EP0715706B1 - Echangeur thermique a regeneration - Google Patents

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EP0715706B1
EP0715706B1 EP94920634A EP94920634A EP0715706B1 EP 0715706 B1 EP0715706 B1 EP 0715706B1 EP 94920634 A EP94920634 A EP 94920634A EP 94920634 A EP94920634 A EP 94920634A EP 0715706 B1 EP0715706 B1 EP 0715706B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D19/00—Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which the intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is moved successively into contact with each heat-exchange medium
    • F28D19/04—Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which the intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is moved successively into contact with each heat-exchange medium using rigid bodies, e.g. mounted on a movable carrier
    • F28D19/047—Sealing means

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  • the present invention relates to a regenerative heat exchanger of the type set forth in the preamble of the following claim 1.
  • a heat exchanger of this type is known from the Swedish patent specification No. 176 375 showing setting means in the shape of rolling elements, which are mounted on the radially outer end portions of the sector plates, rolling on a flange extending around the periphery of the top side and bottom side of the rotor.
  • each setting unit is axially adjustable and completed with an adjacent, axially directed measuring rod, which from a rest position is instantaneously movable against and in contact with a corresponding flange and designed to indicate when the magnitude of the gap demands a forward adjustment of the unit a small distance such that the original gap is reset.
  • each setting unit comprises at least one axial,through passage, which is connected to a pressure gas source supplying a sufficient pressure for the creation of a gas cushion between the setting unit and the end flange of the cylindrical part.
  • the outer ends of the sector plates are, as usual, balanced by means of counterweights such that a suitable bearing pressure is obtained. If the bearing pressure is set too low in order to reduce the gas pressure need to create the gas cushions, it may happen that the sector plates are thrown up a distance by pressure shocks from the heat exchanging media. Temporary pressure shocks can be counteracted by shock absorbers, but long term pressure shocks demand a higher bearing pressure, for instance by means of springs, which apply a pressure on the sector plates in the direction towards the ends of the cylindrical part, and, thus, also a higher pressure of the pressure gas source. This solution would be satisfactory under normal working conditions. It may happen occasionally, however, owing to different reasons, that the compressor or the gas pressure source supplying the setting units with compressed air gets into shut-down.
  • a pressure gas source or the same pressure gas source that feeds the setting units with pressure gas, is utilized for setting a predetermined bearing pressure of the sector plates against the flanges by means of pressure operated pistons acting upon the sector plates. If the gas pressure creating the gas cushions ceases, also the pressure operating the pistons ceases, which results in an immediate relief of the pressure from the sector plates upon the setting units, when they start sliding on the flanges.
  • Figure 1 is an axial section taken on line I-I of Figure 2
  • Figure 2 is a top end view of the heat exchanger with inlet and outlet ducts in section
  • Figure 3 is an axial section taken on line III-III of Figure 1.
  • the drawings illustrate a conventional heat exchanger with a stationary housing structure 1 and a cylindrical rotor 2 containing a mass of heat regenerating material 3.
  • the rotor 2 is provided with a hub 4, and a fixed top sector plate 5 to which a movable sector plate 6 is hinged, and a corresponding fixed bottom sector plate 7 with a movable sector plate 8.
  • the purpose of the two sector plates 5,6 and 7,8 is to sealingly bear as good as possible on the top and bottom ends of the rotor 2 and by that separate the heat exchanging media flowing through the rotor.
  • Each of the radially outer ends of the movable sector plates (6,8) are for that purpose provided with two units 10, which comprise a setting means 11 for maintaining a certain gap between the ends of the sector plates 6,8 and an annular top and bottom end flange 12 fixedly attached to the rotor 2 around its top and bottom peripheries.
  • each unit preferably comprises also a measuring device, not shown, suitably of fibre optic type, for control measurement of the gap.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a part of the housing structure 1 and the top end flange 12 of the rotor 2 and the movable top sector plate 6.
  • One of the units 10 is fastened with screws in an aperture in the sector plate 6, which unit comprises an outer sleeve 15 with a mounting flange 16, that is fastened with screws 18 on the sector plate 6 with an intermediate sealing ring 17.
  • the sleeve 15 At the top of the sleeve 15 there is an interior thread 19, and an inner sleeve 20 is positioned in the sleeve 15 with an upper part, which is provided with an external thread 21 partially screwed on the thread 19.
  • the inner sleeve 20 At the bottom the inner sleeve 20 is provided with a sealing 22, which is sealingly applied against the inner wall of the sleeve 15.
  • the top end 23 of the inner sleeve is closed and its bottom end is provided with a bottom plate 24 welded to the outer sleeve.
  • a setting means in the shape of a circular sliding shoe is replaceably fastened by means of a countersunk fastening screw 26 threaded into the bottom plate and provided with an axial through channel 40 connecting the interior of the sleeve 20 with a recess 41 in the underside of the sliding shoe 25.
  • the mounting flange 16 of the outer sleeve 15 is provided with an axial flange 27 to which one end of an annular, slightly curved sealing bellow 28 is attached, the other end of which being attached to an axial sleeve 29 surrounding the unit 10 and positioned in a mounting hole in the housing structure 1 and attached to it by means of a mounting flange 30 and an intermediate sealing ring 31.
  • the top portion of the outer sleeve 15 is provided with a mounting lug 32 to which one end of a beam 33 is attached. The other end is in a corresponding way attached to the other unit 10 (not shown) supporting an end portion of a sector plate.
  • a pressure cylinder 34 is attached to the housing structure 1, said pressure cylinder having a piston 35 and a piston rod 36 attached to the beam 33.
  • a compression spring 37 is acting on the underside of the piston 35 and the pressure from a pressure gas conduit 38 is acting on the upper side of the piston.
  • the conduit connects a pressure gas source (not shown) with a nipple 39 mounted in a through hole in the top portion of the top end 23 and provided with a channel to the interior of the sleeve 20 and a channel transmitting the pressure to the continuation of the conduit 38 to the cylinder 34.
  • the weight of the sector plate 6 and associated equipment is mainly balanced by a balancing means (not shown) and the spring force from the spring 37.
  • a bearing force of the sliding shoe 25 corresponding to a load of round 50 kg is created by a pressure of 2 bar in the sleeve 20 and in the cylinder 34 in combination with a suitable area of the piston 35.
  • An air cushion is created on the underside of the sliding shoe 25 by the gas flowing out from the recess 41 such that the gap between the underside of the sliding shoe and the end flange 12 amounts to about 0.3 mm.
  • the lifting force in the direction from the flange 12 also should cease together with the pressure force in the opposite direction from the piston 35 in the cylinder 34.
  • the contact force of the sliding shoe 25 against the flange 12 will be sufficiently low to permit sliding of the sliding shoe on the flange 12 for a long time without damages and still with a reasonable sealing function of the sector plate till the break-down is repaired.
  • the sliding shoes 25 and the cylinders 34 may be pressurized by two separate pressure gas sources. In this case cease of pressure to the sliding shoes should initiate a simultaneous cease of pressure to the pressure cylinders.
  • the gap between the sector plates 6 and the end flanges 12 is suitably as small as 1-3 mm.
  • This is adjusted by turning of the upper portion 23 of the inner sleeve 20 by inserting a key into recesses in the upper portion 23 after loosening of a possible locknut which may be locked against the outer sleeve 15.
  • a correct adjustment may be indicated for instance by the previously mentioned device of fibre optic type, which in the usual way may be arranged to control a motor-driven adjustment apparatus for turning the inner sleeve 20 and its top portion 23 as an alternative for the hand operated adjustment procedure, which of course cannot take place as frequent as a motor operated adjustment.

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  1. Echangeur de chaleur à régénération comprenant deux parties principales, dont l'une peut tourner par rapport à l'autre autour d'un axe central, et dans lequel une partie (2) est essentiellement cylindrique et contient une masse d'un matériau (3) régénérant de la chaleur, et l'autre partie (1) comprend des conduits possédant des passages axiaux d'entrée et de sortie pour les milieux de transmission de chaleur et d'absorption de chaleur, lesquels passages d'entrée et de sortie sont séparés les uns des autres par des plaques en forme de secteurs (6, 8), qui sont positionnées selon un engagement étanche et sont directement adjacents aux extrémités de la partie cylindrique et qui sont articulées à des plaques centrales axialement fixes (5, 7), fixées à l'autre partie (1) au niveau des extrémités de la partie cylindrique, et en outre dans lequel les plaques en forme de secteurs (5, 6) situées à l'une des extrémités de la partie cylindrique sont alignées axialement avec les plaques (7, 8) situées au niveau de l'autre extrémité, et comportent au niveau de leurs parties d'extrémités extérieures du point de vue radial, des unités (10), comprenant des moyens (25) pour régler un interstice entre lesdites parties d'extrémité et une bride d'extrémité (12) ou des moyens similaires au niveau de chaque extrémité de la partie cylindrique, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de réglage (25) possèdent des surfaces d'extrémité qui font face à la bride d'extrémité correspondante, lesquelles surfaces d'extrémité sont équipées de renfoncements (40, 41) communiquant avec une source de gaz sous pression (38) pour créer un coussin de gaz comprimé entre chacun des moyens de réglage (25) et la bride d'extrémité correspondante (12).
  2. Echangeur de chaleur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les plaques articulées formant secteurs (6, 8) sont influencées de l'extérieur à partir des extrémités de la partie cylindrique par des éléments élastiques (37) et/ou des éléments d'équilibrage et, dans la direction opposée, par des moyens de poussée (34, 35) actionnés par un fluide sous pression, le fluide sous pression de ces moyens étant agencé de manière à cesser son action dans le cas d'une suppression de la pression provenant de la source de gaz sous pression alimentant les moyens de réglage (25).
  3. Echangeur de chaleur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la source de gaz comprimé alimentant les coussins de gaz comprimé desdites unités (10) est également raccordé auxdits moyens de poussée (34, 35) comprenant un piston (35) fixé aux plaques en forme de secteurs (6) et actionné par les moyens de poussée à l'encontre de l'action d'un ressort de pression (37) agissant sur le piston.
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SE9302301A SE503801E (sv) 1993-07-02 1993-07-02 Regenerativ värmeväxlare där släpskor och luftkuddar upprätthåller spelet mellan sektorplåt och rotor
SE9302301 1993-07-02
SE9400441A SE501525C2 (sv) 1994-02-10 1994-02-10 Anordning vid roterande regenerativ värmeväxlare med en tryckgaskudde mellan släpskor och rotorflänsar
SE9400441 1994-02-10
PCT/SE1994/000658 WO1995001541A1 (fr) 1993-07-02 1994-07-01 Echangeur thermique a regeneration

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