US2761663A - Process of underground gasification of coal - Google Patents
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- US2761663A US2761663AUS308129AUS30812952AUS2761663AUS 2761663 AUS2761663 AUS 2761663AUS 308129 AUS308129 AUS 308129AUS 30812952 AUS30812952 AUS 30812952AUS 2761663 AUS2761663 AUS 2761663A
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- E21B43/295—Gasification of minerals, e.g. for producing mixtures of combustible gases
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1. A PROCESS OF PRODUCING GAS FROM CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN SITU, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FORMING A PANEL OF SAID MATERIAL WITH SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL INLET AND OUTLET PASSAGES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PANEL, WITH A ROW OF PILLARS OF SAID MATERIAL SPACED APART WITH OPENINGS THEREBETWEEN AND SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDING THE PANEL AND SPACED THEREFROM, DRILLING HOLES THROUGH SAID PANEL FROM THE FACES THEREOF, IGNITING SAID PANEL OF MATERIAL, CIRCULATING AIR THROUGH THE INLET PASSAGE AND THROUGH OPENINGS BETWEEN THE PILLARS TO SAID PANEL TO SUPPORT COMBUSTION THEREOF, REGULATING COMBUSTION BY CONTROLLING THE OPENINGS BETWEEN THE PILLARS, AND EXHAUSTING THE GAS THEREFROM THROUGH THE EXHAUST PASSAGE.
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| US1913395A (en)* | 1929-11-14 | 1933-06-13 | Lewis C Karrick | Underground gasification of carbonaceous material-bearing substances |
| GB614415A (en)* | 1944-06-10 | 1948-12-15 | Pierre Demart | Improved subterranean gasification installation |
| US2466945A (en)* | 1946-02-21 | 1949-04-12 | In Situ Gases Inc | Generation of synthesis gas |
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