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Power plant burning fuel in a fluidized bed

US4796568A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1988
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23C10/16
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steam-generating plant burning a fuel, primarily coal, in a fluidized bed has the bed vessel divided into a combustion chamber and an ash chamber by an air distributor with nozzles for the supply of air for fluidization of the bed and combustion of the fuel. The air distributor is provided with openings, through which bed material can pass from the fluidized combustion chamber to the non-fluidized ash chamber. Tubes for generating steam are provided in the combustion chamber and tubes for superheating steam are arranged in the ash chamber. The plant is provided with a transport means for conveying bed material back from the ash chamber to the combustion chamber. Regulating the quantity of bed material fed back to the combustion chamber also regulates the supply of heat to the superheating tubes and controls the degree of superheating obtained.

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