CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION PROCESS WITH A REACTION ZONE INCORPORATING A GAS/SOLID SEPARATION ZONE AND PLANT USING SUCH A PROCESS

摘要

The subject of the invention is a chemical looping combustion process for combusting a solid feedstock, in which loop an oxygen-carrying material flows, said process comprising at least: bringing the solid feedstock particles into contact with metal-oxide particles in a first reaction zone (R1) operating as a dense-fluidized bed; combusting the exhaust gases obtained from the first reaction zone (R1) in the presence of metal-oxide particles in a second reaction zone (R2); separating from a mixture obtained from the second zone (R2), in a separation zone (S3), the gas, the unburnt particles and the metal-oxide particles; and reoxidizing the metal-oxide particles in an oxidation zone (R4) before returning them to the first zone (R1).