EP1555396A1 - Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie unter Verwendung von Rauchgasen oder Gasen hoher Temperatur - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie unter Verwendung von Rauchgasen oder Gasen hoher Temperatur Download PDF

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EP1555396A1
EP1555396A1 EP04425916A EP04425916A EP1555396A1 EP 1555396 A1 EP1555396 A1 EP 1555396A1 EP 04425916 A EP04425916 A EP 04425916A EP 04425916 A EP04425916 A EP 04425916A EP 1555396 A1 EP1555396 A1 EP 1555396A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K25/00—Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for
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  • This invention concerns in general an apparatus for producing electric or mechanical energy, starting from the combustion of a biomass or a gasses at a high temperature coming from any heat source.
  • the invention refers to an innovative intermediate thermal exchange circuit between high temperature fumes or gasses of any kind and an organic or inorganic operating fluid used in a turbo generator (ORC) operating according to a Rankine cycle.
  • ORC turbo generator
  • a system for the production of electric or mechanical energy of the above considered type comprises principally: a combustion chamber fed by the combustible biomass, a heat exchanger unit for heat exchange between the combustion fumes or gasses and thermal carrier fluid flowing in an intermediate circuit, a heat exchanger between the intermediate thermal carrier fluid and an organic or inorganic evaporable working fluid for the evaporation of the latter, a turbogenerator fed by the working fluid vapour, a recovery regenerator of the heat content of the working fluid vapour on exit from the turbogenerator and a condenser group for the working fluid before it returns into circulation.
  • a system of this kind uses as an intermediate thermal carrier fluid, a thermal oil, moreover combustible, and as an working fluid, if organic, a high molecular mass siliconic oil, and if inorganic, water, for example.
  • a thermal oil moreover combustible
  • working fluid if organic, a high molecular mass siliconic oil, and if inorganic, water, for example.
  • To heat the thermal oil it is made to circulate in a coil which is in contact with high temperature fumes or gasses and at the same time it heats the working fluid and generates the vapour feeding the turbogenerator.
  • the object of this invention is to eliminate or at least limit the negative aspects of the known technique referred to above and to propose, at the same time, an apparatus for the production of electric or mechanical energy, starting from the high temperature fumes or gasses, improved with regard to safety and inexpensiveness of operating costs.
  • an operating apparatus comprising a source of high temperature fumes or gasses, a turbogenerator group operating according to the Rankine cycle with an organic or inorganic working fluid, an intermediate heat exchange circuit between said source of high temperature fumes or gasses, and a heat exchanger for the evaporation of the working fluid feeding the turbogenerator group, and characterised in that in the intermediate heat exchange circuit there is a aeriform fluid which, on the one hand, is heated by the high temperature fumes and gasses and on the other, releases heat to the working fluid feeding the turbogenerator.
  • the aeriform fluid in the intermediate circuit can be an inert gas, such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, etc., incapable of, or unlikely of forming a flammable mixture with other substances. Or else, the aeriform fluid in the intermediate circuit could be air with a drastically reduced oxygen content, produced for example by a controlled combustion of a fuel such as propane.
  • the intermediate circuit can be the open or preferably, the closed type depending on the aeriform fluid circulating in it.
  • the pressure in the circuit can be the same or different from atmospheric pressure.
  • the apparatus primarily comprises a high temperature gasses or fumes source 11, a turbogenerator operating with an organic or inorganic fluid 12, and an intermediate circuit 13 containing a heat carrier fluid 13.
  • the high temperature gasses or fumes source is made up of a combustor 14 fed by a combustible biomass fuel.
  • the turbogenerator group 12 is made up, as is known, of a turbine 15 and a heat exchanger 16 designed for heating and evaporating the working fluid that feeds the turbine.
  • the vapour on exit from the turbine is usually made to pass through at least one regenerator 17 in which the heat of the vapour is used to preheat the working fluid, and then through a working fluid condenser 18 before returning the working fluid to the heat exchanger 16 by means of a pump 18'.
  • the high temperature gasses or fumes are made to circulate by means of a respective fan 19. They are collected in a starting chamber 20 and from here, by means of a leader 21, directed to the input 22' of an intermediate heat exchanger 22, the output 22' of which can be connected to a possible pre-heater 23 followed by an economizer 24, a filter 25 and a flue 26 discharging in the atmosphere the cooled gasses or fumes.
  • the pre-heater 23 can be used to pre-heat air to be supplied the combustor by means of a respective fan 23'.
  • the economizer 24, where envisaged, can be used to pre-heat a liquid, such as for example, water for urban heating or for other uses passing in respective circuit 27, as usually takes place with the condenser of the turbogenerator group.
  • pre-heater and economizer can be in the opposite order.
  • the intermediate circuit 13 containing a heat carrier fluid extends between the intermediate heat exchanger 22 and the heat exchanger 16 of the turbogenerator 12.
  • the heat carrier fluid in said intermediate circuit 13 is made up of an aeriform fluid which is made to circulate by means of a respective fan 28 according to the arrows C.
  • Inert gasses such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or similar, or air with a reduced oxygen content in open or closed circuit may be used as an aeriform fluid in the intermediate circuit.
  • the intermediate heat exchanger 22 is metal, such as carbon steel or stainless steel. It is usually equipped with a bottom discharge 29 for the ashes and input and output connections 30,31 for the heat carrier fluid, that is to say the aeriform substance, which circulates in it.
  • the heating of the aeriform fluid in the intermediate exchanger 22 can be carried out in two phases: one by radiation and one by convection, the one by radiation having a tube and hollow spaces with the fluid to be heated flowing through them.
  • the temperature at input of the gasses or fumes feed leader 21 and consequently at the intermediate exchanger 22 can be adjusted by a partial recycling of cooled gasses.
  • This gas can be collected directly at the exit 22' of the heat exchanger 22 or at any point downstream of the latter, using a fan 32' inserted in a recycle circuit 32 which can be controlled by a temperature probe.
  • An additional circuit 33 can also be envisaged with a respective fan 33' for a partial recycling of the heat carrier fluid, that is to say the aeriform substance, between a zone downstream of the evaporation unit of the turbogenerator group 12 and the intermediate exchanger 22 in order to avoid too high temperatures of the aeriform substance on entering the working fluid evaporation heat exchanger.
  • a part of the flow of the aeriform substance in the intermediate exchanger can be canalised and used to cool parts of the combustion chamber and/or the biomass combustor grate 14, should said grate includes ducts with diameters sufficient to allow circulation of the aeriform fluid in a closed circuit.
  • the initial high temperature gasses or fumes collection chamber 20 can be made of refractory steel and can be equipped with a "clapet" type safety valve 34, usually kept closed by a respective control or a balance weight and used to open and discharge the gasses into the atmosphere and exclude the part downstream of the system should cooling fail, that is in the absence of absorption of thermal power by the working fluid.
  • a "clapet" type safety valve 34 usually kept closed by a respective control or a balance weight and used to open and discharge the gasses into the atmosphere and exclude the part downstream of the system should cooling fail, that is in the absence of absorption of thermal power by the working fluid.
  • This chamber 20 can be enclosed by a double walled casing 35 in which the aeriform fluid can be made to circulate and heated according to the scheme in Fig. 2.
  • probes can be inserted in the circuit to identify the presence of the working fluid in the aeriform substance and to protect the system, by stopping the circulation of the heat carrier fluid and opening the gasses or fumes release "clapet" valve to release the gasses or fumes from the initial collection chamber 20.
  • the option also exists for the intermediate heat exchanger can be equipped with an automatically opening discharge valve for rapid cooling of the circuit should there be an emergency, and with a fan there exits the possibility of acting regeneratively on the cooled fluid to reduce the power transmitted in the system.

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EP1830038A1 (de) * 2006-03-01 2007-09-05 Francesco Fuduli Verfahren zur Kraft- und Wärmeerzeugung sowie Kraft- und Heizwerk
US7665304B2 (en) 2004-11-30 2010-02-23 Carrier Corporation Rankine cycle device having multiple turbo-generators
ITBS20090065A1 (it) * 2009-03-31 2010-10-01 Turboden Srl Metodo e sistema di detezione e separazione delle frazioni leggere in olio diatermico
ITBS20090074A1 (it) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-23 Turboden Srl Sistema di rivelazione, misura e separazione mediante strippaggio delle frazioni leggere in olio diatermico
WO2011066032A2 (en) 2009-11-24 2011-06-03 General Electric Company Direct evaporator apparatus and energy recovery system
WO2013050803A1 (en) 2011-10-05 2013-04-11 Spirax-Sarco S.R.L. Organic rankine cycle power plant
WO2015007831A1 (fr) * 2013-07-17 2015-01-22 Electricite De France Installation thermique de combustion de biomasse en cogénération, et procédé de transfert thermique
CN114262628A (zh) * 2021-12-31 2022-04-01 广西正丰环保科技有限公司 一种聚温高效能生物质气化炉

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US7665304B2 (en) 2004-11-30 2010-02-23 Carrier Corporation Rankine cycle device having multiple turbo-generators
EP1830038A1 (de) * 2006-03-01 2007-09-05 Francesco Fuduli Verfahren zur Kraft- und Wärmeerzeugung sowie Kraft- und Heizwerk
ITBS20090065A1 (it) * 2009-03-31 2010-10-01 Turboden Srl Metodo e sistema di detezione e separazione delle frazioni leggere in olio diatermico
ITBS20090074A1 (it) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-23 Turboden Srl Sistema di rivelazione, misura e separazione mediante strippaggio delle frazioni leggere in olio diatermico
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WO2011066032A2 (en) 2009-11-24 2011-06-03 General Electric Company Direct evaporator apparatus and energy recovery system
WO2013050803A1 (en) 2011-10-05 2013-04-11 Spirax-Sarco S.R.L. Organic rankine cycle power plant
WO2015007831A1 (fr) * 2013-07-17 2015-01-22 Electricite De France Installation thermique de combustion de biomasse en cogénération, et procédé de transfert thermique
FR3008736A1 (fr) * 2013-07-17 2015-01-23 Electricite De France Installation thermique de combustion de biomasse en cogeneration, et procede de transfert thermique
CN114262628A (zh) * 2021-12-31 2022-04-01 广西正丰环保科技有限公司 一种聚温高效能生物质气化炉

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