EP0865592A1 - Procede et dispositif de recuperation d'energie d'un milieu renfermant des substances combustibles meme a de faibles concentrations - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de recuperation d'energie d'un milieu renfermant des substances combustibles meme a de faibles concentrations

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EP0865592A1
EP0865592A1 EP95943562A EP95943562A EP0865592A1 EP 0865592 A1 EP0865592 A1 EP 0865592A1 EP 95943562 A EP95943562 A EP 95943562A EP 95943562 A EP95943562 A EP 95943562A EP 0865592 A1 EP0865592 A1 EP 0865592A1
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energy
combustion
combustible substances
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Björn Heed
Aake KÄLLSTRAND
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Megtec Systems AB
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G7/00—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals
    • F23G7/06—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
    • F23G7/061—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases with supplementary heating
    • F23G7/065—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases with supplementary heating using gaseous or liquid fuel
    • F23G7/066—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases with supplementary heating using gaseous or liquid fuel preheating the waste gas by the heat of the combustion, e.g. recuperation type incinerator
    • F23G7/068—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases with supplementary heating using gaseous or liquid fuel preheating the waste gas by the heat of the combustion, e.g. recuperation type incinerator using regenerative heat recovery means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G5/00—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor
    • F23G5/44—Details; Accessories
    • F23G5/46—Recuperation of heat

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  • the subject invention relates generally to a method and a device for recovery of energy from media containing combustible substances even at low-concentrations, and more particularly to energy recovery in connection with the purification of said media by combustion of the combustible substances.
  • the combustion exchanger is de ⁇ fined as an apparatus comprising a heat-accumulating bed which may be heated up to the spontaneous combustion temperature of the combustible substances and in which bed the combustible sub ⁇ stances, by reversing their direction of flow, attribute to sustaining the spontaneous combustion temperature inside the bed.
  • An appara ⁇ tus of this type is described also in e.g. US-A-4, 741 ,690.
  • the heating of the medium inside the combustion exchanger may take place by the energy released from the spontaneous combustion of the substances inside the bed.
  • Supplementary heating thus becomes nec ⁇ essary only to heat the bed to the spontaneous combustion tempera ⁇ ture when the plant is being started up or when the quantity of com ⁇ bustible substances is very small and insufficient to independently sustain the spontaneous combustion temperature inside the bed.
  • the amount of combustible sub ⁇ stances in the medium is insufficient, as in the latter case mentioned above.
  • the amount of combustible substances usually is in excess of the amount required to sustain the spontaneous combus ⁇ tion temperature inside the bed. This leads to an increase of the heat in the bed, which in turn results in an increased demand for cooling of the bed in order to avoid damages thereto and to the surrounding area.
  • the fact that the thermal energy developed in the combustion is not recovered is a problem as such, considering the high energy costs and environmenal aspects.
  • One purpose of the subject invention therefore is to provide a method and an apparatus allowing the surplus of thermal energy gen ⁇ erated in the combustion in a regenerative combustor, i.e. a reversal flow direction combustion device wherein the combustion takes place in a warm zone, which preferably is a combustion exhanger, to be made use of.
  • a regenerative combustor i.e. a reversal flow direction combustion device wherein the combustion takes place in a warm zone, which preferably is a combustion exhanger, to be made use of.
  • Another purpose of the method and the apparatus according to the invention is to provide not only energy recovery but jointly therewith control of the temperature in the regenerative combustor.
  • Another purpose of the method and the apparatus according to the invention is to eliminate toxic or climate-endagering or malodor ⁇ ous substances by burning them.
  • Yet another purpose of the invention is to recover, from the re- generative combustor, thermal energy of such a quality that it may be used primarily for high temperature output, for instance in the pro ⁇ duction of electricity.
  • FIG. 1 schematically in a view from above illustrates an appara- tus in accordance with the invention for purification of exhaust or ventilation air from a coal mine.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematical lateral view of a combustion exchanger according to the invention.
  • the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 is used to purify a medium, in the subject case the exhaust or ventilation air from a coal mine.
  • Exhaust air of this kind usually contains combustible substances, i.a. combustible methane gas.
  • Exhaust air is carried from a mine shaft 1 via a fan 2 and a valve 3 to a stack 4, or, via a fan 5 to a stack 6 when the inventive apparatus, generally designated by reference 7, is not used.
  • the device 7 ac ⁇ cording to the invention comprises four combustion exchangers, the exchangers being designated generally by references 8, 8-, 8 ⁇ , 8 m , 8 IV , but it could of course include a larger or smaller number of combus ⁇ tion exchangers, depending on the field of usage.
  • each combustion exchanger 8 Via a process fan 9, which is common to all the combustion exchangers, and a valve 10, one for each combustion exchanger, each combustion exchanger 8 is connected to a plurality of inlet ducts 1 1 and a plurality of outlet ducts 12.
  • Each inlet duct 1 1 and each outlet duct 12 is equipped with a damping device, generally designated by references 13 and 14, respectively.
  • a valve 15 one for each combus ⁇ tion exchanger 8
  • the outlet ducts 12 lead to the stack 6.
  • the single fan 9 can also be replaced by e.g. four fans, one each for each com- bustion exchanger.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematical cross-sectional view through a combus ⁇ tion exchanger 8.
  • the damping devices 13 and 14 are formed with dampers 18 and 19, respectively, which are movable vertically be ⁇ tween two sealing positions in which each damper sealingly abuts against its channels 16 and 17, respectively.
  • the two dampers 18 and 19 never seal off the same channel and in the position illustrated in continuous lines the damper 18 seals off the entrance 20 to channel 17 whereas the damper 19 seals off the exit 21 from channel 16.
  • the medium containing combustible substances is carried via the inlet duct 11 through the entrance 22 of channel 16 into the bed 23 of the combustion exchanger wherein the substances are burnt in a manner known per se, whereupon the flow continues out through channel 17 and through its exit 24 to the outlet duct 12.
  • This flow is illustrated schematically by continuous arrows 25 in Fig. 2.
  • the flow direction through the bed 23 of the combustion exchanger should be reversed from time to time to avoid that the heat front of the bed 23 moves too close to one of the chan ⁇ nels 16, 17.
  • the dampers 18 and 19 are moved to the positions illustrated in Fig.
  • valves 10, 15 may be used to stop the flow to and from a combustion exchanger, for instances during servicing, for re ⁇ pairs and the like.
  • valve 3 could be a valve which, depending on the flow through the fan 9, opens or closes the flow to the stack 4 in order to ensure that the shaft 1 is always ventilated, independently of the flow through the device 7.
  • the area of the centre of the bed 23 there is a heating device 27, which could be electri ⁇ cally heated, with the aid of which the bed could be heated to the spontaneous combustion temperature of the combustible substances, for instance when the combustion exchanger is to be started up.
  • the diverting means 28 is a perforated tube extending along the bed 23 of the combustion zone but could also be configured differently, for in ⁇ stance as a means arranged to suck medium directly through the wall 29 of the bed 23.
  • the diverting means 28 is in turn connected to a steam boiler 30, illus ⁇ trated schematically in Fig. 1. Medium diverted by the diverting means 28 is carried through the steam boiler 30 to the stack 6 via a fan 31 which compensates for the pressure drop inside the boiler.
  • the spontaneous combustion temperature in the com ⁇ bustion exchanger is approximately 1000°C in accordance with the embodiment described, according to which the combustible substance preferably consists of methane gas emanating from a coal mine, medium diverted directly from the combustion zone may be efficiently made use of in the steam boiler 30 to generate electric energy by us- ing a steam turbine and a generator.
  • This electric energy could be used in accordance with the embodiment above for instance to oper ⁇ ate one fan or several fans 2, 5, 9 and 31.
  • the amount of medium diverted by the diverting device 28 could be used to control the temperature inside the bed 23 in order to avoid that the combus- tion zone becomes too wide and for instance comes into contact with the bed-surrounding housing, which in itself could involve risks for burns and also unnecessary energy losses.
  • the inventive device it is also easy to control the diverted energy by varying the diverted flow in order to compensate for any variations in the amounts of combus- tible substance in the media moving through the bed 23.
  • the com ⁇ bustion process is also very clean, since no prompt and/or t ermal NOx is produced in a flame during the combustion. It is understood that it is quite possible to modify the described embodiment somewhat.
  • the number of combustion ex ⁇ changers 8 as also the number of diverting means 28 in each bed 23 could be varied.
  • the damping devices 13, 14 obviously could be con- figured differently as to details from those shown as long as they pro ⁇ turn a change of flow direction inside the bed 23.
  • the channels 16, 17 could be differently shaped and could for instance consist of perforated tubes arranged inside the bed 23, a combustion zone being established between them, for instance as described in the Swedish Patent Specification 9103634-3. It is also understood that instead of a combustion exchanger, any regenerative combustor could be used.
  • the heating medium could of course also be used to produce other forms of energy than electric energy and the diverting means 28 could in this case also be connected to other types of energy-produc ⁇ tion installations than a steam boiler 30.
  • the heated medium could be used to heat another medium, such as water, in which case the thermal energy in said second medium is instead used for instance in a district heating system.
  • the thermal energy of the heated medium could in this case be recovered by means of a diverting means in the form of at least one pipe which al ⁇ lows a corresponding flow of the second medium and which is dis ⁇ posed inside the combustion zone of a regenerative combustor, pref ⁇ erably the bed (23) of a combustion exchanger.
  • the device and method according to the invention are not either limited to use in mining operations but could also be used for in ⁇ stance in ventilation installations in the production of paints, in printing works, coating and lamination processes, the production of chemicals and pharmaceutical products, animal breeding installa- tions, digestion plants, at waste deposits, and in the production of plastics and tyres, in other words in connection with such plants and processes wherein some kind of hydrocarbon compounds, such as solvents, styrene, plastic smokes, fumes from fuel tanks, fumes from fish-processing industries, diesel-engine or natural-gas soot, or com- bustible inorganic substances, i.e. carbon monoxide, e.g.
  • hydrocarbon compounds such as solvents, styrene, plastic smokes, fumes from fuel tanks, fumes from fish-processing industries, diesel-engine or natural-gas soot, or com- bustible inorganic substances, i.e. carbon monoxide, e.g.

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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Incineration Of Waste (AREA)

Abstract

Procédé et dispositif de récupération d'énergie dans un milieu contenant des substances combustibles même à de faibles concentrations. Le procédé se caractérise par une élévation de la température du milieu dans un brûleur à récupération (8), c'est-à-dire un dispositif de combustion à sens de flux inversé dans lequel la combustion s'effectue dans une zone tiède, sous une température de combustion où pratiquement la totalité de l'énergie chimique des substances combustibles est transformée en énergie thermique. Le milieu chauffé est ensuite utilisé pour la production de la forme souhaitée d'énergie.
EP95943562A 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 Procede et dispositif de recuperation d'energie d'un milieu renfermant des substances combustibles meme a de faibles concentrations Expired - Lifetime EP0865592B1 (fr)

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CNB951979981A CN1145757C (zh) 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 从含易燃物质的介质中回收能量的方法和装置
PL95328697A PL181258B1 (pl) 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 Urządzenie do odzysku energii z czynnika zawierającego substancje palne, nawet w małych stężeniach
CA002238096A CA2238096C (fr) 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 Procede et dispositif de recuperation d'energie d'un milieu renfermant des substances combustibles meme a de faibles concentrations
PCT/SE1995/001476 WO1997021959A1 (fr) 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 Procede et dispositif de recuperation d'energie d'un milieu renfermant des substances combustibles meme a de faibles concentrations

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