Gasification reactor

Abstract

A gasification reactor comprising a gasifier with a tubular gastight wall arranged within a pressure vessel. The gasification reactor comprises one or more pressure responsive devices comprising a sleeve with a cooled section extending outwardly from an opening in the gastight wall. The pressure responsive devices can, e.g., include a pressure measurement device and/or a pressure equalizer. Method of using a pressure responsive device with such a gasifier, wherein a heat sluice is used formed by a sleeve with a cooled section extending outwardly from an opening in the gastight wall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A gasification reactor wherein the sleeve comprises a purging gas inlet. 
     
     
         2 . A pressure responsive device comprising a pressure equalizer suitable for use in a gasification reactor, comprising a sleeve with a cooled section and a ram which is slideable within the sleeve between a first position closing off the sleeve, and a second position wherein the sleeve is at least partly open to form a passage from one side of the gastight gasifier wall to the other side.