CN220567270U - Gas pulse soot blower - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a gas pulse soot blower, comprising: the device comprises a gas tank, a suction pump and a telescopic limit sleeve, wherein the suction pump is arranged on the gas tank, the telescopic limit sleeve is connected to the suction pump, and a telescopic rotating structure is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve; the utility model relates to the technical field of pulse soot blowing, which horizontally and uniformly stretches and rapidly rotates a telescopic outer spray pipe in the vertical direction through a telescopic rotating structure, so that the outer side of the telescopic outer spray pipe rapidly rotates at high temperature and high pressure, and dirt and impurities are flushed from the surface of a cleaned object. The working principle of the device is that tap water or other liquid is pressurized by the high-pressure pump to form high-pressure water flow, and the high-speed water flow is generated through the nozzle, so that the surface of the object to be cleaned is forcefully cleaned, and the phenomenon of dead angle cleaning is avoided.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of pulse soot blowing, in particular to a gas pulse soot blower.
Background
In the running process of the coal-fired and oil-fired boilers, dust accumulation is generally generated on the tail heating surface, so that the resistance of smoke is increased, the smoke discharging temperature is increased, and the normal running of the boilers is seriously influenced. The common steam soot blowing technology at home and abroad is not suitable for removing the soot at the tail of the boiler in many cases, and the soot removing effect is quite unsatisfactory. The main reason is that steam soot blowing can cause the increase of the humidity of the flue gas, is more likely to cause soot accumulation and blockage, and can also cause the aggravation of corrosion in some cases, especially for the ash with higher calcium content or sulfur content.
The gas pulse soot blower is a new generation of advanced ash removing equipment, which utilizes common gas fuel such as acetylene or coal gas, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and the like to burn in a specially designed combustion chamber, and emits shock waves at a nozzle on an output pipe, so that deposited ash on a heating surface falls off under the action of the shock waves, the ash removing effect is obvious, the equipment is stable and reliable in operation, and the operation and maintenance are simple, thereby having better economical efficiency.
However, the nozzles of the existing gas pulse soot blower are fixedly arranged at the soot deposition position, only can blow air in one direction, the blowing direction is single, the acting area is small, the dust treatment at a larger range can not be considered, the soot removal flexibility is poor, the normal operation of the boiler can be influenced to a certain extent after long-time operation, the manual soot cleaning of dead angles is still required to be carried out by removing the boiler, and aiming at the problems, the prior art possibly has a technical means for solving, but the scheme is intended to provide an alternative or alternative technical scheme.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme: a gas pulse sootblower comprising: the device comprises a gas tank, a suction pump and a telescopic limit sleeve, wherein the suction pump is arranged on the gas tank, the telescopic limit sleeve is connected to the suction pump, and a telescopic rotating structure is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve;
the telescopic rotating structure comprises: the device comprises a telescopic outer spray pipe, a telescopic ring block, a pair of square sleeve blocks, a plurality of telescopic limiting shafts, square telescopic blocks, a pair of ring drainage magnets, a plurality of drainage metal rods, a horizontal telescopic threaded rod, a horizontal telescopic threaded pipe, a horizontal telescopic gear box, a horizontal telescopic driving machine and a rotating assembly;
the telescopic outer spray pipe is movably inserted into the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve, the telescopic ring block is sleeved on the outer side of the telescopic outer spray pipe, the pair of the square sleeve blocks are not the most important outer side two ends of the telescopic limit sleeve, the plurality of telescopic limit shafts are respectively movably inserted into the pair of square sleeve blocks, the square sleeve blocks are sleeved on the plurality of telescopic limit shafts, the circular ring drainage magnet is arranged on the rotating assembly, the other circular ring drainage magnet is arranged on the telescopic ring block, the plurality of the drainage metal rods are arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve, the horizontal telescopic gear box is arranged on the outer side of the telescopic limit sleeve, the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe is movably inserted into the horizontal telescopic gear box, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod is movably inserted into the inner side of the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod is connected to the square sleeve block, and the horizontal telescopic driving end machine is connected to the horizontal telescopic gear box;
it should be noted that, in the above, through the operation of horizontal flexible driving machine, drive the horizontal flexible gear box operation on the horizontal flexible driving machine driving end, drive the horizontal flexible threaded rod on it through horizontal flexible gear box, drive the horizontal flexible screwed pipe on it through horizontal flexible threaded rod, drive the round ring drainage magnet on it through horizontal flexible screwed pipe, drive the flexible round ring piece on it through round ring drainage magnet, drive the flexible outer shower pipe on it through flexible round ring piece and carry out horizontal extension, flexible round ring piece drives the rotating assembly on it, drive the flexible outer shower pipe on it through rotating assembly and rotate, carry out the flexible spacing on horizontal direction through rotatory flexible outer shower pipe to outside high temperature high pressure rotatory spray cleaning, carry out magnetism conduction through a pair of round ring drainage magnet to the flexible spacing piece of round ring, through reaching the flexible sealed magnetism conduction that carries out of flexible spacing sleeve inboard.
Preferably, the rotating assembly comprises: the device comprises a concave limiting ring, a rotary spray driving machine, a rotary spray driving bevel gear and a rotary spray driving bevel gear;
the rotary spray driving machine is arranged on the concave limiting circular ring, the rotary spray driving bevel gear is arranged on the driving end of the rotary spray driving machine, the rotary spray driving bevel gear is arranged on the rotary circular ring, the rotary spray driving bevel gear is meshed with the rotary spray driving bevel gear through a gear, and the circular ring drainage magnet is arranged on the concave limiting circular ring;
in the above description, the rotary spray driving machine is operated to drive the rotary spray driving bevel gear on the driving end of the rotary spray driving machine to rotate, the rotary spray driving bevel gear meshed with the rotary spray driving bevel gear is driven to rotate by the rotary spray driving bevel gear, and the rotary ring on the rotary spray driving bevel gear is driven by the rotary spray driving bevel gear, so that the rotary ring rotates along the inner side of the concave limiting ring block, and the telescopic outer spray pipe on the rotary ring is driven to rotate by the rotary ring, and meanwhile the concave limiting ring on the rotary spray driving machine is driven to horizontally rotate by the ring drainage magnet, so that the rotary ring horizontally moves and stretches along the telescopic limiting shafts.
Preferably, a plurality of mixing blades are arranged on the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe.
Preferably, a pair of inner diameter valves are arranged on the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe.
Preferably, the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe is provided with a connecting rubber cushion.
Preferably, a flow sensor is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe.
Advantageous effects
The utility model provides a gas pulse soot blower. The gas pulse soot blower has the following beneficial effects that this gas pulse soot blower compares with prior art: the telescopic outer spray pipe is horizontally and uniformly telescopic and rapidly rotated in the vertical direction through the telescopic rotating structure, so that the outer side of the telescopic outer spray pipe is rapidly rotated at high temperature and high pressure, and dirt and impurities are flushed from the surface of a cleaned object. The working principle of the device is that tap water or other liquid is pressurized by the high-pressure pump to form high-pressure water flow, and the high-speed water flow is generated through the nozzle, so that the surface of the object to be cleaned is forcefully cleaned, and the phenomenon of dead angle cleaning is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a gas pulse sootblower of the present utility model in front cross-section.
FIG. 2 is a schematic three-dimensional view of a gas pulse sootblower according to the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a telescopic limit sleeve; 2. a telescopic outer spray pipe; 3. a telescopic ring block; 4. a loop-shaped sleeving block; 5. a telescopic limit shaft; 6. a loop-shaped telescopic block; 7. a circular ring drainage magnet; 8. drainage metal rod; 9. a horizontal telescopic threaded rod; 10. a horizontal telescopic threaded pipe; 11. a horizontal telescopic gearbox; 12. a horizontal telescopic driving machine; 13. a concave limiting circular ring; 14. rotating the circular ring; 15. a rotary spray driving machine; 16. a rotary spraying driving helical gear; 17. rotary spray driving helical gear.
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All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
All electric parts and the adaptive power supply are connected through wires by the person skilled in the art, and a proper controller and encoder should be selected according to actual conditions so as to meet control requirements, specific connection and control sequence, and the electric connection is completed by referring to the following working principles in the working sequence among the electric parts, and the detailed connection means are known in the art, and mainly introduce the working principles and processes as follows, and do not describe the electric control.
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The novel structure is specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, as shown in fig. 1-2, the air pump is mounted on the gas tank, the telescopic limit sleeve 1 is connected to the air pump, and a telescopic rotating structure is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve 1; the telescopic rotating structure comprises: the telescopic spray pipe comprises a telescopic outer spray pipe 2, a telescopic circular ring block 3, a pair of square sleeve blocks 4, a plurality of telescopic limiting shafts 5, a square telescopic block 6, a pair of circular ring drainage magnets 7, a plurality of drainage metal rods 8, a horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9, a horizontal telescopic threaded pipe 10, a horizontal telescopic gear box 11, a horizontal telescopic driving machine 12 and a rotating assembly; the telescopic outer spray pipe 2 is movably inserted into the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve 1, the telescopic ring block 3 is sleeved on the outer side of the telescopic outer spray pipe 2, a pair of the square sleeve blocks 4 are respectively and movably inserted into the two ends of the outer side of the telescopic limit sleeve 1, a plurality of the telescopic limit shafts 5 are respectively and movably inserted into the pair of square sleeve blocks 4, the square telescopic block 6 is sleeved on the plurality of the telescopic limit shafts 5, the ring drainage magnet 7 is mounted on the rotating assembly, the other ring drainage magnet 7 is mounted on the telescopic ring block 3, the plurality of the drainage metal rods 8 are mounted on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve 1, the horizontal telescopic gear box 11 is mounted on the outer side of the telescopic limit sleeve 1, the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe 10 is movably inserted into the horizontal telescopic gear box 11, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9 is movably inserted into the inner side of the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe 10, and the horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9 is connected with the square gear box 6, and the horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9 is connected with the horizontal telescopic drive end 12 of the horizontal telescopic drive end of the telescopic drive machine; the rotating assembly comprises: the device comprises a concave limiting ring 13, a rotary ring 14, a rotary spray driving machine 15, a rotary spray driving bevel gear 16 and a rotary spray driving bevel gear 17; the rotary spray driving machine is characterized in that the concave limiting circular ring 13 is arranged on the inner side of the square telescopic block 6, the rotary circular ring 14 is inserted into the inner side of the concave limiting circular ring 13 through a bearing, the rotary spray driving machine 15 is arranged on the concave limiting circular ring 13, the rotary spray driving bevel gear 16 is arranged on the driving end of the rotary spray driving machine 15, the rotary spray driving bevel gear 17 is arranged on the rotary circular ring 14, the rotary spray driving bevel gear 17 is meshed with the rotary spray driving bevel gear 16 through a gear, and the circular ring drainage magnet 7 is arranged on the concave limiting circular ring 13; a plurality of mixing blades are arranged on the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe 2; a pair of inner diameter valves are arranged on the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe 2; the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe 2 is provided with a connecting rubber cushion; the inner side of the telescopic outer spray pipe 2 is provided with a flow sensor.
According to the drawing 1-2, the horizontal telescopic driving machine 12 is operated to drive the horizontal telescopic gearbox 11 on the driving end of the horizontal telescopic driving machine 12 to operate, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9 on the horizontal telescopic driving machine is driven by the horizontal telescopic gearbox 11, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod 9 is used to drive the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe 10 on the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe, the circular telescopic block 6 on the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe is driven by the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe 10, the circular ring guide magnet 7 on the circular ring guide block 6 is driven by the circular ring guide magnet 7, the telescopic circular ring block 3 on the circular ring guide magnet is driven by the telescopic circular ring block 3 to horizontally telescopic outer spray pipe 2, the telescopic circular ring block 3 is driven by the telescopic circular ring block 3 to rotate, the telescopic outer spray pipe 2 on the telescopic circular ring block 2 is driven by the rotating assembly to rotate, the telescopic outer side is subjected to high-temperature and high-pressure rotary spray cleaning, the telescopic limiting of the circular ring guide block 6 in the horizontal direction is performed by the plurality of telescopic limiting shafts 5, the circular ring guide magnet 7 is magnetically conducted by the plurality of guide metal rods 8, and the inner side of the telescopic limiting sleeve 1 is sealed magnetically conducted; the rotary spraying driving machine 15 is operated to drive the rotary spraying driving bevel gear 16 on the driving end of the rotary spraying driving machine 15 to rotate, the rotary spraying driving bevel gear 17 meshed with the rotary spraying driving bevel gear 16 is driven to rotate by the rotary spraying driving bevel gear 17, the rotary ring 14 is driven to rotate along the inner side of the concave limiting ring 13, the telescopic outer spray pipe 2 is driven to rotate by the rotary ring 14, meanwhile, the concave limiting ring 13 is driven to horizontally rotate by the ring drainage magnet 7, and the telescopic outer spray pipe is horizontally moved and stretched along the plurality of telescopic limiting shafts 5 by the concave limiting ring 13.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. A gas pulse sootblower comprising: the device comprises a gas tank, a suction pump and a telescopic limit sleeve, and is characterized in that the suction pump is arranged on the gas tank, the telescopic limit sleeve is connected to the suction pump, and a telescopic rotating structure is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limit sleeve;
the telescopic rotating structure comprises: the device comprises a telescopic outer spray pipe, a telescopic ring block, a pair of square sleeve blocks, a plurality of telescopic limiting shafts, square telescopic blocks, a pair of ring drainage magnets, a plurality of drainage metal rods, a horizontal telescopic threaded rod, a horizontal telescopic threaded pipe, a horizontal telescopic gear box, a horizontal telescopic driving machine and a rotating assembly;
the telescopic outer spray pipe is movably inserted into the inner side of the telescopic limiting sleeve, the telescopic ring blocks are sleeved on the outer side of the telescopic outer spray pipe, the pair of telescopic ring blocks are the most important telescopic limiting sleeve is arranged on the two ends of the outer side of the telescopic limiting sleeve, the telescopic limiting shafts are movably inserted into the pair of telescopic ring blocks respectively, the telescopic ring blocks are sleeved on the telescopic limiting shafts, the circular ring drainage magnet is arranged on the rotating assembly, the other circular ring drainage magnet is arranged on the telescopic ring blocks, the drainage metal rod is arranged on the inner side of the telescopic limiting sleeve, the horizontal telescopic gear box is arranged on the outer side of the telescopic limiting sleeve, the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe is movably inserted into the horizontal telescopic gear box, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod is movably inserted into the inner side of the horizontal telescopic threaded pipe, the horizontal telescopic threaded rod is connected to the telescopic ring blocks, and the horizontal telescopic driving end machine is connected to the horizontal telescopic gear box.
2. The gas pulse sootblower of claim 1 wherein said rotary assembly comprises: the device comprises a concave limiting ring, a rotary spray driving machine, a rotary spray driving bevel gear and a rotary spray driving bevel gear;
the rotary spraying driving machine is installed on the concave limiting circular ring, the rotary spraying driving bevel gear is installed on the driving end of the rotary spraying driving machine, the rotary spraying driving bevel gear is installed on the rotary circular ring, the rotary spraying driving bevel gear is meshed with a gear between the rotary spraying driving bevel gear and the rotary spraying driving bevel gear, and the circular ring drainage magnet is installed on the concave limiting circular ring.
3. The gas pulse sootblower of claim 2 wherein said telescoping outer lance tube is provided with a plurality of mixing vanes on the inside thereof.
4. A gas pulse sootblower as recited in claim 3 wherein said telescoping outer spray tube is internally provided with a pair of internal diameter valves.
5. The gas pulse soot blower of claim 4, wherein the inner side of said telescoping outer spray tube is provided with a connecting rubber pad.
6. The gas pulse sootblower of claim 5 wherein said telescoping outer lance tube is internally provided with a flow sensor.
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