EP2240735A1 - Obturateur a joint d'etancheite peripherique gonflable et systeme d'obturation le comportant pour lucarne de four a chambres - Google Patents
Obturateur a joint d'etancheite peripherique gonflable et systeme d'obturation le comportant pour lucarne de four a chambresInfo
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- the invention relates to the field of so-called "rotating fire” chamber furnaces for the firing of carbonaceous blocks, more particularly carbon anodes and cathodes intended for the electrolytic production of aluminum, and the invention more particularly to provide a shutter for closing a chamber hollow chamber skylight, and a shutter system comprising at least one shutter, but preferably a plurality of shutters, according to the invention to optimize the shutter. sealing of the so-called "fire suction" zone, during the operation of a rotating furnace.
- FIGS. 1, 2a and 2b respectively showing a partial perspective view and cutaway cross-section showing the internal structure of such an oven for FIG. 1, and a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional hollow partition of such an oven for Figure 2a and a new-generation hollow partition for Figure 2b.
- the cooking furnace (FAC) comprises two parallel casings, extending along a longitudinal axis along the length of the furnace, only one of which is shown in FIG.
- each casing also comprising a succession of transverse chambers 3 separated from each other by transverse walls 4.
- Each chamber 3 is constituted, in its length, that is to say in the transverse direction of the oven, by the alternately juxtaposing cavities 5 open at their upper part to enable the loading of the carbonaceous blocks 6 to be cooked and the unloading of the cooled cooked blocks 6, and in which are stacked the carbonaceous blocks 6 to be cooked, and hollow partitions 7
- These partitions 7 of a chamber 3 are in the longitudinal extension of the hollow partitions 7 of the other chambers 3 of the same span, and these hollow partitions 7 are in communication with each other by dormers 8 at the upper part of their transverse wall facing longitudinal passages formed at this level in the transverse walls 4, so that the hollow partitions 7 form rows of longitudinal partitions, arranged parallel to the length of the furnace and in which will flow gaseous fluids (combustion air, combustible gases and gases and combustion fumes) for preheating and cooking the carbon blocks 6, then cooling them.
- gaseous fluids combustion air, combustible gases and gases and combustion fumes
- the hollow partitions 7 further comprise a baffle device 9 to elongate and distribute more uniformly the path of the combustion gases or fumes, and a series of transverse spacers 10, distributed over their entire surface, to ensure the mechanical maintenance of their thin walls, as shown in the sections of Figures 2a and 2b.
- the hollow partitions 7 are also provided, at their upper part, closable openings 11, said openings, formed in a crown block 12 of the corresponding chamber 3 of the furnace.
- the baffles 9 of the new generation partition 7 are distinguished from those of the partition 7 of FIG. 2a, in that they allow the combustion gases to be distributed throughout the partition without constituting a obstacle to the passage of gases.
- shutters are introduced by shutters 11 so as to close skylights 8 of the partitions 7 of a chamber 3 of the oven, which requires removing the removable lids of these openers 11.
- the shutters commonly used today in revolving furnaces are constituted by a fixed plate, or manually deployable, connected to a handling rod, which allows to engage a shutter in a hollow partition by doing so. go through a quarney and position it and hold it next to a skylight 8 to close.
- the positioning of the shutter in the partition 7 is to wedge the plate of the shutter against the skylight 8 of the gas passage. This positioning of the shutter is a delicate operation, because the reduced passage section of the aperture 11 offers little freedom of movement. With the aging of the hollow partitions 7, the shutter setting operation becomes more difficult and cases of infiltration of cold air become very common.
- US Pat. Nos. 6,004,130, 6,194,960 and 1,012,518 disclose another type of shutter, in the form of an inflatable bladder assembled at the end of a hollow rod, and whose expansion allows the obstruction of a skylight 8 gas passage.
- the main drawback of this type of inflatable shutter is that it requires the presence of spacers positioned adequately to ensure the wedging of the inflated bladder.
- the spacers must not be staggered as shown in particular in Figure 2a.
- the spacers are weakened by thermal expansion cycles, and the additional pressure exerted by the inflated bladder may aggravate this embrittlement and significantly reduce the life of spacers.
- the inflatable bladder is not mechanically protected, during operations of introduction and removal of the shutter through a quarl such as 11, and there remain significant risks of wear and / or tearing of the membrane or the tissue of the inflatable bladder.
- the problem underlying the invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, while allowing a closure of the dormers with a seal at least as good as that provided by the inflatable bladder shutter of the state of the art, and suitable for ovens of this type whose hollow partitions are stiffened by staggered spacers, and, in general, the object of the invention is to provide a shutter more suitable than those known to the various requirements of practice.
- the subject of the invention is an inflatable seal shutter for a hollow chamber vault hollow chamber partition, which is characterized in that it comprises: a rigid core, of a shape substantially elongated rectangular, intended to be disposed opposite a hollow partition window of said furnace, to close most of the gas passage section by said dormer, and at least one inflatable air chamber, retracted to the deflated state in a housing of the core, and forming, in the inflated state, a peripheral seal, protruding around the periphery of the core, that said seal surrounds around its periphery to complete the shutting said dormer.
- the handling operations, and more particularly the phases of insertion and removal of the shutter in a partition through a quarl, are facilitated because performed while the air chamber is deflated, which also protects the room to air against frictional wear in contact with walls and walls.
- the peripheral seal formed by the air chamber completes the obstruction of the gas passage window ensuring a perfect seal, independently of the deformations of the partitions.
- the housing provided in the core for receiving the air chamber may be a peripheral groove formed in the periphery of the core and in which the air chamber arranged in protruding inflatable coil is retracted, in the inflated state, out of said groove to form the peripheral seal.
- the core of the shutter comprises two rigid plates of substantially the same planar shape, preferably elongated rectangular shapes with bevelled and metallic corners, fixed rigidly opposite and at a distance from each other. one of the other by spacers, and delimiting between them a housing which receives the inflatable air chamber and which opens peripherally between the two plates to allow the formation of the peripheral seal in the inflated state of said air chamber.
- the two plates of the core are advantageously fixed together removably, so as to allow the replacement of a damaged air chamber.
- a material which is substantially airtight and resistant to heat, to the temperatures and to the corrosive properties of the combustion gases and fumes, and which can be elastically deformable such as an elastomer material, a polyurethane sheet or a silicone rubber, and / or flexible, such as a NYLON® or PTFE fabric.
- the shutter is advantageously equipped with a device for retraction of the air chamber in the deflated state in the core.
- the retraction device may comprise at least one resiliently deformable return member, such as at least one elastic cord internal to the air chamber, or at least one elastic strap external to the air chamber. which is expanded by inflating the air chamber and elastically retracts to its state of relaxation, deflating the air chamber, by retracting said air chamber into the core.
- at least one resiliently deformable return member such as at least one elastic cord internal to the air chamber, or at least one elastic strap external to the air chamber.
- the retraction device may comprise a pantograph folding mechanism disposed in the air chamber so that the inflation of the latter causes the separation of two flanges connected to one another by at least one pantograph, and the opening of the pantograph or pantographs by compressing at least one return spring, the relaxation of which upon deflation of the air chamber causes the closing of the pantograph (s) and the folding of the inner tube into its housing in the soul.
- the shutter of the invention is preferably provided with a handling rod integral with the core, by a lower end portion of the stem, preferably slightly bent with respect to an upper end portion of the stem, is equipped with a guide rod and stall to facilitate the positioning of the shutter in the hollow wall and the setting of the shutter on said furnace.
- the handling rod is advantageously at least partially tubular and equipped, at one end of the tubular part, with a quick connector for connection to an inflation / deflation system with a supply of compressed air, the other end the tubular portion of the rod being connected to the interior of the air chamber.
- the shutter is also advantageously equipped with a device for visual control of the inflation pressure of the air chamber and if the handling rod is at least partially tubular, this visual control device is preferably a manometer mounted on the stem.
- this visual control device is preferably a manometer mounted on the stem.
- the invention also relates to a closure system for closing off at least one hollow partition of a rotating furnace and which is characterized in that it comprises at least one shutter according to the invention and as defined herein. above, and a tube inflating / deflating system, comprising a coupling, preferably fast and self-sealing, connection to a compressed air supply, and connected to a pressure regulator, itself connected to a inflation or deflation selection valve connected, on the one hand, to the air chamber of said at least one shutter, for its inflation, via a safety valve and an individual manual control of inflation and deflation of said air chamber, and, secondly, a discharge venturi, connected to said air chamber by said individual control and a valve controlled by said selection valve, for selectively controlling the isolation of the venturi when the a tube is inflated, and the supply of the venturi compressed air to allow deflation of said air chamber by suction.
- a coupling preferably fast and self-sealing, connection to a compressed air supply
- a pressure regulator itself connected
- the shutter system according to the invention comprises a shutter according to the invention and as presented above respectively for each of the partitions. hollow of said oven chamber, the shutters being connected in parallel with the inflation / deflation valve and with the venturi of discharge of an inflation / deflation system common to the inner tubes of the shutters.
- the shutters are advantageously assembled on a common gateway, extending above said furnace chamber, and equipped with a respective support arm to support each shutter in the extended position of the corresponding hollow partition, and a connection to a compressed air distribution network and / or at least one air compressor for supplying the inflation / deflation system.
- Figure 1 shows partially and schematically, in perspective and in cross-section with cutaway, a casing of a furnace rotating
- Figures 2a and 2b are longitudinal sectional views of two embodiments of hollow partitions for furnace according to Figure 1, Figures 1, 2a and 2b having already been described above
- Figures 3a and 3b are schematic partial views showing a shutter according to the invention, positioned in front of a skylight to be closed respectively in the deflated state of the peripheral seal in Figure 3a and in the state 3b is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the core and the inner tube of a shutter according to FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic representation of a pneumatic inflating / deflating system of the air chamber of a shutter of the invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a shutter system comprising as many shutters that an oven chamber includes partitions and whose air chambers are inflated and deflated using a common compressed air inflation / deflation system.
- FIGS. 6a and 6b schematically represent two retraction devices with resiliently deformable return members for retracting the air chamber in the deflated state in the core
- FIGS. 6c and 6d show a device for retracting the chamber air which comprises a pantograph mechanism, in the respectively extended and retracted positions.
- the shutter 13 As represented in FIGS. 3a and 3b, the shutter 13 according to the invention comprises a central core 14, rigid and sufficiently refractory to withstand the temperature of the gases and fumes circulating in the hollow partitions 7 and passing through the dormers 8, this rigid core 14, for example of a metallic material, being of substantially rectangular shape elongate in plan, to be arranged facing a skylight 8 of a hollow partition 7 of the furnace, and thus close the major part of the section of This shutter 13 also comprises an inflatable air chamber 15, visible in FIG.
- the rigid core 14 consists of two metal plates 17a and 17b, of the same elongated rectangular shape with bevelled or rounded tops, which are fixed opposite and at a distance from one another. another by three tubular spacers 18 against which the ends 17a and 17b of the plates are fixed by screws 18a through washers 18b applied against the faces external plates 17a and 17b, and passing holes drilled in these plates to be screwed into the opposite ends threaded tubular spacers 18.
- the air chamber 15 is an airbag occupying the volume 19 delimited between the two plates 17a and 17b and wherein said air chamber 15 surrounds the spacers 18 each passing through a correspondingly shaped passageway 20 formed in the air chamber 15, shown in the inflated state in FIG. 3c, so that its periphery constitutes the gasket peripheral pneumatic sealing 16 which protrudes out of the housing 19 between the plates 17a and 17b over the entire perimeter of these plates.
- the two plates 17a and 17b of the core 14 of the obturator 13 with inflatable air chamber 15 of FIG. 3c are fixed together in a manner that can be dismantled, so that in the event of damage to the chamber 15 air, it can be easily replaced, after unscrewing screws 18a.
- the inflatable air chamber 15, whatever its state, inflated or deflated, is retained by the struts 18 in the housing 19.
- the air chamber 15 In the position of use of the shutter 13 (see FIG. 3b), since the inflated air chamber is exposed, at least at the level of the peripheral pneumatic seal 16, to gases and fumes that are relatively hot, the air chamber 15 must be made of a material which not only is substantially impervious to an inflation gas, in practice compressed air, but also substantially resistant to the heat, temperatures and corrosive properties of said combustion gases and fumes, at the level of the hollow partitions 7 of the chamber 3 of which skylights 8 must be closed.
- an elastically deformable membrane made, for example, of an elastomeric material or of a polyurethane sheet or of a silicone rubber, or else a flexible membrane, for example a textile structure such as a textile fabric.
- NYLON® or PTFE or in NOMEX®, or a composite membrane made of a polyurethane or silicone matrix reinforced by a textile reinforcement, for example fabric or non-woven NYLON® or PTFE. It can also be a sheet of flexible textile structure covered with a coating of NOMEX®, NYLON® or PTFE.
- the shutter 13 also comprises a handling rod 21, a so-called lower end portion 21a is integral with the rigid core 14 of the shutter 13, so that an operator can maneuver the so-called opposite end portion superior 21b of this rod 21 to pass the core 14 and the air chamber 15 deflated by a starter lia immediate proximity of a skylight 8 to be closed, the introduction of the shutter 13 in the corresponding hollow partition 7, or withdrawal shutter 13 of this partition 7, as well as to maneuver the shutter 13 in the partition 7 and position it appropriately facing the skylight 8, the air chamber 15 is still deflated, and retracted or retracted in the 19 between the two plates 17a and 17b of the core 14, not only to facilitate these handling operations to the insertion, removal or positioning of the shutter 13, but also to protect the air chamber 15 deflated against frictional wear and tearing in contact with walls, walls, spacers 10 and shutters 11.
- the rod 21 is slightly bent between its lower end portions 21a and 21b upper, which facilitates the positioning of the core 14 inclined and facing the dormer 8 (see Figure 3a), the structure of the core 14 with its two plates 17a and 17b spaced being favorable to a support and a good wedging of the lower end of the shutter 13, in the position of use, by overlapping an edge on the base 8a of skylight 8, and while the core 14 extends between the base 8a skylight 8, spacers 8b which subdivide this skylight 8 in several passages, on one side, and, on the other side, a spacer 10 internal to the corresponding hollow partition 7.
- the upper end portion 21b rod which always protrudes out of the quarlet 11 when the shutter 13 is in a good use position, is equipped with a guide rod 22 and wedging, which facilitates the positioning of the shutter 13 by the operator in the hollow partition 7, in particular for the small rotational movements about the axis of the upper end portion of the rectilinear rod 21b, and which also facilitates the setting of the shutter 13 in use position on the oven, as shown in Figures 3a and 3b, by pressing the rod 22 on the crown block 12.
- Inflation and deflation of the air chamber 15 are provided by the handling rod 21, which is tubular over its entire length, and which is connected to the inside of the air chamber 15 by a sealing connection connecting the end. lower part of the rod 21 to the air chamber 15, while the upper end of this rod 21 is equipped with a self-closing fast connector 23, for the selective connection of the air chamber 15 of the shutter 13 to a supply of compressed air, for inflation, and the atmosphere, for deflation.
- This quick coupling 23 makes it possible, as shown in FIG. 4, to connect a compressed air supply 24 to an inflation / deflation system 15 of the air chamber 15 of the shutter 13 of FIGS. 3a to 3c to form a system shutter for a skylight 8 of hollow partition 7, wherein the inflation / deflation system 25 can be integrated into the shutter 13 being supported directly by its handling rod 21 and / or its rod 22 guide and wedging.
- the quick connector 23 connects the compressed air supply 24 to a filter 26 followed by a pressure regulator 27 of the type controlled by the supply pressure, itself connected to a first of the three channels of a valve 28 two positions for selecting the inflating and deflating configurations of the air chamber 15.
- This valve 28 comprises a manual lever 29, the maneuver allows to differentiate the inflation and deflation configurations.
- the pneumatic valve 28 is connected by a second channel to a safety valve 30, also controlled by its intake pressure, and itself connected to a valve or valve 31 for manual control of inflation or deflation of the air chamber 15, whose pressure inflation is indicated by a pressure gauge 32, fitted to the shutter 13, and for example mounted on its rod 21, as device or indicator visual control of the inflation pressure of the air chamber 15.
- this second channel of the selection valve 28 is also connected to the suction nozzle of a discharge venturi 33, via a controlled valve 34, controlled by the selection valve 28 so to be closed when the valve 28 is in the inflation configuration, and open when the valve 28 is in the deflation configuration.
- the third channel of the selection valve 28 is connected to the discharge venturi 33, so that in the deflation configuration of the selection valve 28, the latter supplies the discharge venturi 33 with compressed air, generating a negative pressure. discharge in the suction nozzle and the pipe coming from the pilot valve 34, the safety valve 30, the manual control 31 and the air chamber 15. It is understood that once the inflation or deflation configuration chosen at the selection valve 28, the operator manually actuates the control 31 to inflate the air chamber 15 with compressed air, or to deflate it through the discharge depression generated in the venturi 33 then supplied with air compressed by the selection valve 28.
- FIG. 5 An advantageous embodiment of the sealing assembly is shown in Figure 5 and n together shutters 13a, 13b, • • • -i n 13 and n 13 each of which is designed to close a window 8 of one of the n partitions crates7 respectively, 7b, ... 7 n-1 and n 7 of the respective chamber 3.
- These n shutters are collected on a common gateway closure whose mechanical structure is schematically shown at 35 in Figure 5, and extends above this chamber 3 of the oven, that is to say transversely above the hollow partitions 7 a to I n.
- This shutter gateway 35, the air chambers 15 of inflatable obturators 13 a-13 n and individual manual control of inflation or deflation 31a to respective I 3 n are connected in parallel, via the valve 30, on the one hand to the selector valve 28 with manual lever 29 and, on the other hand, to the venturi of discharge 33 of an inflation / deflation system 25 which is common to all the air chambers 15 of the shutters 13 a to 13 n and which constitutes a general pneumatic control system mounted on the bridge 35, which is furthermore equipped with a support arm (not shown) for supporting each respective shutter 13 a to 13 n, when the shutter is out of the hollow wall 7 a to 7 n corresponding, to facilitate movement of the shutter gateway 35 carrying with it all the shutters 13 a to 13 n and their general inflation / deflation control system 25, supplied from a compressed air distribution network by a connection such as 23 or by at least one air compressor, mounted on the gateway of FIG. shutter 35, to provide a main supply or backup of the system 25 compressed air.
- the air chamber 15 is equipped with a retraction device, two embodiments of which comprise resiliently deformable return members, are diagrammatically shown in FIGS. 6a and 6b.
- this retraction device comprises, for example, five elastic beads 36, each of which is an elastic ring bonded against the inner face of the air chamber 15, so that these rings 36 are expanded by elastic deformation, by inflating the air chamber 15 between the two plates 17a and 17b, and that, upon deflation of the air chamber 15, the cords 36 retract elastically to their state of relaxation, and participate in the deflation of the air chamber 15 which is completely retracted inside the housing 19 between the two plates 17a and 17b. It is understood that the elastic retraction of the cords 36 assists the discharge venturi 33 deflation.
- five elastic beads 36 each of which is an elastic ring bonded against the inner face of the air chamber 15, so that these rings 36 are expanded by elastic deformation, by inflating the air chamber 15 between the two plates 17a and 17b, and that, upon deflation of the air chamber 15, the cords 36 retract elastically to their state of relaxation, and participate in the deflation of the air chamber 15 which is completely retracted inside the housing 19 between the two plates 17a and
- the device for retracting the air chamber 15 comprises, as elastically deformable return members, a set of external elastic strips 37, which surround the air chamber 15 to retract it during deflation, after their expansion in elastic deformation during inflation of this air chamber 15.
- the retraction device comprises a pantograph folding mechanism, shown deployed in FIG. 6c, when the air chamber 15 is inflated, and folded in FIG. 6d, by retracting the air chamber 15 between the plates 17a and 17b of the core 14.
- This mechanism comprises, for example, two flanges 38a and 38b rigid, parallel and spaced from each other, fixed on the inner edges of the air chamber 15, and connected to each other by a pantograph 39 with two compasses and a simple compass 4 0, the dams of the pantograph 39 as the compass 40 being hinged to pivot about pivots parallel to each other and to the plane of the flanges 38a and 38b, and perpendicular to a central axis 41 of the mechanism itself integral plates 17a and 17b, on which arms of the pantograph 39 and the compass 40 are also pivotable and around which are mounted helical spring 42 pressed against abutments 43 by the axial displacement of the central axis 41 when the two flanges 38a and 38b part one on the other hand to inflation of the air chamber 15, due to the opening of the compass 40 and the two compasses constituting the pantograph 39.
- the relaxation of the springs 42 previously compressed by the inflation causes the closing of the pantograph 39 and the compass 40, which controls the bringing together of the two flanges 38a and 38b from each other and the folding of the air chamber 15 in its housing 19 in the core 14.
- the mechanism of folding of the inner edges of the inner tube may be completed by a folding mechanism of the lower and upper edges 38c and 38d consists of a return rod 44 connected to the return spring 45 compressed against the abutment 46 itself integral with the one of the plates of the shutter 17a or 17b.
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FR0850921A FR2927410B1 (fr) | 2008-02-13 | 2008-02-13 | Obturateur a joint d'etancheite peripherique gonflable et systeme d'obturation le comportant pour lucarne de four a chambres |
PCT/FR2009/050177 WO2009101330A1 (fr) | 2008-02-13 | 2009-02-05 | Obturateur a joint d'etancheite peripherique gonflable et systeme d'obturation le comportant pour lucarne de four a chambres |
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