A heat recovery apparatus, system and method of using the same. The heat recovery apparatus includes a particulate inlet, a particulate distributor in fluid communication with the particulate inlet, a cavity in fluid communication with the particulate distributor, a plurality of pipes contained within the cavity and configured for transmission of a heat transfer fluid therethrough, and a particulate outlet in fluid communication with the cavity.

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for granulation of a blast furnace slag and recycling of waste heat. The apparatus comprises an aerosol granulation nozzle module, a flow guide, a cyclone separator and a waste heat recovery device; wherein the aerosol granulation nozzle module comprises a slag flow controller, a compressed air flow control valve, a water volume control valve and an aerosol spray gun; the flow guide is configured to fully mix the medium temperature gas and the high-temperature granular slag having a primarily solidified surface in the flow guide; and the cyclone separator is configured to separate the high-temperature granular slag and the medium-to-high-temperature gas. The present invention completes the granulation of blast furnace slag, and organically couples slag sensible heat recovery with sludge drying, thereby recovering the waste heat in the process of slag granulation and improving the efficiency of waste heat recovery and utilization.

An integrated drying process and device for dry granulated slag and sludge. The process comprises the following steps: 1) slag ball mixing and soaking: high-temperature slag and steel balls are fully mixed and exchange heat therebetween, the high-temperature slag is cooled because the heat thereof is quickly absorbed by the steel balls and is crushed to form granular slag, and the temperature of the steel balls rises because the steel balls absorb the heat of the high-temperature slag; and 2) sludge drying: the high-temperature steel balls are conveyed to a sludge drying device to be mixed with injected sludge, the sludge is dried, the steel balls are separated from the sludge when the water content of the sludge reaches a set value, and the steel balls and the sludge are separately discharged. In the present invention, high-temperature slag waste heat is used for heating steel balls, and sludge is dried by means of the heated steel balls, thus achieving the cooperative treatment of slag cooling, granulation and sludge drying, solving two difficult problems of slag cooling and sludge drying, and greatly increasing the waste heat recycling rate of high-temperature slag.

The invention relates to a method for the granulation of a metallurgical slag, wherein liquid slag (1) is atomized by blowing air (2) onto it and the slag particles (3) granulated in this way are collected. In order to ensure a high quality of the granulate and operate in the most energy-efficient manner possible, the invention provides that the atomization is done by blowing heated air jet (2) free from the addition of water onto the liquid slag (1) and the slag is supplied to a working chamber (4), wherein the granulated slag particles (3) are collected in the floor region of the working chamber (4), wherein the air (5) escaping from the working chamber (4) is either supplied to a heat exchanger (6), which preheats the air jet blown onto the liquid slag (1), or directly recirculated in order to atomize the liquid slag (1).

A heat recovery apparatus, system and method of using the same. The heat recovery apparatus includes a particulate inlet, a particulate distributor in fluid communication with the particulate inlet, a cavity in fluid communication with the particulate distributor, a plurality of pipes contained within the cavity and configured for transmission of a heat transfer fluid therethrough, and a particulate outlet in fluid communication with the cavity.

A second-level liquid slag cache system with flow and temperature monitoring and control functions is disclosed. A slag inlet is located at an upper portion of the slag ladle casing; at least one slag discharging unit is located at a side of a lower portion of the slag ladle casing; one slag discharging unit is corresponding to one stopper; the stopper includes a stopper head, a stopper rod and a stopper control mechanism; the stopper control mechanism is configured to control the flow area between the stopper head and the sizing nozzle; a sealing cover is disposed outside the sizing nozzle; a slag control tube is installed at a bottom of the sealing cover. The present invention is able to achieve liquid slag buffer, flow control and heat compensation, so as to allow liquid slag to continuously stably perform a subsequent granulation process.

A second-level liquid slag cache system with flow and temperature monitoring and control functions is disclosed. A slag inlet is located at an upper portion of the slag ladle casing; at least one slag discharging unit is located at a side of a lower portion of the slag ladle casing; one slag discharging unit is corresponding to one stopper; the stopper includes a stopper head, a stopper rod and a stopper control mechanism; the stopper control mechanism is configured to control the flow area between the stopper head and the sizing nozzle; a sealing cover is disposed outside the sizing nozzle; a slag control tube is installed at a bottom of the sealing cover. The present invention is able to achieve liquid slag buffer, flow control and heat compensation, so as to allow liquid slag to continuously stably perform a subsequent granulation process.

An apparatus for cooling a material includes: at least one reactor, substantially tubular, which is rotatable and which includes a rotating tubular structure defining inside it a chamber for receiving and passing through the material to be cooled; and means for indirectly cooling the material passing through said chamber by means of a cooling fluid, the means for indirect cooling comprise at least one dispensing device for the cooling fluid. The at least one dispensing device includes at least two dispensing mouths defined by respective slots, with substantially longitudinal development, for the escape of the refrigerant fluid, the device being arranged with respect to the tubular structure in so that the flow outgoing from said two slits affects and laps two respective areas, distinct from each other, of the external surface of the tubular structure.

A system and method deliver fluidized powder based on flue gas carrying waste slag and instant cooling steel slag. A first flue gas pipeline receives pressurized CO.sub.2-rich flue gas and in fluid communication with a fluidization air pipeline, a pressurization air pipeline and a supplementary air pipeline respectively and through them enters an upper discharge bin; a second flue gas pipeline receives the pressurized CO.sub.2-rich flue gas and in fluid communication with a gas-gas mixer, a dense phase discharge guide pipe first end extends into the upper discharge bin and receives high-pressure dense phase gas-powder flow of CO.sub.2-rich flue gas, and a dense phase discharge guide pipe second end is connected to the gas-gas mixer; a variable-pitch twin screw sealed conveyor discharge end extends into an upper discharge bin internal space, and is provided with an upwardly inclined gas-blocking segment.

An industrial installation for recovering waste radiative heat from steel slag includes: a pit in which molten steel slag is discharged and from which solidified steel slag is removed, using a slag conveying machine or vehicle; an evaporating device for producing hot water and steam and auxiliary equipment, the evaporating device including a heat exchanger having tube-cooled walls; a steel structure supporting the evaporating device; and a lifting system including jacks, such that the heat exchanger is movable vertically from an upper standby position to a lower working position and vice versa. The tube-cooled walls are made of a metal, allowing the heat exchanger to work in an environment presenting sharp temperature gradients and corrosion.