Process for degasifying fine-grained fuels

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Fine-grained fuels such as coal are continuously degasified by a process wherein a fine-grained degasified residue is recirculated as a heat-carrying medium and is heated in a pneumatic conveyor line and then fed to a collecting vessel. A first partial stream of the heat-carrying medium is fed through a mixing zone together with the fuel to be subjected to dry distillation. A second partial stream of the heat-carrying medium is fed to a secondary degasification zone together with the mixture comprising the dry distillation residue. Volatile constituents are distilled from the mixture in the mixing zone and the secondary degasification zone and are fed to dustcollecting and condensing means. …