An object is to prevent blockage of a slag hole with char and slag, enabling stable operation of a gasification furnace. In a configuration in which a heat exchanger (20) is provided above a coal gasification portion (10), the diameters (D1, D3) of the slag hole (16) and the throat portion (17) are set to three times or more the pitch (ST) of rows of heat exchange tubes (21). By doing so, blockage of the slag hole (16) or the throat portion (17) with char and a sintered material (50) falling from the heat exchanger (20) is prevented, enabling stable operation of a coal gasification furnace (101).

There is provided coal gasification unit including: a coal gasifier; a char recovery unit; flare equipment; an air flow rate adjustment valve and an oxygen supply flow passage that supply oxygen-containing gas to the coal gasifier; an inert gas supply flow passage that supplies nitrogen gas to an upstream side of the char recovery unit; and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas and a supply amount of the nitrogen gas, in which the coal gasifier has a starting burner, and in which the control unit controls the supply amount of the nitrogen gas prior to starting combustion of starting fuel by the starting burner so that an oxygen concentration of mixed gas in which combustion gas generated by combustion of the oxygen-containing gas and the starting fuel has been mixed with the nitrogen gas becomes not more than an ignition concentration.

A system includes a syngas cooler configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a vessel with a head portion and a first opening and a first pipe that extends through the first opening. The first pipe is configured to convey a heated fluid out of the vessel. A first flanged connection is disposed about the first opening, wherein the first pipe extends through the first flanged connection and is coupled to the flanged connection.

A system includes a syngas cooler configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a vessel with a head portion and a first opening and a first pipe that extends through the first opening. The first pipe is configured to convey a heated fluid out of the vessel. A first flanged connection is disposed about the first opening, wherein the first pipe extends through the first flanged connection and is coupled to the flanged connection.

Novel redox based systems for fuel and chemical production with in- situ CO.sub.2 capture are provided. A redox system using one or more chemical intermediates is utilized in conjunction with liquid fuel generation via indirect Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, direct hydro genation, or pyrolysis. The redox system is used to generate a hydrogen rich stream and/or CO.sub.2 and/or heat for liquid fuel and chemical production. A portion of the byproduct fuels and/or steam from liquid fuel and chemical synthesis is used as part of the feedstock for the redox system.

A system for cogenerating gas-steam based on gasification and methanation of biomass, the system including a gasification unit, a shift unit, a purification unit, a methanation unit, and a methane concentration unit. A waste heat boiler is provided in an upper part of a gasifier of the gasification unit. The methanation unit includes a first primary methanation reactor, a second primary methanation reactor, a first secondary methanation reactor, and a second secondary methanation reactor connected in series. An outlet of the second primary methanation reactor is provided with two bypasses, one of which is connected to an inlet of the first primary methanation reactor, the other of which is connected to the first secondary methanation reactor. The second secondary methanation reactor is connected to the methane concentration unit.

A system for cogenerating gas-steam based on gasification and methanation of biomass, the system including a gasification unit, a shift unit, a purification unit, a methanation unit, and a methane concentration unit. A waste heat boiler is provided in an upper part of a gasifier of the gasification unit. The methanation unit includes a first primary methanation reactor, a second primary methanation reactor, a first secondary methanation reactor, and a second secondary methanation reactor connected in series. An outlet of the second primary methanation reactor is provided with two bypasses, one of which is connected to an inlet of the first primary methanation reactor, the other of which is connected to the first secondary methanation reactor. The second secondary methanation reactor is connected to the methane concentration unit.

The present application provides a reactor for: converting feedstock material into gases; or disassociating or reforming a chemical compound; and/a mixture to its constituent elements; and/to other chemical forms, and; finally a heating device. The reactor comprises a heating device for discharging an ionized gas into the reactor, a feedstock feeder for injecting the feedstock material into the reactor, and a shell forming a chamber that encloses a portion of the heating device and a portion of the feedstock feeder. The application also provides a method for converting hydrocarbon material into synthetic gases. The method comprises: providing the hydrocarbon material to a burner inserted into a reactor, a second step of supplying ionized gases into the reactor, and a third step of subjecting the burner to a flame of the ionized gases such that molecules of the hydrocarbon material are dissociated to forming synthetic gas.

Disclosed is a biomass gasification and waste incineration integrated furnace, which relates to the technical field of biomass gasification and waste incineration, and includes a waste incineration furnace chamber and a biomass gasification furnace chamber. A mutual contact region exists between the waste incineration furnace chamber and the biomass gasification furnace chamber, and heat transfer can be realized between the waste incineration furnace chamber and the biomass gasification furnace chamber. Heat generated by the waste incineration furnace chamber is used for conduction to the biomass gasification furnace chamber, and excess heat generated by the waste incineration can be supplied to the biomass gasification furnace chamber for reactions therein, thereby reducing the heat additionally used by the biomass gasification furnace chamber and saving energy consumption.

Disclosed is a biomass gasification and waste incineration integrated furnace, which relates to the technical field of biomass gasification and waste incineration, and includes a waste incineration furnace chamber and a biomass gasification furnace chamber. A mutual contact region exists between the waste incineration furnace chamber and the biomass gasification furnace chamber, and heat transfer can be realized between the waste incineration furnace chamber and the biomass gasification furnace chamber. Heat generated by the waste incineration furnace chamber is used for conduction to the biomass gasification furnace chamber, and excess heat generated by the waste incineration can be supplied to the biomass gasification furnace chamber for reactions therein, thereby reducing the heat additionally used by the biomass gasification furnace chamber and saving energy consumption.