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 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 conveyer system for vertically and helically conveying a workpiece includes a main bracket, on which interconnected heating furnace and cooling furnace are arranged in parallel. The heating furnace includes a 1.sup.st spiral supporting plate, a conveyer belt arranged on the 1.sup.st spiral supporting plate along the spiral direction and one or multiple gas inlet/inlets to fill protective gas into the heating furnace. The cooling furnace includes a 2.sup.nd spiral supporting plate, the conveyer belt extended from the heating furnace arranged on the 2.sup.nd spiral supporting plate along the spiral direction and one or multiple gas inlet/inlets to fill protective gas into the cooling furnace. A drive mechanism for a conveyer belt is installed on the main bracket. The conveyer belt runs through the heating furnace and cooling furnace and forms one loop via the drive mechanism.

The present invention concerns a granulation installation for granulating molten material produced in a metallurgical plant, the installation includes a water injection device, for injecting granulation water into a flow of molten material and thereby granulating the molten material; a granulation tank for collecting the granulation water and the granulated material; and a steam condensation system including a steam collecting hood located above the granulation tank, for collecting steam generated in the granulation tank, a gas conduit arranged between the steam collecting hood and a water column, and a gas compressor arranged within said gas conduit for compressing the steam before feeding it into the water column.

The invention makes public heating apparatus for vertically and helically conveying workpiece, including the main bracket, on which interconnected heating furnace and cooling furnace are arranged in parallel; The bracket is placed inside the heating furnace, the 1.sup.st spiral supporting plate is spiraling on the bracket, and conveyer belt is arranged on the 1.sup.st spiral supporting plate along spiral direction; one or multiple gas inlet/inlets are set on the heating furnace body to fill protective gas into furnace;

The 2.sup.nd spiral supporting plate is spiraling vertically inside the mentioned cooling furnace; the direction of the mentioned conveyer belt inside the cooling furnace is uniform to that of the 2.sup.nd spiral supporting plate; drive mechanism for conveyer belt is installed on the mentioned main bracket. One or multiple gas inlet/inlets are set on the cooling furnace body to fill protective gas into furnace; the conveyer belt runs through the mentioned heating furnace and cooling furnace and forms one loop via drive mechanism. The protective atmosphere spiral conveying heating furnace and spiral conveying cooling device is energy-saving and space saving with high efficiency.

A supply chute, and a system and a method for supplying sinter material from a sinter belt to a sinter cooler (26). A flow of the sinter material (16) is input into the supply chute (1). The flow of sinter material (16) after being input is concentrated by a device in the chute. This means that the flow is remixed for more uniform grain size distribution. The flow is thereafter widened by a widening device in the chute. Then the widened flow of sinter material (16), optionally after making the movement direction of the flow of sinter material (16) uniform, the flow is passed through a segregation device (8,25) and is there segregated, which means that a grain size distribution across the thickness and across the width of the flow is made more uniform. This occurs after the widened flow of sinter material moves in the direction of the output region (5). After passing through the output region (5), the flow of sinter material (16) is supplied to the sinter cooler (26), wherein the horizontal main component B of the movement direction of the flow of sinter material is largely perpendicular to the horizontal main component A of the movement of sinter material by the sinter belt.

A cooling device (2; 50) for cooling bulk goods (4), which has a cooling shaft (8) and at least one supply chute (14) for introducing the bulk goods (4) into the cooling shaft (8). To achieve uniform cooling of the bulk goods (4), the supply chute (14) has a first wall (30) and a second wall (32) arranged opposite the first wall (30). At least part of the first wall (30) is arranged at a different angle of inclination (34) with respect to a vertical line (36) than the second wall (32).

An industrial furnace (1) into which protective gas is admitted for the heat treatment of batches (5) of metal workpieces is described. The heat treating furnace includes an entrance lock (2) which can be sealed with respect to the surrounding environment by means of a first gas-tight closure device (2.2.1). The heat treating furnace also includes a third gas-tight closure device (3.1) disposed between a heat treatment chamber (3) of the furnace and a quenching facility (4) at the exit of the heat treatment chamber. With the foregoing arrangement a pressure of the protective gas admitted into the heat treatment chamber (3) can be maintained during loading and unloading of a batch of metal workpieces (5). The entrance lock may be configured as a dual-chamber vertical arrangement or as a single chamber horizontal arrangement.

A method is described for quenching coke coming from the distillation of coal and having a temperature higher than or equal to 900 C., comprising the steps of a) lowering the temperature of said coke to about 700-300 C. by heat exchange with a fluid through walls of a thermally conductive material interposed between coke and fluid, b) feeding a continuous flow of said coke at about 700-300 C. into a turbo-cooler (T), comprising a cylindrical tubular body (18), closed at opposite ends by respective end plates (19,20), provided with an optional cooling jacket (21) for the inner wall thereof, at least one inlet opening (9) for the coke, at least one inlet opening (10, 15, 16) for water, at least one discharge opening (11, 12) and a rotor, rotatably supported in the cylindrical tubular body (5) and comprising a shaft (13) provided with elements (14) projecting radially from said shaft, adapted for the handling and advancement of the coke; c) feeding a continuous flow of water at a temperature less than or equal to 100 C. into the turbo-cooler (T), through said at least one inlet opening (10, 15, 16) and subjecting said flow of coke and water to the action of the rotor, which advances the coke towards said at least one discharge opening (11); d) continuously discharging from said at least one discharge opening (11, 12) a flow of coke at a temperature lower than or equal to 200 C., and a flow of water vapor.