EP0458183B1 - Verfahren zur verbesserten Bereitstellung von Behandlungsgas bei Wärmebehandlungen - Google Patents

Verfahren zur verbesserten Bereitstellung von Behandlungsgas bei Wärmebehandlungen Download PDF

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EP0458183B1
EP0458183B1 EP91107868A EP91107868A EP0458183B1 EP 0458183 B1 EP0458183 B1 EP 0458183B1 EP 91107868 A EP91107868 A EP 91107868A EP 91107868 A EP91107868 A EP 91107868A EP 0458183 B1 EP0458183 B1 EP 0458183B1
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Peter Dr.-Ing. Vocke
Reinhard Dipl.-Ing. Strigl
Thomas Dipl.-Ing. Mahlo
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/74—Methods of treatment in inert gas, controlled atmosphere, vacuum or pulverulent material
    • C21D1/76—Adjusting the composition of the atmosphere
    • C21D1/763—Adjusting the composition of the atmosphere using a catalyst

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for providing treatment gas in heat treatments, the treatment gas being generated in a catalyst retort which is arranged in an associated furnace and is at furnace temperature, and a corresponding device.
  • the object of the present invention results from this background and consists in improving a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and known catalyst retorts in such a way that the usability in the direction of lower operating temperatures in heat treatments is expanded.
  • the catalyst retort which is to be arranged implicitly in the furnace, is surrounded by a shield at a distance in the furnace, the treatment gas emerging from the catalyst retort being first introduced into the shield and only then being released into the furnace chamber.
  • the catalyst retort is isolated from the gas atmosphere in the furnace interior, in that the freshly generated treatment gas is temporarily held in the shielded, enveloped catalyst retort.
  • a higher degree of heating of the catalyst mass in the catalyst retort can be maintained even at furnace temperatures below 750 ° C., so that the complete conversion of the feed gas into the treatment gas remains guaranteed.
  • the heating output can be set lower than without shielding.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention for the frequently occurring tubular catalyst retorts derived from a radiant heater tube is that they are surrounded by a likewise essentially tubular shield (11) which surrounds the catalyst retort at a distance, the treatment gas before it is introduced into the furnace interior is routed as far as possible within the shield.
  • a device according to the invention with an essentially tubular catalyst retort with jacket tube, heating, catalyst material and gas supply and -discharge devices and gas outlet openings for the generated treatment gas are characterized in that with the essentially tubular actual catalyst retort, a cladding tube (11) or other profile which is selected in cross section is connected such that the catalyst retort is arranged approximately coaxially and centered in this cladding tube or profile and this results in a free space (14) surrounding the catalyst retort, the cladding tube or profile being equipped with passage openings for the treatment gas trapped therein.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment consists in that the passage openings (15) are arranged in the cladding tube or profile in such a way that the flow path of the newly formed treatment gas in the cladding tube or profile is as long as possible.
  • the figure shows a device according to the invention installed between two walls 6, 7 of a heat treatment system with a catalyst retort 1, internal heating 2 and a shielding cladding tube 11.
  • the essentially tubular catalyst retort 1 is equipped with a feed line 8 for the feed gas, which, for example, consists of a mixture Natural gas and air can be.
  • the inner volume of retort 1 is largely with Filled catalyst material 9, which ensures the conversion of the feed gas into the treatment gas.
  • outlet openings 10 are provided for the converted gas.
  • the feed gas passes through the catalyst material 9 located in the catalyst retort and exits the retort as treatment gas through the gas outlet openings 10.
  • the internal heating 2 is arranged centrally in the catalyst retort, which can consist of a burner with a fuel gas mixture supply 16 and exhaust pipe 17.
  • the entire catalyst retort 1 is surrounded by the cladding tube 11 and is fixed coaxially and centered therein with a strut cross 12 and a flange 13. Because of the larger, inexpensive approximately 1.1 to twice the diameter of the cladding tube, there is a free space 14 between the catalyst retort and the cladding tube.
  • through openings 15 are provided approximately at the opposite end to the end at which the gas outlet openings 10 are located on the retort itself.
  • the sequence according to the invention is now as follows: If heat treatment is to be carried out at temperatures, for example around 750 ° C, under protective gas, e.g. an annealing treatment of metallic workpieces, whereby the heat treatment system can be a continuous furnace, the problems described at the outset occur in a conventional version with the protective gas generation via catalyst retorts - incomplete conversion of the feed gas into treatment gas and risk of burning if the heating output is too high. Under Using the method according to the invention and the device, however, it is possible to provide treatment gas without problems.
  • protective gas e.g. an annealing treatment of metallic workpieces
  • a heating of the catalyst material in the retort is achieved at an approximately 10 to 20% higher level than if a catalyst retort were used without the jacket tube 11 essential to the invention.
  • the natural gas-air feed gas flows through the feed line 8 in the cold state of the catalyst mass 9 and converts there after heating in, for example, CO / H2 / N2-containing treatment gas, which passes through the gas outlet openings 10 at the top of the catalyst retort 1 the cladding tube 11 flows into shielded free space 14.
  • the treatment gas flows to the foot end of the catalyst retort in this shielded free space, since the through bores 15 of the cladding tube 11 are located there. Through this the treatment gas finally enters the furnace interior. In this way, thermal insulation of the catalyst retort towards the furnace interior is achieved, as a result of which the above-mentioned increase in the temperature level in the catalyst retort and thus an objective essential to the invention is achieved.
  • a further, additional advantage is that the procedure according to the invention or the implementation of the invention in terms of the device results in the possibility that the replacement of a catalyst retort can be considerably simplified. If the device according to the invention is designed so that the cladding tube 11 is connected to the catalyst retort 1, for example on the flange 13 by a releasable screw connection 18, while the front end of the catalyst retort is only loosely lying on the support cross 12 in the cladding tube 11 is held, the catalyst retort can be replaced practically while the treatment furnace is in operation, since the cladding tube 11 remains in the furnace and the latter is therefore essentially closed. Thus, the catalyst retort can be exchanged very easily when the furnace is heated, which reduces costs for this operating case.
  • the method according to the invention thus provides an expansion of the possible uses of treatment gas production with catalyst retorts, which can be desirable and advantageous in a number of practical cases, with additional progress being made with regard to the maintenance and repair friendliness of a heat treatment system.

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EP91107868A 1990-05-19 1991-05-15 Verfahren zur verbesserten Bereitstellung von Behandlungsgas bei Wärmebehandlungen Expired - Lifetime EP0458183B1 (de)

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