of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled referring to fig1 various embodiments of the present invention provide a gasification reactor indicated generally by reference numeral 10 has a reactor lower section 30 and a reactor upper section 40 the first stage of the gasification process takes place in the reactor lower section 30 and the second stage of the gasification process takes place in the reactor upper section 40 the reactor lower section 30 defines the first stage reaction zone the reactor lower section 30 will also be referred to as the first stage reaction zone the reactor upper section 40 defines the second stage reaction zone the reactor upper section 40 will also be referred to as the second stage reaction zone further refer to fig1 the recycled char and a stream comprising an oxygen containing gas or steam at high pressure is entered into the gasification reactor 10 lower section 30 through dispersion device 60 and or 60 a which located for example oppositely of the reactor lower section 30 more than two dispersion devices can be used for example four arranged 90 degrees apart the sets of dispersion devices can also be on different levels and do not need to be on the same plane within the reactor lower section 30 also the first stage reaction zone of the gasification reactor 10 the recycled.