EP0635694A2 - Dispositif de refroidissement d'un gaz qui forme des dépôts - Google Patents

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EP0635694A2
EP0635694A2 EP94110240A EP94110240A EP0635694A2 EP 0635694 A2 EP0635694 A2 EP 0635694A2 EP 94110240 A EP94110240 A EP 94110240A EP 94110240 A EP94110240 A EP 94110240A EP 0635694 A2 EP0635694 A2 EP 0635694A2
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heating surface
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Ralf-Uwe Dr. Hartermann
Hubert Scheid
Reinald Schulze-Eckel
Joachim Papendick
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00—Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02—Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/48—Devices or arrangements for removing water, minerals or sludge from boilers ; Arrangement of cleaning apparatus in boilers; Combinations thereof with boilers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10J—PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES; CARBURETTING AIR OR OTHER GASES
    • C10J3/00—Production of combustible gases containing carbon monoxide from solid carbonaceous fuels
    • C10J3/72—Other features
    • C10J3/86—Other features combined with waste-heat boilers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
    • F22B1/02—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers
    • F22B1/18—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being a hot gas, e.g. waste gas such as exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines
    • F22B1/1838—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being a hot gas, e.g. waste gas such as exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines the hot gas being under a high pressure, e.g. in chemical installations
    • F22B1/1846—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being a hot gas, e.g. waste gas such as exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines the hot gas being under a high pressure, e.g. in chemical installations the hot gas being loaded with particles, e.g. waste heat boilers after a coal gasification plant
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D7/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D7/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being helically coiled
    • F28D7/024—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being helically coiled the conduits of only one medium being helically coiled tubes, the coils having a cylindrical configuration
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/007—Auxiliary supports for elements
    • F28F9/013—Auxiliary supports for elements for tubes or tube-assemblies
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
    • F28G1/00—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances
    • F28G1/08—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances having scrapers, hammers, or cutters, e.g. rigidly mounted
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
    • F28G7/00—Cleaning by vibration or pressure waves

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  • the invention relates to a device for cooling a deposit-forming gas consisting of an upright container with the gas flowing through it, at least two containers arranged in the container and constructed from at least one heating surface formed in a closed geometry and through which a cooling medium flows and several tapping devices assigned to the individual heating surfaces for the mechanical cleaning of the heating surfaces.
  • heating surface units of a height still to be cleaned have been suspended separately from one another in the container and switched into the coolant circuit via separate connections through the container wall.
  • a heating surface constructed in a closed geometry is understood to mean one that can be accelerated by tapping at one point or a limited number of points so that cleaning is possible. This can be achieved in particular in that each heating surface of the heating surface unit is designed in a tube / web / tube or fin tube construction, ie all tubes of the bundle are rigidly connected to form a structural unit.
  • This object is achieved in that the upper of the heating surface units is supported on the container and the lower heating surface unit is connected to the upper heating surface unit via connecting pipes through which the coolant flows so that the heating surface units are successively flowed through by the cooling medium and the connecting pipes between the Heating surface bundles form an open geometry that does not hinder the knocking effect on the individual heating surface units.
  • the upper heating surface unit of the device takes over the supporting function with a correspondingly designed support on the container.
  • the one or more downstream heating surface units of the device are carried by the connecting pipes from the upper unit.
  • the connecting pipes thus simultaneously take over the weight of the downstream heating surface units and their coolant connection.
  • mechanical decoupling takes place such that the two heating surface units can be tapped safely and independently of one another by the knocking devices assigned to them.
  • the overall heights of the heating surface units with regard to the interaction of dirt and cleaning effects by knocking, i.e. H. the size of the cooling section are determined independently of the area of influence of the knocking devices by the permissible and thus optimized data of the coolant circuit.
  • Each heating surface unit is preferably constructed in a manner known per se from a plurality of heating surfaces plugged into one another, each of which protrudes from the adjacent other, and the associated knocking devices can act separately on the heating surfaces.
  • the individual heating surfaces can be designed as bulkhead heating surfaces provided with longitudinally or transversely (snake-shaped) flow tubes or can be wound in a helical shape.
  • the cross sections perpendicular to the direction of flow can be cylindrical, square, polygonal or the like.
  • the overall height of the heating surface bundle or the heating surfaces in the flow direction of the gas is adapted to the cleaning effect, which corresponds to the acceleration that can be applied by the knocking devices.
  • the connecting pipes preferably extend essentially vertically and in a straight line in the direction of the gas flow. Very little erosion can then occur on the connecting pipes because they extend in the direction of the gas flow and not transversely to it.
  • a further improvement in the cleaning of deposits that form on the heating surfaces is achieved in that the free flow cross-section for the gas is limited, starting from the area of the connecting pipes such that the speed is increased in the downstream heating surface unit.
  • Increasing the gas velocity by reducing the free flow cross-section reduces the formation of deposits by increasing the self-cleaning power.
  • gas speeds which are too low are avoided, in particular at partial load, with the risk of bridging at the cold end of the device.
  • the heating surface size of the downstream heating surface unit can also be reduced by increasing the gas velocity in a downstream heating surface unit while simultaneously reducing fouling.
  • the construction of the individual heating surface in a closed geometry is advantageously achieved by using the tube / web / tube construction or fin tube construction.
  • an outer wall cooling surface and / or an inner wall cooling surface restricting the gas flow to an annular flow space can also be provided, which are also acted upon by cooling medium.
  • the raw gas G to be cooled and pressurized enters from above into a vertically standing container 1.
  • a support for a first heating surface bundle 3 is provided, which consists of several there are nested heating surfaces 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d.
  • the heating surface bundle 3 is connected to collectors 5 located outside of the container 1 via a plurality of connecting lines 4 which also perform the removal function.
  • the design of the cooling medium paths in the heating surface bundle 3 or in the individual heating surfaces 3a - 3d lies within the framework of professional action. For this reason, symbol 6 has been used in FIG. 1 for all heating surfaces within bundle 3.
  • the heating surface 3d protrudes from the heating surface 3c, the heating surface 3c from the heating surface 3b and the heating surface 3b from the heating surface 3a, so that the individual heating surfaces can be accelerated and thus cleaned by schematically illustrated striking or knocking devices 7a-7d.
  • the heating surface bundle 3 or its individual heating surfaces 3a - 3b are connected to a further heating surface bundle 9 consisting of heating surfaces 9a, 9b, 9c and 9d via connecting pipes 8 which extend essentially in the gas flow direction.
  • the heating surfaces within the bundle 9 are again identified by the symbol 10.
  • Knocking devices 11a-11d are assigned to the individual heating surfaces 9a-9d.
  • the formation of the cooling medium paths in the heating surface bundle 9 is again in the area of professional action.
  • the tubes 8 build an area of open geometry between the heating surface bundles 3 and 9 formed in a closed geometry, so that the heating surfaces 3 and 9 are mechanically decoupled with respect to the effect of the knocking devices 7 and 11.
  • the heating surfaces in the bundle are identified by the symbol 13 '.
  • At least a part of the connecting pipes 8 and 12 takes over the supporting function for the heating surface bundle 9 and 13 respectively connected downstream.
  • the heating surface bundle 13 or its heating surfaces 13a-13c are connected to distributors 16 via connecting lines 15, so that the heating surfaces 13, 9 and 3 in countercurrent to the above-entering gas G from the cooling medium K (e.g. water / Steam).
  • the device according to the invention can also be operated in direct current if necessary, the gas entering the container at the bottom.
  • the diameter of the container 1 decreases in the area 1a, so that the speed of the already partially cooled gas flowing into the heating surface bundle 13 is increased, so that the advantages mentioned in the introduction to the description can be achieved.
  • the reduction in the free flow cross-section is achieved by reducing the container diameter
  • such a reduction can also be achieved by changing the diameter of the cooling pipes used in the subsequent heating surface by changing the heating surfaces in the bundle 13, that the pipe pitch in the individual heating surfaces is reduced or that an additional displacement body, which can preferably also be designed as an inner wall cooling surface, is introduced into the heating surface.
  • the container wall itself is shown as a limitation of the flow path for the gas to be cooled.
  • the limitation of the gas route can be formed by a special wall heating surface and / or as a sheet metal shirt and / or as masonry, as in the form of a Wall heating surface and a brick lining is shown in DE-PS 31 37 576.
  • the distributors 16 and / or the collectors 5 are arranged in whole or in part in the gas flow; they can also be arranged between the container wall and a separate wall heating surface or sheets or masonry.
  • the heating surface bundle 3 will not be removed by a support 2 on the side wall, but it will be advantageous to heat the heating surface bundle 3 and thus the heating surface bundle 9 and 13 on the ceiling structure of the container.
  • the heating surface bundle 17 consists of three heating surfaces, in which tubes 18 extend parallel to the gas flow and which have a square cross section.
  • the individual heating surfaces 20 consist of bulkhead-like partial heating surfaces 20a with transverse flow tubes, which are arranged in a polygonal manner.
  • the heating surface bundle 21 has a plurality of heating surfaces 22 wound helically.
  • the embodiments according to FIGS. 2-4 show examples of heating surface bundles in a closed geometry with any desired routing of the cooling tubes in a welded fin tube or tube / web / tube construction.

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EP94110240A 1993-07-22 1994-07-01 Dispositif de refroidissement d'un gaz qui forme des dépÔts Expired - Lifetime EP0635694B1 (fr)

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DE4324586A DE4324586C1 (de) 1993-07-22 1993-07-22 Vorrichtung zum Abkühlen eines belagbildenden Gases

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