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Corner windbox overfire air compartment for a fossil fuel-fired furnace

US6202575A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1999
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23D2201/20
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air compartment of a corner windbox of a tangential firing system of a fossil fuel-fired furnace for injecting secondary air into the furnace. The air compartment includes a channel portion with an entrance end communicating with an air delivery duct and an exit end communicating via an exit assembly with the furnace opening. The exit assembly includes at least one vane for guiding an air stream and a mounting frame for supporting the vane relative to the channel portion for guiding thereby of an air stream passing from the channel portion through the furnace opening into the furnace. The vane includes a surface portion which intersects the horizontal plane at an acute angle and a pair of opposed transverse edges. The vane and the mounting frame are disposed within the channel portion such that the leading edge of the vane is upstream of the furnace opening.

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