Soot blower system
US4488516A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF22B37/56
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A soot blower system comprising a plurality of soot blowers (60) each of which is selectively operable to clean ash deposits (54) from the walls (12) of a furnace chamber (10) in direct response to the local heat transfer rate from the hot combustion products to the walls of the furnace sensed by one or more heat flux meters (62) mounted to the furnace wall in the general region surrounding each of the soot blowers.
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