Patent ID: 9062917
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B08B,C10J,F23J,F27D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: gasifying fuel in an internal chamber of a gasifier in a manner creating liquefied slag within the internal chamber; solidifying the liquefied slag into solidified slag within the gasifier; operating an actuator in a manner causing a slag breaker of the gasifier to move from a neutral position into contact with the solidified slag in a manner causing the solidified slag to break into chunks of solidified slag that then fall into a slag collection region of the gasifier, wherein the slag breaker comprises an opening through which the solidified slag extends prior to being broken into chunks of solidified slag by the movement of the slag breaker, and the actuator causes the slag breaker to move in one direction from the neutral position and thereafter in an opposite direction from the neutral position.