Patent · US Expired

Opening that allows a soot blower lance to be introduced through a tube cage

US5950572A · kind A · utility

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11References

17Claims

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Assignee

Metallgesellschaft AG · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Heering · Meerbusch, DE
Klaus Kohnen · Mülheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 1996
Grant date	Sep 14, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF22B37/147
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An opening arrangement in which a sliding plate accommodates a soot blower lance to be inserted into a medium-pressure gas-accommodating space through a tube cage in a boiler heated by waste heat. A soot blower box is provided with an elongated slotted hole. A frame is located between the sliding plate and the slotted opening, and a sheet of ceramic fiber is secured in the frame.

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