Patent ID: 8439993
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: C01B,C10J,C10K,F23K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gasification facility, said method comprising: channeling a conveying fluid at a first temperature through a first steam heating device to increase the temperature of the conveying fluid to a second predetermined temperature; channeling the conveying fluid at the second predetermined temperature through a second steam heating device to increase the temperature of the conveying fluid to a third predetermined temperature; channeling the conveying fluid at the third predetermined temperature to a solids conveyance system, wherein solids within the conveying fluid are entrained within the conveying fluid; transporting at least a portion of the entrained solids to at least one separation device; separating the conveying fluid from the entrained solids within the at least one separation device; channeling a first portion of the conveying fluid from the at least one separation device to at least one vapor condensing apparatus; removing liquid from the first portion of the conveying fluid within the at least one vapor condensing apparatus; channeling the first portion of the conveying fluid to the first and second steam heating devices; and channeling a second portion of the conveying fluid from the at least one separation device through a vapor condensing apparatus bypass conduit coupled in parallel to the at least one separation device and the first and second steam heating devices.