INLET ARRANGEMENT FOR COLLECTION OF CARRY OVER FOR A VERTICAL REGENERATOR OF AN END-PORT FURNACE
20190360690 · 2019-11-28
Inventors
Cpc classification
Y02P40/50
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
C03B5/237
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
F23L15/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F27B3/266
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28F19/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F27D17/004
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28D17/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F28D2020/0078
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Y02E20/34
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
International classification
Abstract
The invention relates to a regenerator assembly and an inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) for a vertical regenerator (80) of an end-port furnace (90) comprising: an inlet wall comprising an opening for a port for gas exchange, e.g. towards or from an end-port furnace; a target wall being arranged such, that most of the via the inlet wall incoming hot gas is initially deflected at the target wall; a barrier wall comprising a recess for gas exchange, e.g. from or towards a pass of the regenerator, a (at least one) delimiting wall or walls, such as a floor and/or a roof and/or a sidewall; the inlet wall, the target wall, the barrier wall and the delimiting wall or walls define the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over such that a gas flow entering the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over via the port will exit the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over via the recess or vice versa; and the ratio between the area of the barrier wall and the total area in the plane of the barrier wall, limited by the delimiting wall or walls, such as the floor, the roof, the inlet wall and the target wall, is in the range of 20% to 40%.
Claims
1. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) for a vertical regenerator (80) of an end-port furnace (90) comprising: an inlet wall (20) comprising an opening for a port (21, 21) for gas exchange towards an end-port furnace (90); a target wall (60) being arranged such that most of the hot gas incoming via the inlet wall (20) is initially deflected at the target wall (60); a barrier wall (70) comprising a recess (71) for gas exchange towards a pass (82) of the regenerator (80); a delimiting wall or delimiting walls (30, 40, 50), such as a floor (30) and/or a roof (40) and/or a sidewall (50); the inlet wall (20), the target wall (60), the barrier wall (70) and the delimiting wall or walls (30, 40, 50) define the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) such that a gas flow entering the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the opening for a port (21, 21) will exit the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the recess (71) or vice versa; characterized in that, the ratio between the area of the barrier wall (70) and the total area in the plane (73) of the barrier wall (70), limited by the delimiting wall or walls (30, 40, 50), such as the floor (30), the roof (40), the inlet wall (20) and the target wall (60), is in the range of 20% to 40%.
2. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the target wall (60) is arranged opposite of the inlet wall(20), and the barrier wall (70) is arranged at an angle between 80 to 100 relative to the target wall (60).
3. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the target wall (60) comprises at least one hole for cleaning (61).
4. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that each hole for cleaning has a square or rectangular cross-section with a side length in the range of 250 to 700 mm, preferably 500 mm to 700 mm.
5. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the target wall (60) and the barrier wall (70) being connected along one corner of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10).
6. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the target wall (60) and the barrier wall (70) being connected along the full height (10d) in one corner of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10).
7. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the barrier wall (70) defines a triangular barrier (72).
8. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 7, characterized in that the delimiting wall or walls (30, 40, 50) comprises a floor (30), the triangular barrier (72) is of the form of a right-angled triangle, with one leg aligned on the floor(30) and the second leg aligned on the target wall (60).
9. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the further delimiting walls (30, 40, 50) comprises a floor (30), the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) being at a lower elevation than a bottom edge (22) of the opening for the port (21, 21) such that a step (23) is introduced between the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and the bottom edge (22) of the opening for the port.
10. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 9, characterized in that the step (23) has a step height in the range 50 cm to 90 cm.
11. Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that all walls of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) are planar, vertical walls.
12. Regenerator assembly comprising an inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the further delimiting walls (30, 40, 50) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) comprises a floor (30), the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) is arranged on top of a first pass (81) of a regenerator (80) and is built on a support (31) connected to the housing of the regenerator (80).
13. Regenerator assembly according to claim 12, characterized in that the support (31) are ceramic tubes (32) or a sub crown structure (33).
14. Regenerator assembly according to claim 12, characterized in that the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) is arranged on top of the first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and inside the housing of the regenerator (80) such that gas entering the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the opening for the port (21, 21) is guided through the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and exits the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) at the recess (71) of the barrier wall (70) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and through the second pass (82) of the regenerator (80) and further through the first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and exits the regenerator (80) through the canal (85).
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0064] Exemplary embodiments are shown in the drawings:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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[0072] During the heat cycle the hot flue gas enters the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the opening (21a) for the port (21, 21) of the inlet wall (20) in the direction towards the target wall (60). The gas is deflected by and from the target wall and changes flow direction towards the recess (71) of the barrier wall (70) and finally leaves the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the recess (71) and continues to flow through the second pass (82) of the regenerator (80) via a connection canal (86) (also called flue) formed by openings built by rider arches (87) and an opening (e.g. in the form of an arch) in the division wall (84) situated near the bottom of the regenerator (80) further to the first pass (81) of the regenerator (80). Both passes (81, 82) are filled with checkers/checkerwork bricks (83), which are refractory bricks, e.g. made of magnesia (magnesium oxide), MZS (magnesia zirconium silicate), mullite or AZS (alumina-zirconia-silica) fused cast material, zirconia mullite or chrome-alumina. The checkers (83) rest on top of the rider arches (87) which are situated at the bottom (the floor) of the regenerator (80). The passes (81, 82) are separated by a division wall (84), which comprises an opening in the form of an arch at the bottom of the regenerator (80), for gas exchange between the passes (81, 82). The hot flue gas transfers most of its thermal energy to the checkers (83) where the heat is stored (e.g. the checkers get hot). The flue gas exits the regenerator (80) via the canal (85).
[0073] When the hot flue gas changes its direction of flow from the incoming direction defined by the opening (21a) for the port (21, 21) to the outgoing direction defined by the recess (71) particles and dust are separated from the gas stream. These particles hit the target wall (60) and some particles are absorbed and/or retained by this target wall (60), most particles loose most of their kinetic energy and fall down to the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10), where they accumulate. The hot flue gas shows a greatly reduced amount of particles or dust upon exiting the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the recess (71).
[0074] During the reverse cycle cold gas (e.g. external fresh air) enters the regenerator (80) via the canal (85) and flows through the first pass (81) via the connection canal (86) in the division wall (84) into the second pass (82) from where it enters the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the recess (71) of the barrier wall (70). The hot checkers (83) of the regenerator passes (81, 82) heat up the incoming gas. The heated gas entering the recess (71) changes direction of flow towards the opening (21a) for the port (21, 21) of the inlet wall (20) where it exits the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and the regenerator (80) towards an end-port furnace (90).
[0075] To further reduce the amount of particles to be transported back to the end-port furnace (90) a step (23) is introduced between the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and the bottom edge (22) of the opening for the port (21, 21).
[0076] For cleaning/removing dust and particle (carry over) accumulated on the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) holes for cleaning (61) are built into the target wall (60), which can be opened for cleaning and closed (by fixing plugs into the holes using mortar) for operation of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10).
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[0081] For the construction with ceramic tubes (32) SiC tubes (e.g. Hexoloy SE Silicon Carbide from Saint Gobain) can be used. These tubes exhibit excellent hot properties and can have exemplary dimensions of 4600 mm length and 19 mm diameter. The division wall (84) and the side wall (50) act as carrier for these tubes (32), which can be installed side by side in a distance of e.g. 100 mm to each other. In order to build the floor (30) this arrangement of ceramic tubes (32) can be covered with ceramic plates (e.g. out of SiC, Mullite, Zirconiamullite).
[0082] In one embodiment of the invention the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) comprises a barrier wall (70) that forms a right angled triangular barrier (72) for the gas exchange, where one leg of the triangular barrier (72) is aligned with the target wall (60) and perpendicular to the floor (30), thereby forming the corner between the barrier wall (70) and the target wall (60) and the second leg is aligned with the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and perpendicular to the target wall (70).
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[0088] The best results were achieved using a right angled barrier (72) as shown in
[0089] The dimensions of the regenerator (80) in this embodiment are as follows: 12 m height (80a), 13.6 m width (80b) with two chambers of 6.8 m width (80b and 80b; each chamber accounting for two passes with the same horizontal cross-section, each with a width of 3.4 m), 4.6 m depth (80c), each chamber having 2 passes (81, 82), with a connection canal (86) (sometimes called a flue; 6.8 m long, 1.5 m height, 4.6 m depth) which connects both passes (81, 82) at the bottom. The connection canal (86) joints the first pass (81) of each regenerator chamber (80, 80) of the regenerator (80) and the second pass (82) of each regenerator chamber (80, 80) of the regenerator (80) through a space underneath the rider arches (87), having the same horizontal cross section area (or in other words the ground area) as each regenerator chamber (80, 80) of the regenerator (80) and having 1.5 meter height.
[0090] The refractory checkerwork layout in this example is as follows:
[0091] For the second pass (82): 45 rows (layers) of checkers (83) of standard chimney block format (checker brick made out of MgO, RHI brand Anker DG1), on top: two layers of zirconia mullite bricks, RHI brand DURITAL AZ58.
[0092] For the short pass (81): 34 layers of checkers (83) of standard chimney block (AZS bricks, RHI brand Rubinal EZ).
[0093] Each checker (83) with the standard chimney block geometry has 140 mm flue size (83a) (this is the inner dimension of the checkers (83)), 175 mm height (83b), 38 mm wall thickness (83c). A schematic example of such a checker (83) is shown in
[0094] The dimension of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) in this embodiment are as follows: 2.1 m height (10a), 3.4 m width (10b), 4.6 m depth (10c) (floor dimensions are the same as for one pass (81) of each regenerator chamber (80, 80) of the regenerator (80)), and 1.5 m height (10d) in the corner between the barrier wall (70) and the target wall (60) and with a barrier wall (70) defining a barrier (72) of 3.5 m base (length b; 76% of 4.6 m depth 10c)) and 1.5 m height (length a) in the corner between the barrier wall (70) and the target wall (60) thus defining an area A(barrier)=2.6 m.sup.2, A(recess)=6.2 m.sup.2 and A(total)=8.8 m.sup.2; thus a ratio of A(barrier)/A(total)=29.5% The inlet wall (20), the floor (30), the roof (40), the sidewall (50), the target wall (60) and the barrier wall (70) are all composed of bricks of mullite (RHI brand Durital S70) and define a arched cuboid of volume 30 m.sup.3 (volume of cuboid plus arched space).
[0095] One specific embodiment is an inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) for a vertical regenerator (80) of an end-port furnace (90) comprising: [0096] an inlet wall (20) comprising an opening fora port (21, 21) for gas exchange towards an end-port furnace (90), [0097] a floor (30), [0098] a target wall (60) being arranged such, that most of the via the inlet wall(20) incoming hot gas is initially deflected at the target wall (60), [0099] a barrier wall (70) comprising a recess (71) for gas exchange towards a pass (82) of the regenerator (80), [0100] a roof (40), [0101] a sidewall (50), [0102] the inlet wall (20), the floor (30), the roof (40), the sidewall (50), the target wall (60), the barrier wall (70) defining the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) such that a gas flow entering the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the opening for a port (21, 21) will exit the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the recess (71) or vice versa
wherein the target wall (60) is arranged opposite of the inlet wall(20), and the barrier wall (70) is arranged at an angle between 80 to 100 relative to the target wall (60),
and the target wall (60) comprises at least one hole for cleaning (61),
and each hole for cleaning has a square or rectangular cross-section with a side length in the range of 250 to 700 mm, preferably 500 mm to 700 mm,
and the target wall (60) and the barrier wall (70) being connected along one corner of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10),
and the target wall (60) and the barrier wall (70) being connected along the full height (10d) in one corner of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10), and the ratio between the area of the barrier wall (70) and the total area in the plane (73) of the barrier wall (70) limited by the inlet wall (20), the floor (30), the roof (40) and the target wall (60) is in the range of 20% to 40%, preferably in the range of 30% to 38%, and the barrier wall (70) defines a triangular barrier (72), and the triangular barrier (72) is of the form of a right-angled triangle, with one leg aligned on the floor(30) and the second leg aligned on the target wall (60), and the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) being at a lower elevation than the bottom edge (22) of the opening for the port (21, 21) such that a step (23) is introduced between the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and the bottom edge (22) of the opening for the port,
and the step (23) has a step height in the range 50 cm to 90 cm, more preferably in the range of 70 cm to 90 cm,
and all walls of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) are planar, vertical walls,
and the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) is arranged on top of first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and is built on a support (31) connected to the housing of the regenerator (80).
[0103] Another embodiment is a Regenerator assembly comprising an inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10), preferably according to the specific embodiment above, and a double pass vertical regenerator (80),
wherein the floor (30) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) is arranged on top of first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and is built on a support (31) connected to the housing of the regenerator (80),
and the support (31) are ceramic tubes (32) or a sub crown structure (33), and the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) is arranged on top of the first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and inside the housing of the regenerator (80) such that gas entering the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) via the opening for the port (21, 21) is guided through the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and exits the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) at the recess (71) of the barrier wall (70) of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over (10) and through the second pass (82) of the regenerator (80) and further through the first pass (81) of the regenerator (80) and exits the regenerator (80) through the canal (85).
LIST OF REFERENCE CHARACTERS
[0104] 10 Inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0105] 10a full height of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0106] 10b width of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0107] 10c depth of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0108] 10d height of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over in the corner between the barrier wall and the target wall [0109] 20 inlet wall of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0110] 21, 21 port [0111] 21a opening for a port [0112] 22 bottom edge of opening for the port [0113] 23 step [0114] 30 floor of inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0115] 31 support [0116] 32 ceramic tubes [0117] 33 sub crown structure [0118] 40 roof of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0119] 50 sidewall of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0120] 60 target wall of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0121] 61 holes for cleaning [0122] 70 barrier wall of the inlet arrangement for collection of carry over [0123] 71 recess [0124] 72 barrier [0125] 73 plane of the barrier wall [0126] 80 vertical regenerator [0127] 80, 80 regenerator chambers [0128] 80a height of the vertical regenerator [0129] 80b width of the vertical regenerator [0130] 80b, 80b width of the regenerator chambers [0131] 80c depth of the vertical regenerator [0132] 81 first pass (short pass) of regenerator (chamber) [0133] 82 second pass (long pass) of regenerator (chamber) [0134] 83 checkerwork bricks (checkers) [0135] 83a flue size of checkerwork brick [0136] 83b height of checkerwork brick [0137] 83c wall thickness of checkerwork brick [0138] 83d flue channel [0139] 84 division wall [0140] 85 canal [0141] 86 connection canal [0142] 87 rider arches [0143] 90 end-port furnace