WO2011129302A1

WO2011129302A1 - Coal gasification furnace

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Publication number: WO2011129302A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/059020
Authority: WO
Inventors: 小菅　克志; 泰樹並木; 眞須美糸永; 良之幸; 卓武田; 小水流　広行; 矢部　英昭
Original assignee: 新日鉄エンジニアリング株式会社
Priority date: 2010-04-16
Filing date: 2011-04-11
Publication date: 2011-10-20
Also published as: AU2011241999B2; JP5552157B2; CN104479748A; AU2011241999A1; CN104479748B; JPWO2011129302A1; CN102892870A

Abstract

Disclosed is a coal gasification furnace comprising: a reaction vessel (12) formed in a cylindrical shape extending upwards, equipped with an outlet at the upper end thereof; and a plurality of cylindrical burner units (17) disposed on a reference plane (P1) parallel to a horizontal plane and lower than the outlet, and in a circumferential direction with gaps left therebetween on an inside surface of the reaction vessel, which supply coal and an oxidising agent to the inside of the reaction vessel; and coal is burned inside the reaction vessel to produce at least hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas. When seen from above, the axes (C1) of the burners are oriented in the same direction as and touch an imaginary circle centred on a central axis with a diameter less than the inside diameter of the reaction vessel, where the axes are parallel to a horizontal plane or where the tips of the burner units are oriented downwards.

Description

Coal gasifier

The present invention relates to a coal gasification furnace that produces combustible gas by gasifying coal with an oxidizing agent such as oxygen gas or water vapor.
This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-095496 filed in Japan on Apr. 16, 2010, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Conventionally, as a gasification furnace (coal gasification furnace) for producing a combustible gas from pulverized coal or the like, for example, the one shown in Patent Document 1 is known. In this gasification furnace, four combustor burners are arranged at equal distances on a circumference in a predetermined plane in a pressure vessel (reaction vessel) in a plan view. The two sets of combustor burners arranged at symmetrical positions across the central axis of the circumference are arranged so as to face each other.

The combustor burner consists of a light oil burner for gasifier start-up provided in the center, and an air nozzle, char nozzle, fuel coal nozzle, and secondary air nozzle arranged concentrically with the light oil burner from the inside to the outside. It is configured.
Air, char (ungasified coal residue or pyrolysis residue), and fuel coal are swung in their respective nozzles, then ignited by a light oil burner and injected into a pressure vessel.

Japanese Patent No. 3595404

However, in the gasification furnace shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when gas or the like that swirls and flows from each combustor burner is injected, the combustor burners are arranged at positions facing each other, and thus are injected from the combustor burner. There is a problem that gases and the like collide with each other and the flow of the gas and the like in the gasifier is not stable. The inner peripheral surface of the gasifier is exposed to a high-temperature environment by partial oxidation of coal (hereinafter referred to as “gasification”), but a slag of a certain thickness is stable on the inner peripheral surface of the gasifier. If it does not adhere, heat loss will increase, leading to performance degradation, and this inner peripheral surface may be damaged by heat.
Furthermore, gas generated by gasification rises in the gasification furnace, but if the flow of gas in the gasification furnace rises unevenly, carbon (char) in the coal is sufficiently gasified. Before it reacts, it may flow out of the gasifier and the reaction rate (conversion rate of carbon in coal to gas) may decrease.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and can sufficiently react coal in a compact reaction vessel and can stably attach slag to the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel. The object is to provide a highly efficient coal gasifier.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The coal gasifier of the present invention is
A reaction vessel formed in a cylindrical shape extending upward and provided with a discharge port on the upper end side;
A plurality of a plurality of flat plates are provided on a reference plane that is parallel to a horizontal plane and located below the discharge port and spaced circumferentially on the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel, and supplies coal and an oxidant into the reaction vessel. A cylindrical burner, and
In a coal gasification furnace for producing at least hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas by gasifying the coal in the reaction vessel,
When viewed from above, each of the burner parts has its own axis smaller than the inner diameter of the reaction vessel and is in contact with a virtual circle centered on the center axis in the same direction, and its own axis is parallel to the horizontal plane. Alternatively, it is arranged so as to be directed downward toward the tip of the burner portion.
That is, in the present invention, a coal gasification furnace that produces at least hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas by gasifying coal in a reaction vessel,
A reaction vessel formed in a cylindrical shape extending upward;
An outlet provided on the upper end side of the reaction vessel;
A plurality of cylindrical burner portions for supplying coal and oxidant into the reaction vessel;
The plurality of burner portions are provided on a reference plane parallel to a horizontal plane located below the discharge port, with an interval in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel,
When viewed from above the reaction vessel, each burner portion has an axis line in contact with a virtual circle having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the reaction vessel centered on the central axis line of the reaction vessel, in the same direction. Place the part,
The burner portion is arranged such that an axis of the burner portion is parallel to a horizontal plane or is directed downward toward the tip of the burner portion.

According to this invention, when coal and an oxidizing agent are supplied into a reaction vessel having a cylindrical burner portion, a flow of fluid swirling around the central axis of the reaction vessel can be generated. For this reason, the flow of the fluid in the vicinity of the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel is stable at any position in the circumferential direction, and molten slag generated by gasification of coal adheres to the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel. The thickness can be made substantially uniform.
Moreover, the burner part is arrange | positioned so that an own axis line may go to the downward direction, so that it may go in parallel with a horizontal surface, or the tip of a burner part. The coal is expanded by gasification, and the coal that is going to rise while swirling in the reaction vessel is made to flow horizontally or downward once from the burner section, thereby increasing the time for the coal to flow through the reaction vessel and from the discharge port. The gas can be sufficiently gasified in the reaction vessel before being discharged.

Moreover, in the above coal gasification furnace, it is more preferable that the burner portions are arranged at regular intervals around the central axis of the reaction vessel.
According to the present invention, the flow of fluid containing coal and oxidant supplied from the burner section and gas generated by combustion of coal in the reaction vessel can be further stabilized.

In the above coal gasification furnace, the ratio of the diameter of the virtual circle to the inner diameter of the reaction vessel is more preferably set to 1/10 or more and 1/3 or less.
According to this invention, by setting the ratio of the diameter of the virtual circle to the inner diameter of the reaction vessel (hereinafter also referred to as “diameter ratio”) to 1/3 or less, the velocity gradient of the fluid on the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel can be obtained. It is made small and it is suppressed that the slag adhering to the internal peripheral surface of reaction container peels from an internal peripheral surface. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel from being exposed to a high temperature, thereby reducing the performance due to an increase in heat loss and damaging the inner peripheral surface.
Further, by setting the diameter ratio to 1/10 or more, coal and oxidant supplied from the burner portion are prevented from colliding with each other from the front, and the flow swirling around the central axis of the reaction vessel is ensured. As a result, the gasification reaction time can be lengthened and the reaction rate can be improved.

In the above coal gasification furnace, mass flow rates of the coal and the oxidant supplied from the burner portions into the reaction vessel are m1 (kg / s) and m2 (kg / s), respectively. When the flow rates of the coal and the oxidizer in the burner part are V1 (m / s) and V2 (m / s), the average flow rate Va (m / s) according to the equation (1) is 10 (m / S) and more preferably 50 (m / s) or less.
Va = (m1 × V1 + m2 × V2) / (m1 + m2) (1)
According to this invention, by setting the average flow velocity Va to 50 (m / s) or less, it is possible to suppress the slag adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel from being peeled off from the inner peripheral surface and to be transmitted from the reaction vessel to the outside. Heat loss can be reduced. Moreover, coal can be stably conveyed with an oxidizing agent in a burner part because average flow velocity Va shall be 10 (m / s) or more.

In the above coal gasification furnace, the angle of the axis of each burner part with respect to the horizontal plane is more preferably set to 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less.
According to the present invention, by setting the angle to 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less, the coal particles blown from the burner part can exist in the high-temperature field near the burner part for a long time. It is promoted and the reaction rate can be increased.

Further, in the above coal gasification furnace, a char burner is arranged in the same manner as the burner portion on the second reference plane parallel to the reference plane and immediately above the burner portion in the reaction vessel. More preferably.
According to this invention, the char gasification reaction rate of carbon in coal is 99% or more by recycling the char recovered unreacted by the char burner of the reaction vessel to the coal gasification furnace to cause the gasification reaction. can do.

According to the coal gasification furnace of the present invention, coal can be sufficiently reacted in a compact reaction vessel, and slag can be stably adhered to the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel.

It is a block diagram of the coal gasification synthesis gas manufacturing system using the coal gasification furnace of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part of the coal gasifier. FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view taken along a cutting line AA in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity distribution in the reference plane in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the heat loss ratio with respect to the diameter ratio in the partial oxidation part of the coal gasification furnace, and the reaction rate ratio. It is a figure which shows the relationship of the heat loss ratio with respect to the average flow velocity of coal and an oxidizing agent in the coal gasifier.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a coal gasifier according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. A coal gasification furnace is an apparatus that is used by being incorporated in a part of a coal gasification system, and that produces at least hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas by burning coal inside.
As shown in FIG. 1, the coal gasification synthesis gas production system 1 is a plant facility that produces synthesis gas mainly composed of hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas using coal as a raw material. By supplying this product synthesis gas as a raw material for chemical synthesis equipment, methane, methanol, ammonia and the like can be finally produced.
A coal gasification synthesis gas production system 1 includes a coal pulverization / drying facility 2, a coal supply facility 3, a coal gasification furnace 4 of the present embodiment, a heat recovery facility 5, a char recovery facility 6, and a shift reaction facility. 7, a gas purification facility 8, and an air separation facility 9.

In general, the outer diameter of coal is not uniform, and depending on the type, coal may contain more water than desired. Therefore, first, in the coal pulverization / drying facility 2, the coal is pulverized so as to become pulverized coal having an average particle size of about 30 to 60 (μm) and about 75% of 200 mesh or less, and further has a predetermined moisture content, preferably Is dried so that the total water content is 10% or less, and then supplied to the coal supply facility 3. In addition, from the coal pulverization / drying facility 2 to the coal gasification furnace 4, the coal moves in a sealed space so that the moisture content in the dried coal does not change.
Subsequently, in order to supply the coal into the coal gasification furnace 4, the coal is pressurized to a predetermined pressure by a carrier gas or the like in the coal supply facility 3, and then a predetermined weight is supplied to the coal gasification furnace 4 by airflow conveyance. A fixed amount is supplied. The operating pressure of the coal gasification furnace is not particularly limited, but is preferably 2 MPaG or more and 5 MPaG or less from the viewpoint of improving reaction efficiency by reducing the gasification furnace, reducing facility costs, and utility costs.
On the other hand, the air separation facility 9 compresses and liquefies air, and separates dried oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, and the like from the liquid air due to a difference in boiling point. The oxygen gas separated by the air separation facility 9 is supplied to the coal gasification furnace 4 at a predetermined flow rate.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coal gasification furnace 4 has at least a partial oxidation part (reaction vessel) 12 in an upper part D 1, and a preheating part 15 is provided in a lower part D 2 of the partial oxidation part 12. The partial oxidation unit 12 and the preheating unit 15 communicate with each other in the vertical direction D.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the partial oxidation portion 12 is formed in a cylindrical shape extending in the vertical direction D with a heat-resistant refractory or the like, and on the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 along the axis C 1. Eight burner portions 17a to 17h formed in a cylindrical shape are provided (hereinafter, when these burner portions 17a to 17h are not particularly distinguished, they are collectively referred to as “burner portion 17”. .)
Note that the number of burner portions 17 provided in the partial oxidation unit 12 is not limited and may be any number as long as it is two or more. However, as the size of the partial oxidation portion 12 increases, it is preferable to increase the number to provide even groups such as 4, 6, 8,... .
The eight burner portions 17 are provided on a reference plane P1 parallel to the horizontal plane, and are arranged at equal intervals around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation portion 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the burner portion 17 has the same direction as the virtual circle E centered on the central axis C2 with the axis C1 of the burner portion 17 smaller than the inner diameter R1 of the partial oxidation portion 12 when viewed from above D1. It arrange | positions so that F1 circumference may be touched. Here, contacting around the same direction F1 means that the axis C1 contacts the virtual circle E around the direction F1 when the axis C1 of each burner portion 17 is assumed to extend from the tip of the burner portion 17. means. In addition, the axis C1 of each burner part 17 may be arrange | positioned so that the virtual circle E may contact | connect around the direction F2 which is the direction opposite to the direction F1.
The diameter ratio, which is the ratio of the virtual circle diameter R2 to the internal diameter R1 of the partial oxidation portion 12 (the virtual circle diameter R2 / the internal diameter R1 of the reaction vessel), is set to be 1/10 or more and 1/3 or less. ing. The diameter ratio is more preferably 1/5 or more and 3/10 or less.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, the angle θ of the axis C1 of the burner portion 17 with respect to the horizontal plane is set to be 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less.
That is, it is preferable that the tip of the burner part 17 is inclined at 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less, more preferably 0 ° or more and 2 ° or less, with respect to the horizontal plane toward the lower side of the partial oxidation part 12.

The finely pulverized coal pulverized and dried in the coal pulverization / drying facility 2 is supplied by the coal supply unit 20 to each burner unit 17 at a predetermined flow rate. The oxygen gas separated by the air separation equipment 9 and the water vapor supplied by the heat recovery equipment 5 as will be described later are supplied to each burner section 17 by the oxidant supply section 21 so as to have a predetermined flow rate.
More specifically, the mass flow rates of coal and oxidant (oxygen gas and water vapor) supplied from the burner unit 17 into the partial oxidation unit 12 are m1 (kg / s), m2 (kg / s), The flow rates of coal and oxidant at V are defined as V1 (m / s) and V2 (m / s). At this time, the coal supply unit 20 and the oxidant supply unit 21 are set so that the average flow velocity Va (m / s) according to the following formula (2) is 10 (m / s) or more and 50 (m / s) or less. Thus, the flow rates of coal and oxidant are adjusted.
Va = (m1 × V1 + m2 × V2) / (m1 + m2) (2)
That is, the average flow velocity Va is an average flow velocity of the fluid injected from the raw material injection port of the burner unit 17.
However, oxygen gas in the oxidizing agent is 0.7 to 0.9 in terms of weight ratio of oxygen and coal (oxygen / coal), and water vapor is 0.05 to 0 in terms of weight ratio of water vapor to coal (steam / coal). Within the range of .3, it is set appropriately according to the coal brand and the planned operation temperature. Further, the flow rate V1 (m / s) of the oxidant in the burner unit 17 is a flow rate in a state where oxygen gas and water vapor are mixed. Differences in coal brands can be indicated by industrial analysis values, elemental analysis values, ash composition, etc. of coal.
The average flow velocity Va is more preferably 10 (m / s) or more and 30 (m / s) or less.

A cooling wall pipe 22 for cooling the partial oxidation section 12 is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the partial oxidation section 12. The cooling wall pipe 22 includes water and saturated water (boiler-water). ) Is connected. The water or saturated water flowing in the cooling wall pipe 22 may be circulated in the cooling wall pipe 22 or after the partial oxidation unit 12 is heated as a boiler and becomes high-temperature steam. It may be recovered and used as steam.

The pulverized and pressurized coal and oxidant are supplied from the burner unit 17 to the partial oxidation unit 12 at an average flow rate Va. Since the eight burner portions 17 are arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the coal and the oxidant supplied from the burner portion 17 are first rotated around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation portion 12 as shown in FIG. It is sprayed so as to flow downward or on the same horizontal plane while turning. The inside of the partial oxidation part 12 is high temperature and high pressure (for example, temperature is 1200 degreeC or more and 1800 degrees C or less, and pressure is 2 Mpa or more). Under this environment, the coal becomes high temperature and is thermally decomposed to separate char from volatile gas containing tar, water vapor, etc., and the gasification of the coal results in the following chemical reaction formulas (1) to (3) High temperature carbon monoxide gas, carbon dioxide gas, and hydrogen gas, and slag (ash) are generated.

2C + O ₂ → 2CO (1)
C + O ₂ → CO ₂ (2)
C + H ₂ O → CO + H ₂ (3)

FIG. 4 shows the flow velocity distribution of hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide gas, etc. at each part in the partial oxidation part 12 at this time. FIG. 4 shows the flow velocity v with respect to the position in the r direction from the central axis C2 on the reference plane P2 including the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation unit 12 shown in FIG. Here, the reference plane P2 is a plane perpendicular to the reference plane P1 parallel to the horizontal plane. In the partial oxidation unit 12, a fluid such as hydrogen gas or carbon monoxide gas rises while turning in the same direction (for example, direction F1) from the central axis C2 in the radial direction (r direction). FIG. 4 shows the change (distribution) of the flow velocity v of the fluid in the r direction at a certain height on the reference plane P2. Here, the position of a certain height is any location along the height direction of the partial oxidation unit 12 and may be any position above the burner unit 17a. In FIG. 4, the horizontal axis indicates the position in the r direction with respect to the central axis C2, and the vertical axis indicates the flow velocity v. Actually, the position in the r direction is on the positive side (the burner portion 17a side with respect to the central axis C2 in FIG. 3), and the position in the r direction is on the negative side (the burner with respect to the central axis C2 in FIG. 3). The direction of the flow velocity v is different between the portion 17e side), but FIG. 4 shows only the magnitude that does not consider the direction of the flow velocity v. Further, FIG. 4 shows the thickness of a slag, which will be described later, attached to the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 without considering it.

In FIG. 4, a burner unit 17 is installed in the partial oxidation unit 12 so that the diameter ratio of the virtual circle to the inner diameter of the partial oxidation unit (reaction vessel) 12 is 1/5 or more and 3/10 or less, and the average flow velocity A model of the flow velocity v when Va is 10 (m / s) or more and 30 (m / s) or less is indicated by a solid line.
As indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4, the position in the r direction where the position in the r direction which is the position on the axis C1 of the burner portion 17c is R2 / 2 and the position in the r direction which is the position on the axis C1 of the burner portion 17g are Near the position where −R2 / 2, the flow velocity v becomes maximum. Then, at the position where the position in the r direction which is the position of the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 is R1 / 2 and the position where −R1 / 2, the flow velocity v approaches 0 and the gradient of the curve of the flow velocity v ( The absolute value of (velocity gradient) is a small value.
When hydrogen gas or carbon monoxide gas is assumed to be a Newtonian fluid, the force (shearing force) at which the fluid tries to peel off the slag is obtained by multiplying the velocity gradient of the fluid flow velocity v by the fluid viscosity coefficient μ (μ (Dv / dr)), it can be seen that the shear force in this case is relatively small.

On the other hand, in the comparative example in which the average flow velocity Va according to the equation (2) exceeds 50 (m / s), the position where the flow velocity v takes the maximum value does not change as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The maximum value of the flow velocity v increases. Accordingly, the absolute value of the slope of the curve of the flow velocity v increases, the shearing force acting on the slag increases, and the slag becomes easy to peel off.
Further, with respect to the configuration of the partial oxidation unit 12 showing the flow velocity distribution of the fluid shown by the solid line, the diameter C ratio exceeds 1/3 by separating the axis C1 of the burner unit 17b from the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation unit 12. In the comparative example, the flow velocity distribution of the fluid is a distribution as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. That is, also in this case, the absolute value of the slope of the curve of the flow velocity v at the position where the position in the r direction that is the position of the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 is R1 / 2 and −R1 / 2 is increased. As the shearing force acting on the slag increases, the slag is easily peeled off.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gas, slag, etc. generated in the partial oxidation part 12 move radially outward while turning around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation part 12 and expand at a high temperature. The upward force is received by the buoyancy, and the inner peripheral surface side of the partial oxidation unit 12 is raised. Although the slag generated in the partial oxidation part 12 is in a molten state, a part of the slag S is cooled and adhered on the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation part 12, and the other part is below the partial oxidation part 12. It falls on the slag tap 24 provided in D2, flows out into the preheating part 15, and is collect | recovered.
In addition, as the slag S adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation part 12 becomes thicker, the heat insulation effect by the slag S is increased and the partial oxidation part 12 is protected from high heat, and from the partial oxidation part 12 into the cooling wall pipe 22 The amount of heat transferred to water or the like (hereinafter referred to as “heat loss”) is reduced.

Here, the heat loss will be described with reference to FIG. When the ratio of heat loss to other conditions with the heat loss amount being 1 (reference) when the diameter ratio is 1/3 is defined as the heat loss ratio, heat is generated when the value of the diameter ratio exceeds 1/3. The loss ratio (L1) increases rapidly. This is because the distance between the axis C1 of the burner portion 17 and the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 is reduced. That is, the fluid ejected from the burner portion 17 is likely to face the inner peripheral surface instead of the central portion of the partial oxidation portion 12. Therefore, the slag adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation part 12 becomes easy to peel off. Further, when the diameter ratio is less than 1/10, the diameter of the swirling flow inside the partial oxidation unit 12 is abruptly reduced, so that the required reaction time cannot be secured and the reaction rate ratio (L2) is abruptly reduced. End up. Here, the reaction rate ratio means the ratio of the reaction rate with other conditions when the reaction rate when the diameter ratio is 1/3 is 1 (reference).
Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the average flow velocity Va exceeds 50 (m / s), the slag is easily peeled off as described above, and the heat loss ratio increases rapidly. Further, when the average flow velocity Va becomes less than 10 (m / s), the air flow of coal from the coal supply facility 3 to the coal gasification furnace 4 through the burner unit 17 becomes unstable or cannot be blocked, and partial oxidation is caused. The amount of coal supplied to the section 12 will fluctuate.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, char is accompanied by high-temperature synthesis gas mainly composed of hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas from above the coal gasification furnace 4, and is supplied to the heat recovery facility 5.
In the heat recovery facility 5, steam is produced by exchanging heat between the synthesis gas conveyed from the coal gasification furnace 4 and the boiler water. This water vapor is supplied to the above-described coal pulverization / drying facility 2 or the like for the purpose of drying the coal.
The synthesis gas cooled by the heat recovery facility 5 is supplied from the heat recovery facility 5 to the char recovery facility 6, and the char contained in the synthesis gas is recovered by the char recovery facility 6. Here, the recovered char can be used externally as fuel or the like, but the char can also be recycled to the coal gasification furnace 4 for gasification.
The synthesis gas that has passed through the char recovery facility 6 is supplied to the shift reaction facility 7. And in order to raise the ratio of the hydrogen gas with respect to the carbon monoxide gas in a synthesis gas to a fixed value, water vapor | steam was supplied in the shift reaction equipment 7, and the catalyst shown by following Chemical reaction formula (4) was used. Causes a shift reaction. By this shift reaction, carbon monoxide gas is consumed and hydrogen gas is generated instead.

CO + H ₂ O → CO ₂ + H ₂ (4)

The synthesis gas whose components have been adjusted by the shift reaction facility 7 is supplied to the gas purification facility 8, and carbon dioxide gas contained in the synthesis gas, gas containing sulfur as a component, and the like are recovered.
The product synthesis gas purified by the gas purification facility 8 is supplied to the chemical synthesis facility and the like, and methane, methanol, ammonia and the like are produced.

As described above, in the coal gasification furnace 4 of the present embodiment, the burner unit 17 is swung around the central axis C 2 of the reaction vessel 12 by supplying coal and an oxidant into the cylindrical reaction vessel 12. A flow can be generated. For this reason, the fluid flow in the vicinity of the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel 12 is stabilized regardless of the position in the circumferential direction, and the molten slag generated by the gasification of coal adheres to the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel 12. The thickness can be made substantially uniform.
Moreover, the burner part 17 is arrange | positioned so that its own axis C1 may go to the lower part D2 so that it may become parallel to a horizontal surface, or it goes to the front-end | tip of a burner part. According to this configuration, the burning coal that expands by gasification and is going to rise while turning in the partial oxidation unit 12 is once directed horizontally or downward D2 from the burner unit 17 before moving to the heat recovery facility 5. Can be flowed as follows. Therefore, the coal particles blown from the burner unit 17 can be present in the high temperature field near the burner unit 17 for a long time, and further, the time for the carbon (char) in the coal to flow through the partial oxidation unit 12 can be increased. Therefore, the gas can be sufficiently gasified in the partial oxidation part 12.

And since the burner part 17 is arrange | positioned at equal intervals around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation part 12, the fluid containing the coal and the oxidizing agent supplied from the burner part 17, and the gas produced by gasification of coal The flow in the partial oxidation part 12 can be further stabilized.
Moreover, the burner part 17 is arrange | positioned so that the diameter ratio of the virtual circle with respect to the internal diameter of a reaction container may be 1/10 or more and 1/3 or less. By setting the diameter ratio to 1/3 or less, the velocity gradient of the fluid on the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation unit 12 is reduced, and the molten slag and the like attached to the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation unit 12 is peeled off from the inner peripheral surface. Is suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inner peripheral surface of the partial oxidation portion 12 from being exposed to high temperatures and being damaged. Further, by setting the diameter ratio to 1/10 or more, the coal and the oxidant supplied from the burner unit 17 are prevented from colliding with each other from the front, and turn around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation unit 12. It is possible to reliably generate a flow and prevent the reaction rate ratio from being reduced.

And by making average flow velocity Va into 50 (m / s) or less, it is suppressed that the slag adhering to the internal peripheral surface of the partial oxidation part 12 peels from an internal peripheral surface, and is transmitted from the partial oxidation part 12 to the exterior. Heat loss can be reduced. On the other hand, by setting the average flow velocity Va to 10 (m / s) or more, coal can be stably conveyed by the oxidizing agent in the burner portion 17.
Moreover, since the angle θ of the axis C1 of the burner portion 17 with respect to the horizontal plane is 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less, coal particles blown from the burner portion 17 can be present in the high-temperature field near the burner portion 17 for a long time. The gasification reaction of carbon in coal is promoted, and the reaction rate can be increased.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the concrete structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The change of the structure of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, etc. are included.
For example, in the above embodiment, the shape of the burner portion 17 is a cylindrical shape, but may be a flat cylindrical shape, a rectangular tube shape, or the like as long as the shape extends along a predetermined axis.
Further, in the above embodiment, the flow of the fluid in the partial oxidation unit 12 is a swirling flow even if the burner unit 17 is not arranged at equal intervals around the central axis C2 of the partial oxidation unit 12, so the burner unit 17 may not be arranged at equal intervals around the central axis C2.

In the above coal gasification furnace, the char burner is arranged in the same manner as the burner unit 17 on the second reference plane parallel to the reference plane P 1 immediately above the burner unit 17 in the partial oxidation unit 12. May be. That is, when viewed from above D1, the char burner is arranged so that the axis of the char burner is smaller than the inner diameter R1 of the partial oxidation portion 12 and is in contact with a virtual circle centered on the central axis C2 around the same direction. Good. Furthermore, the char burner may be arranged so that the axis of the char burner is parallel to the horizontal plane or goes downward as it goes toward the tip of the char burner.
In addition, regarding the said recycling, you may supply to the burner part 17 what mixed char with coal uniformly, without using a char burner.
Furthermore, in the said embodiment, coal is blown into the synthesis gas which has a thermal decomposition part in the upper part of the partial oxidation part 12, and has the high temperature hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas from the partial oxidation part 12 as a main component, Gas heat may be used for pyrolysis.

In the partial oxidation unit 12 of the coal gasification furnace 4 described above, the inner peripheral surface has a diameter of 0.65 (m) and an internal height of 1.0 (m), and the partial oxidation unit 12 has 4 at regular intervals. A basic burner portion 17 was provided. And it tested using the bituminous coal of 5% of ash for coal.
When the average flow velocity Va of the burner portion 17 was 30 (m / s) and the diameter ratio was changed from 1/3 to 1/5, the diameter ratio was 1/3 when the diameter ratio was 1/5. It was found that the heat loss transferred from the partial oxidation unit 12 to the water in the cooling wall pipe 22 is reduced by about 20%.
Moreover, when the diameter ratio of the partial oxidation part 12 was fixed to 1/3 and the average flow rate Va of the burner part 17 was changed from 50 (m / s) to 30 (m / s), the average flow rate Va was It was found that the heat loss was reduced by about 10% when the average flow velocity Va was 50 (m / s) at 30 (m / s).
When the diameter ratio was changed from 1/3 to 1/5 and the average flow velocity Va was changed from 50 (m / s) to 30 (m / s), the heat loss was reduced by about 20%.

Further, in the coal gasification furnace 4 having the shape of the above-described embodiment, when the diameter ratio is 1/4 and the average flow rate Va is 10 (m / s) and the coal is gasified and operated with 1% ash, the partially oxidized portion is operated. It was found that the slag thickness adhering to the 12 inner peripheral surfaces can be kept constant.
However, the above heat loss is equivalent to the case where the ash content is 3% or more when the ash content is 3% or more. However, when the ash content is 5%, the heat loss is reduced by about 30% from the case where the ash content is 1%. ing.

4 Coal gasifier 12 Partial oxidation section (reaction vessel)
17a to 17h Burner section C1 axis C2 center axis E virtual circle P1 reference plane θ angle

Claims

A coal gasification furnace that produces at least hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas by gasifying coal in a reaction vessel,
A reaction vessel formed in a cylindrical shape extending upward;
An outlet provided on the upper end side of the reaction vessel;
A plurality of cylindrical burner portions for supplying coal and oxidant into the reaction vessel;
The plurality of burner portions are provided on a reference plane parallel to a horizontal plane located below the discharge port, with an interval in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the reaction vessel,
When viewed from above the reaction vessel, each burner portion has an axis line in contact with a virtual circle having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the reaction vessel centered on the central axis line of the reaction vessel, in the same direction. Place the part,
The burner portion is arranged such that an axis of the burner portion is parallel to a horizontal plane or is directed downward toward the tip of the burner portion.
The coal gasifier according to claim 1, wherein the burner portions are arranged at equal intervals around the central axis of the reaction vessel.
The coal gasification furnace according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the virtual circle to an inner diameter of the reaction vessel is set to 1/10 or more and 1/3 or less.
The mass flow rate of the coal and the oxidizer supplied from the burner portions to the reaction vessel is m1 (kg / s), m2 (kg / s), the coal in the burner portions, and the oxidation, respectively. When the flow rate of the agent is V1 (m / s) and V2 (m / s), the average flow rate Va (m / s) according to the formula (1) is 10 (m / s) or more and 50 (m / s) The coal gasifier according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is set as follows.
Va = (m1 × V1 + m2 × V2) / (m1 + m2) (1)
The coal gasifier according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an angle of an axis of each burner portion with respect to a horizontal plane is set to 0 ° or more and 10 ° or less.