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Method for managing a shut down of a boiler

US10775039B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH · CH

Inventors

Michael Heim · Holzgerlingen, DE
THOMAS FERRAND · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2014
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF22B37/22
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The method for managing a shut down of a boiler having a duct and heat exchanging components is provided. The heat exchanging component having tubed heat exchanging surfaces within the duct and headers outside the duct. The method includes regulating the temperature of the headers during shut down to a temperature close to the one expected for the steam moving from the tubed heat exchanging surfaces into the headers at a starting up following the shut down.

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