Abstract:
Bent-out wall in the region of a substantially rectangular burner opening (2), wherein the bent-out wall (1) is formed by tube walls (3) and the tube walls (3) consist of tube-fin-tube combinations welded in a gastight manner and the tubes (5) thereof are flowed through by a cooling medium, wherein at least part of the bent-out wall (1) along the two longitudinal sides (7) of the rectangular burner opening (2) is formed by means of prefabricated tube wall segments (4) and wherein the prefabricated tube wall segments (4) are machine-welded in the planar state at the workshop and are subsequently bent at the workshop to a wall bending radius (R) of 70-140 mm and a wall bending angle (W) of 110°-150°.
Abstract:
In a water tube boiler comprising a housing enclosing tubes bent to form vertical chambers successively traversed by rising hot combustion gases, the tubes being connected at the bottom to the interior of the jacket of a jacketed cylindrical combustion chamber, which jacket is supplied with cold water, and at the top to a steam manifold, the manifold and jacketed chamber project beyond the housing with a downcomer outside the housing connecting the top of the jacket and the lowest part of the manifold, thereby permitting the boiler to operate with a shallow level of water in the manifold, speeding up circulation of water and its heating, and permitting substantially dry steam to be discharged from the upper manifold. The chambers may include baffles which are angled so that the hot gas hits them at an angle less than 90.degree. so as to be deflected thereby in the direction of its advance, thereby avoiding hot spots. Advantageously successive chambers from bottom to top are reduced in volume to make up for the reduction in volume as the hot gas cools, thereby keeping the gas velocity high and maintaining turbulence which helps heat exchange. A gas or oil burner is situated so that its flame is within the water-cooled jacketed chamber. Alternatively, instead of burning fuel within the chamber, the chamber can be supplied with waste heat as from a turbine exhaust.
Abstract:
A low pressure steam generator comprising a horizontal coil of tubing having a single upper steam outlet header and a pair of lower water inlet headers on opposite sides of the coil. Curved taps connect the successive turns of the coil with the steam header, and curved taps connect the water headers alternately to the coil turns to give a structure which is resistant to differential thermal expansion and which is minimally susceptible to surging, pressure variation, and entrainment of water in the steam input.
Abstract:
A low pressure steam generator including a water tube structure of plural, substantially annular coaxial portions each connected individually by separate conduits to a steam header above and a water header below. The portions coact with suitable baffle means to comprise a combustion chamber, but are significantly spaced to allow combustion products to pass between them from a burner directing a flame axially within the chamber, and the greater part of the combustion products are directed upward by the baffle means to bathe the steam header outside the combustion chamber as well. Means are provided for maintaining the water to be vaporized at a suitable level, and the whole is enclosed in a suitable housing to the top and bottom of which the headers are secured. The tube structure may be a continuous helix or an array of discrete annuli.
Abstract:
A package water tube boiler having a novel radiant tube design which includes one or more additional tubes situated within the combustion section of the boiler. The novel tube design may be used in both hot water and steam applications.
Abstract:
The heat exchanger is constructed with a single pressure vessel to contain the ducts for the hot gas flow and the heating surfaces for the secondary medium. The heat exchanger is provided with a central duct for the hot process gas and two parallel branch ducts through which sub-flows of the process gas pass. A throttle member is provided in at least one of the branch ducts in order to throttle the flow of hot gas therethrough. Additional hot gas can be bypassed from the duct section into the exhaust gas from the pressure vessel.