Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing and cooling a hot gaseous stream exiting a gasification reactor vessel at temperatures in excess of 1300° C. where the gas will come into contact with a corrosive aqueous liquid, including methods and apparatus for cooling the gaseous stream prior to quenching the gaseous stream as well as methods and apparatus for providing vessel construction able to provide for the contact of a hot gaseous stream at temperatures in excess of 1100° C. with a corrosive aqueous liquid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 2, 2003
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies Inc.
Inventors:
Connie M. Galloway, Kenneth W. Mall, Dennis W. Jewell, William M. Eckert, Leopoldo L. Salinas, III, Ed E. Timm