Patent · US Expired

Heat generator for heating a fluid by heat exchange through a fluidized bed and a process for implementing same

US4574743A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1984
Grant dateMar 11, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23C10/02
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The enclosure of a generator comprises a combustion zone 1 surrounded at least partially by a heat exchange zone 2, the combustion zone comprising a premix chamber 25 having means for supplying with air at 12 and with fuel 10,11 and inert recycling particles coming from zone 2. The premix chamber has mounted thereover a vertical duct 21 filled with a refractory stack 6 and comprises above the stack an opening 22 serving as overflow communicating with a vertical duct 4 situated outside duct 21 and opening into zone 2. The heat exchange zone 2 is formed as a dense fluidized bed zone and contains fluid circulation tubes 3. The vertical duct 21 serving as combustion hearth is filled with a fixed structure formed by a stack of several layers of spaced parallel bars, offset angularly from one layer to the next.

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