Claims
- 1. A method of controlling temperature in the reactor chamber of a recirculating fluidized bed apparatus comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing heat transfer surfaces in a plurality of zones at different heights in the reactor chamber;
- (b) separating solids from gases exhausted from the reactor chamber for recycling to the reactor chamber;
- (c) controlling the flow of said solids into each of the reactor chamber zones to provide a required suspension density of fluidized solids in each of said zones to thereby control the heat transfer to said surfaces in said zones and thereby maintain a predetermined range of temperatures in said zones of said reactor chamber independent of fuel and reactor loading.
- 2. Recirculating fluidized bed reactor apparatus comprising:
- means for separating solids contained in flue gases exhausted from a reactor chamber;
- means for recirculating said solids to zones at different heights within said reactor chamber;
- heat transfer means within each of said zones in said reactor chamber, and
- means for controlling the solids flowing into each of said zones to provide a required suspension density and therefore a required heat transfer in each of said zones, to thereby control the temperature in each of said zones.
- 3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the means for recirculating said solids comprise return ducts and wherein the means for controlling the flow of the solids comprise means for feeding gas, other than flue gas, into in the return ducts.
- 4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein three return ducts are arranged to feed the solids to the reactor chamber at each of said zones.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 926,719, filed Nov. 4, 1986, now abandoned.
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