CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a circulating fluidized bed reactor having substantially vertical walls with cooling elements therein, said vertical walls defining the interior of the reactor chamber (14). A separator (22) for separating particulate material from the exhaust gases is connected to the upper section of said reactor chamber. A return duct (26) is connected to the separator. A bubbling fluidized bed (28') is provided adjacent to the reactor and provided with heat exchanger means. A solids tight discharge channel (38) is provided between said bubbling fluidized bed chamber and said reactor chamber. The discharge channel has an opening in the upper section thereof for allowing particulate material to be discharged from the upper section thereof. The present invention relates also to a method of operating a circulating fluidized bed reactor with a discharge channel between a bubbling fluidized bed and the reactor chamber. Cooled particulate material is discharged from the lower section of said bubbling fluidized bed into the lower section of the discharge channel. The particulate material is fluidized in the discharge channel and introduced from the upper section thereof into the reactor chamber.