Abstract:
An energy product made from biomass, and a method of making an energy product from biomass. The energy product is made by processing biomass in a pressurizable reaction vessel with heat, pressure and agitation.
Abstract:
A high temperature air heater including a heat transfer conduit located in higher temperature gas. The heat transfer conduit is made up of a heat transfer pipe through which the air to be heated flows and a refractory protective pipe covering the heat transfer pipe. A clearance is provided between the heat transfer pipe and the refractory protective pipe. The clearance makes it possible to accommodate the differences in thermal expansion between the heat transfer pipe and the refractory protective pipe to prevent damaging the refractory protective pipe, thus extending the service life of the high temperature air heater.
Abstract:
In an air heater for use in recovering, by heat exchange, the heat of an exhaust gas generated from an incinerator for disposing of wastes, prolonged service life and improved working efficiency are attainable with least thermal deformation. The air heater has a heat transfer conduit which is placed in high temperature highly corrosive gas. The transfer conduit comprises a short seal pipe (212) going through a ceiling of said air heater and fixed at the ceiling, a metal ring member (214) arranged outside of the shot seal pipe through a sealing material and arranged to be able to move along a longitudinal axis of said shot seal pipe, a heat transfer pipe (216) formed of a refractory material having a heat conductivity, connected to said metal ring member at a top end portion and sealed at a lower end portion, and a metallic pipe (218) arranged inside of said short seal pipe and said heat transfer pipe in coaxial, providing a through hole at a lower part thereof and providing a metallic support fitting welded at the bottom thereof. The short seal pipe is connected to an inlet pipe of an air to be heated and supported by a structural member of the air heater at a top end thereof. The metallic pipe is connected to an outlet pipe of a heated air and supported by a structural member of the air heater at a top end thereof. The heat transfer pipe is supported by the metallic support fitting by means of being set into a hollow part formed on an inner surface of the heat transfer pipe.
Abstract:
In an apparatus for heating high-temperature air for use in recovering, by heat exchange, the heat of an exhaust gas of elevated temperature generated from an apparatus for disposing of wastes, prolonged service life, improved working efficiency, improved efficiency of heat recovery on heat exchange are attainable with least thermal deformation and reduced dust deposition. Solving Means In the apparatus for heating high-temperature air located in a gas atmosphere of elevated temperature, an air to be heated and caused to flow through a heat transfer conduit is heated upon heat exchange with the gas of elevated temperature. The heat transfer coduit is constructed with a heat transfer pipe in which the air to be heated is flowed, and a refractory protective pipe held in coaxially covered relation to the heat transfer pipe with a gapping defined between both pipes. The refractory protective pipe is formed to be angular when seen sectionally, and the heat transfer pipe is disposed in a plural number and secured in face-to-face contact with adjoining heat transfer pipes and one sectionally angular face of the refractory protective pipe.
Abstract:
In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace. If desired, the reburning to a higher temperature may be performed under pressure and the obtained hot combustion gas is supplied to a gas turbine to generate electricity, followed by introduction of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine into a steam superheater for further heat recovery. The system can raise the temperature of superheated steam to a sufficient level to enhance the efficiency of power generation without possibility of corrosion of heat transfer pipes by the combustion gas or combustible gas.
Abstract:
In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace. If desired, the reburning to a higher temperature may be performed under pressure and the obtained hot combustion gas is supplied to a gas turbine to generate electricity, followed by introduction of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine into a steam superheater for further heat recovery. The system can raise the temperature of superheated steam to a sufficient level to enhance the efficiency of power generation without possibility of corrosion of heat transfer pipes by the combustion gas or combustible gas.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a plant for the thermolysis of waste products containing an organic fraction, and for simultaneous energetically upgrading these waste products comprising: a unit for loading and supplying the waste products to be treated; a thermolysis reactor for thermal dissociation under reduced pressure at high temperature. The invention is characterized in that it comprises: upstream and downstream of the reactor, a lock chamber for maintaining a partial vacuum in the reactor for ensuring thermolysis in an atmosphere with low oxygen content; first means for recuperating, in the upper part of the reactor, the organic gas fraction formed during thermolysis, and for bringing this fraction to a combustion chamber supplying a steam generator; second means for recuperating at the bottom of the reactor the solid carbon products formed during thermolysis, and for bringing these solid products to a combustion chamber supplying a steam generator or an evacuating system. The gas of the combustion chamber and the steam produced by the steam generator, in turn supply the unit producing the waste products and/or means for drying in advance of the waste products provided just upstream of the reactor.
Abstract:
A combustion plant for a combustion process is disclosed. The plant has a pressurized combustion chamber (1), which encloses a fluidized bed and in which combustion of a fuel is to take place while producing combination gases, a gasifying device (40), which is arranged to produce a combustible gas and a degassed combustible product, and a transportation device (6, 44) for discharging the product from the gasifying device (40) and supplying it to the combustion chamber (1) for combustion of the product in the combustion chamber. The transportation device has a discharge conduit (44) connected to the gasifying device (40) and is arranged to discharge the product from the gasifying device (40). The discharge conduit (44) has a cooling member (45), which is arranged to cool the product discharged from the gasifying device (40), and a pneumatic supply conduit device. The pneumatic supply conduit device (6) is arranged downstream of the cooling member (45) to connect the discharge conduit (44) to the combustion chamber (1) and supply the product to the combustion chamber using a pressurized gas. The pressurized gas contains oxygen supplied directly to the supply conduit device (6) by a compressor (16, 51).
Abstract:
An industrial waste and household waste is treated by a pyrolysis step for carbonizing waste containing organic substance in a condition sealed from an air so as to separate to a pyrolysis gas and a pyrolysis residue; a gas cracking step for introducing the pyrolysis gas after the pyrolysis step so as to react an oxide component in the pyrolysis gas through an oxidization reaction and thermally decompose high molecular hydrocarbon in the pyrolysis gas with a heat generated by the oxidization reaction so as to obtain a cracked gas containing low molecular hydrocarbon; a residue cooling step for cooling the pyrolysis residue generated in the pyrolysis step for solidification; a mechanical processing step for crushing and sorting the pyrolysis residue solidified in the residue cooling step so as to obtain a pyrolysis char essentially consisting of pyrolysed organic substance and inorganic components; and a smelting and gasifying step for burning the pyrolysis char obtained in the mechanical processing step at a high temperature by being mixed with fuel and oxygen or air so as to melt the inorganic component of the pyrolysis char and gasify the carbon component to obtain a gasified gas containing low molecular hydrocarbon.
Abstract:
The combination of a vessel and a stopper assembly. The vessel has a wall defining a storage space for a supply of a flowable material and an orifice on the wall communicating through the body from the storage space to externally of the storage space. The stopper assembly selectively blocks the orifice. The stopper assembly has a frame, a stopper element with a blocking surface on the frame that is movable relative to the vessel between i) a closed position wherein the blocking surface substantially blocks the orifice and ii) an open position, and a repositioning mechanism for moving the stopper element relative to the vessel with the stopper element remaining in the closed position to thereby avoid fixing of the stopper element to the vessel.