultaneous injection of gas, liquid and solid feedstocks to the hot oxygen burner.