摘要 |
In the manufacture of fuel gas or synthesis gas by partially combusting carbonaceous fuel, preferably solid carbonaceous fuel having a high content of non-combustible constituents, finely divided fuel is injected into a shaft-like reactor chamber (10) and is combusted partially while moving down through the reactor chamber, to form a fuel gas or synthesis gas which is removed from the reactor chamber at the upper part (12) thereof, while simultaneously melting non-combustible constituents of the fuel, the resultant melt being taken out of the reactor chamber at the bottom part (13) thereof. A layer (32) of molten material which covers the wall (11) of the reactor chamber and moves downwardly along the wall is sustained by maintaining a selected temperature for substantially instantaneous melting of the non-combustible constituents of the fuel, and by selecting the directions in which the fuel is injected into the reactor chamber so that at least a substantial part of the fuel or the non-combustible constituents contained therein is brought into contact with the wall (11) of the reactor chamber or the layer (32) on said wall during movement down through the shaft. The wall of the reactor chamber is kept cooled in order to maintain thereon, between the wall and the molten layer (32), a frozen coating (33) formed by the non-combustible constituents of the fuel and protecting against slag attack and overheating. |