EP2642199B1 - Circulating fluidized bed boiler - Google Patents

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EP2642199B1
EP2642199B1 EP12160406.0A EP12160406A EP2642199B1 EP 2642199 B1 EP2642199 B1 EP 2642199B1 EP 12160406 A EP12160406 A EP 12160406A EP 2642199 B1 EP2642199 B1 EP 2642199B1
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Pierre Gauville
Anthony Piton
Pierre Croutaz
Scott L. Darling
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Priority to KR1020147029016A priority patent/KR102052140B1/ko
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C10/00—Fluidised bed combustion apparatus
    • F23C10/02—Fluidised bed combustion apparatus with means specially adapted for achieving or promoting a circulating movement of particles within the bed or for a recirculation of particles entrained from the bed
    • F23C10/04—Fluidised bed combustion apparatus with means specially adapted for achieving or promoting a circulating movement of particles within the bed or for a recirculation of particles entrained from the bed the particles being circulated to a section, e.g. a heat-exchange section or a return duct, at least partially shielded from the combustion zone, before being reintroduced into the combustion zone
    • F23C10/08—Fluidised bed combustion apparatus with means specially adapted for achieving or promoting a circulating movement of particles within the bed or for a recirculation of particles entrained from the bed the particles being circulated to a section, e.g. a heat-exchange section or a return duct, at least partially shielded from the combustion zone, before being reintroduced into the combustion zone characterised by the arrangement of separation apparatus, e.g. cyclones, for separating particles from the flue gases
    • F23C10/10—Fluidised bed combustion apparatus with means specially adapted for achieving or promoting a circulating movement of particles within the bed or for a recirculation of particles entrained from the bed the particles being circulated to a section, e.g. a heat-exchange section or a return duct, at least partially shielded from the combustion zone, before being reintroduced into the combustion zone characterised by the arrangement of separation apparatus, e.g. cyclones, for separating particles from the flue gases the separation apparatus being located outside the combustion chamber
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B21/00—Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically
    • F22B21/22—Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically built-up from water tubes of form other than straight or substantially straight
    • F22B21/30—Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically built-up from water tubes of form other than straight or substantially straight bent in U-loop form
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B21/00—Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically
    • F22B21/40—Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically built-up from water tubes arranged in a comparatively long vertical shaft, i.e. tower boilers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B31/00—Modifications of boiler construction, or of tube systems, dependent on installation of combustion apparatus; Arrangements or dispositions of combustion apparatus
    • F22B31/0007—Modifications of boiler construction, or of tube systems, dependent on installation of combustion apparatus; Arrangements or dispositions of combustion apparatus with combustion in a fluidized bed
    • F22B31/0015—Modifications of boiler construction, or of tube systems, dependent on installation of combustion apparatus; Arrangements or dispositions of combustion apparatus with combustion in a fluidized bed for boilers of the water tube type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00—Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02—Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/48—Devices or arrangements for removing water, minerals or sludge from boilers ; Arrangement of cleaning apparatus in boilers; Combinations thereof with boilers
    • F22B37/50—Devices or arrangements for removing water, minerals or sludge from boilers ; Arrangement of cleaning apparatus in boilers; Combinations thereof with boilers for draining or expelling water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23M—CASINGS, LININGS, WALLS OR DOORS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; DEVICES FOR DEFLECTING AIR, FLAMES OR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION APPARATUS; DETAILS OF COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F23M5/00—Casings; Linings; Walls
    • F23M5/08—Cooling thereof; Tube walls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C2206/00—Fluidised bed combustion
    • F23C2206/10—Circulating fluidised bed

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  • the present invention is related to a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler, including a reactor where the solid particles are fluidized and where chemical reactions and/or combustion reactions can take place.
  • the circulating fluidized regime enhances the mixing of particles along with potential exothermic or endothermic chemical reactions.
  • the furnace of a conventional fluidized bed boiler is defined by four external side walls, a bottom and a roof and potentially inner walls to ensure the sealing with the outside if multiple fluidizing grates are used. All the walls constitute an ash-tight enclosure in which the solid particles including the fuel material are fluidized.
  • Air is introduced into the furnace to fluidize the solid particles and also brings the needed oxygen for combustion.
  • Two air streams can be used.
  • Primary air is mostly used to fluidize the particles, flows through the fluidizing grate which constitutes the bottom of the furnace.
  • Secondary air is the additional air required for a complete combustion and is introduced through several ports located over the external side walls and/or inner walls if the bottom part of the furnace comprises a dual fluidizing grate and whose shape can be described like a pant leg.
  • the furnace enclosure is usually made of gastight panels formed with finned tubes.
  • the heat released from the combustion of fuel is transferred to water or steam flowing inside the tubes and also allowing the tubes to be cooled.
  • the overall surface of the furnace enclosure cannot match the total heat released from the combustion and additional surfaces have to be implemented either in the furnace and/or potentially in external devices of the furnace that are supplied with the solid particles escaping the furnace and collected by the cyclones before returning to the furnace.
  • Increasing the height of the furnace may be also considered but this solution is not cost-effective and can result in mechanical problems or worst performances.
  • Wing walls or U-shaped panels can be implemented for increasing the heating surface in the furnace.
  • Wing walls are usually made of panels with totally or partly finned tubes and are laid out in a vertical area.
  • a header is usually located at the top of the wing and a header is usually located at the bottom of the wing.
  • the panels cross the vertical side wall of furnace with a gastight connection which prevents any displacement of panels over the crossing zone with the side wall.
  • the panels also cross the roof where a vertical displacement due to the thermal expansion is allowed via the expansion joint.
  • a U-shaped panel is made of two panels with or without finned tubes that are laid out in a vertical plan and are connected at one of their extremities by tubes for ensuring a continuous path for the fluid.
  • the fluid inside the tubes flows down through the first panel and flows up through the second panel after being returned into the bottom of the U shape.
  • a U-shaped panel is usually not drainable due to the location of the headers which are at the top of panel.
  • the inlet and outlet headers can be located above the roof so that the tip of the U-shaped panel is free to displace in all the horizontal directions.
  • a fluidizing regime can lead to vibrations of the U-shaped panel which leads to mechanical failures.
  • the magnitude of the displacement is linked to the height of the U-panel so that the risk of failure due to vibration increases with the height of U-shaped panel.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a circulating fluidized bed boiler as to solve the above-described problems.
  • a circulating fluidized bed boiler comprising a combustion chamber comprising:
  • Every vertical chamber is preferably made of gastight panels formed with finned tubes and every second heat transfer surface can be made of tube panels.
  • each second heat transfer surface is U-shaped.
  • every U-shaped second heat transfer surface comprises two vertical parts that are fixed at their lower extremity to a chamber.
  • Each U-shaped second heat transfer surface can extend downwards at least 40% of the height of the combustion chamber, and preferably between 40 and 70% of the height of the combustion chamber. This high extension rate is made possible thanks to the specific heat transfer structure according to the invention.
  • Every second heat transfer surface can pass through the chamber.
  • the part of the second heat transfer surface that is located inside the chamber preferably comprises at least one bended portion.
  • the second heat transfer surface can be made of tube panels, the tubes entering and leaving the vertical chamber in a direction parallel to a vertical axis of symmetry of the second heat transfer surface (for instance the longitudinal axe in the case the horizontal cross-section of the vertical chamber is a rectangle), and the tubes can have a first bended portion on one side of the axis of symmetry followed by a second bended portion on the other side of the axis of symmetry.
  • the horizontal cross-section of the vertical chamber can be a polygon (for instance a rectangle) or a circle.
  • Each second heat transfer surface can comprise a bottle for draining the condensates during the start-up of the boiler.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a fluidized bed reactor having an exemplary structure according to the present invention.
  • the main parts of the boiler 1 are the furnace 2 and the particle separators 3.
  • the furnace 2 is defined by side walls 4, a bottom 5 and a roof 6.
  • the furnace 2 is provided with ports for feeding fuel and other bed material, e.g. sand and limestone.
  • the bottom 5 of the furnace 2 is provided with means for supplying air for fluidizing the bed material.
  • the lower portion of the furnace 2 is also provided with ducts for supplying secondary air.
  • Ash and bed material are discharged together with the fluidizing air and flue gases through ducts to the separators 3, where most part of the solid material is separated from the flue gases and returned through a return pipe to the lower portion of the furnace 2.
  • the side walls 4 of the furnace can be formed of tube panels consisting of finned tubes not shown in detail in the figure.
  • the energy released from the combustion of fuel is used for vaporizing the water flowing in the tubes of the side walls 4.
  • the walls of the chambers 7 are made of tube panels, the tubes of which are joined to feed pipes below the furnace and to header pipes above the furnace.
  • Inside the chambers 7 there are preferably means for supplying secondary air and fuel to the center part of the furnace 2.
  • the chambers 7 can be spaced away from the side walls 4 and arranged separately within the furnace 2, for the furnace volume to be free for the particles to move even in the proximity of said chambers 7.
  • the chambers 7 can extend from the bottom 5 of the furnace 2, or, as illustrated in figure 1 , can extend from an inclined wall of a pant-leg configuration, i.e. a configuration in which inclined walls extend upwards the bottom 5.
  • the pant-leg design is typical for higher capacity boilers because it allows for better secondary air penetration, maintaining good air-coal mixing as well as efficient combustion.
  • the pant-leg structured CFB boiler features two separated legs with solid particles fluidized by independent primary air supplies.
  • the possible shapes of the chambers 7 are illustrated in figure 3 .
  • the cross-section of the chambers can be a rectangle, a circle or a polygon.
  • the furnace 2 further includes U-shaped panels 8 made of tubes and which are heating or superheating surfaces.
  • the panels 8 are supported by headers located above the roof 6.
  • the bottoms of the panels 8 are fixed to the chambers 7. This fixation makes it possible to prevent horizontal displacements of the bottom part of the panels 8.
  • every U-shaped panel 8 is constituted of two L-shaped parts that are each fixed at a wall of a chamber 7.
  • the free space inside the box can be used for implementing a bottle 10 to drain the condensates during the start-up of the boiler.
  • a drain pipe 11 is fitted to the bottom of the bottle 10 to evacuate the condensates ( Figure 4 ).
  • the tubes of the panel 8 can be bended inside the box to make up for the difference of thermal expansion between the chamber 7 and the panel 8.
  • the tubes can enter and leave the chamber in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axe of the rectangle, the tubes having a first bended portion on one side of the longitudinal axe followed by a second bended portion on the other side of the longitudinal axe.
  • the tubes can have an inlet portion that is parallel to the longitudinal axe of the rectangle, followed by a first bended portion deflecting from the longitudinal axe on one side (for instance on the left-hand side), followed by a second bended portion deflecting from the longitudinal axe on the other side (on the right-hand side), followed by an outlet portion that is parallel to the longitudinal axe of the rectangle.
  • the inlet portion and the first bended portion can be located in one half length of the rectangle whereas the second bended portion and the outlet portion can be located in the other half length of the rectangle.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a first embodiment of the boiler 1.
  • every panel 8 is connected to a chamber 7 along with a dual grate design.
  • panels 8 connected to chambers 7 alternate with panels 9 which are not connected to a chamber ( Figure 7 ).

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PL12160406T PL2642199T3 (pl) 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Kocioł z cyrkulacyjnym złożem fluidalnym
RS20170918A RS56360B1 (sr) 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Cirkulacioni kotao sa fluidizovanim slojem
ES12160406.0T ES2637364T3 (es) 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Caldera de lecho fluidizado circulante
EP12160406.0A EP2642199B1 (en) 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Circulating fluidized bed boiler
HUE12160406A HUE036292T2 (hu) 2012-03-20 2012-03-20 Cirkulációs fluidágyas kazán
IN7826DEN2014 IN2014DN07826A (cs) 2012-03-20 2013-03-19
CN201380015451.6A CN104204666B (zh) 2012-03-20 2013-03-19 循环流化床锅炉
KR1020147029016A KR102052140B1 (ko) 2012-03-20 2013-03-19 순환 유동층 보일러
MX2014010477A MX350268B (es) 2012-03-20 2013-03-19 Caldera de lecho fluidizado en circulación.
PCT/IB2013/052166 WO2013140332A1 (en) 2012-03-20 2013-03-19 Circulating fluidized bed boiler
ZA2014/06404A ZA201406404B (en) 2012-03-20 2014-09-01 Circulating fluidized bed boiler
HRP20171409TT HRP20171409T1 (hr) 2012-03-20 2017-09-18 Cirkulacijski kotao s fluidiziranim slojem

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EP2642199A1 (en) 2013-09-25
KR20140138298A (ko) 2014-12-03
PL2642199T3 (pl) 2017-11-30
WO2013140332A1 (en) 2013-09-26
CN104204666B (zh) 2017-10-24
MX350268B (es) 2017-08-31
ES2637364T3 (es) 2017-10-13
HUE036292T2 (hu) 2018-06-28
RS56360B1 (sr) 2017-12-29
CN104204666A (zh) 2014-12-10
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