EP4025860A1 - Reciprocating rake type soot blower system - Google Patents

Reciprocating rake type soot blower system

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EP4025860A1
EP4025860A1 EP20761495.9A EP20761495A EP4025860A1 EP 4025860 A1 EP4025860 A1 EP 4025860A1 EP 20761495 A EP20761495 A EP 20761495A EP 4025860 A1 EP4025860 A1 EP 4025860A1
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catalyst
soot blower
brushes
blower system
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Wolfgang Kurka
Florian MADL
Adi ZOBL
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Yara International ASA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
    • F28G1/00—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances
    • F28G1/16—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances using jets of fluid for removing debris
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23J—REMOVAL OR TREATMENT OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OR COMBUSTION RESIDUES; FLUES 
    • F23J2219/00—Treatment devices
    • F23J2219/10—Catalytic reduction devices
    • 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
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/0056—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for ovens or furnaces

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  • the present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning devices for DeNOx- systems at flue gas temperatures lower than 700°C.
  • the present disclosure more in particular relates to rake (type) soot blowers.
  • thermal power plants such as boilers
  • a flue gas is produced as a result of combustion of fuels, waste materials and the like.
  • soot is produced.
  • thermal power plants having a DeNOx-system that is provided with one or more catalysts and that is arranged to reduce the emission rates of nitrogen oxides produced during combustion, dust is deposited on the catalyst during normal operation of the catalyst fouling the catalyst.
  • Known reciprocating rake (type) soot blowers are equipped with a blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that in its turn is provided with at least one nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the catalyst.
  • the soot blowing medium usually is water, steam or air.
  • the blowing rake continues to move axially into the flue gas path. On reaching the front-side end position, the direction of movement changes and the blowing rake returns to a rest position.
  • the utility model as described in CN202893190 relates to a high-efficiency SCR denitration catalyst soot blower comprising an SCR-reactor having a pair of guide rails that are arranged above each catalyst bed layer in the SCR-reactor.
  • Each pair of guide rails is provided with a group of movable rakes that are each provided with more than one nozzle.
  • Each group of movable rakes is simultaneously communicated with an air pipe which is at its turn communicated with a pressure-stabilizing air tank and is further provided with a control valve for controlling the communication of the air pipe and the pressure-stabilizing air tank.
  • the soot is blown by compressed air and is subjected to smoke pre-heating after SCR denitration.
  • JPH06281127 a soot-blowing device is described for removing soot, slugs and the like which are adhered to a heat transfer surface.
  • a soot blower is arranged in a heat-exchanger which uses gas outside of pipes, under a condition in which a rake arm is inserted in a gap in a bundle of heat pipes being arranged in multiple layers.
  • the rake arm rotates accompanying with the rotation of the rotating shaft.
  • the bundle of the heat pipes has a rectangular cross section by a soot sweeping device which is provided on the rake arm, soot in a circle drawn by the rake arm is swept away.
  • a reciprocating rake type soot blower system which is arranged to be installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx- system, the catalyst being provided with an upper surface and with one or more catalyst channels, wherein the soot blower system is arranged to clean the upper surface of the catalyst, wherein at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst, wherein the system further comprises at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst; and a brushing system comprising one or more rows of brushes lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows and that are arranged to move over the upper surface of the catalyst and to swipe the dust
  • a row of brushes is lined at each side of each of the nozzle rows. This provides in an efficient cleaning of the upper surface of the catalyst.
  • the distance between the brushes and the upper catalyst layer is between 0 and 20 mm. This distance is typically around 0 mm, or in other words the brushes touch the upper catalyst layer, when the system is operably installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx-system. In this way, the soot particles are effectively liberated from the upper catalyst layer.
  • the one or more rakes are arranged to move periodically over the upper surface of the catalyst.
  • the movement of the one or more rakes over the upper surface of the catalyst is initiated every 5 to 120 minutes.
  • each of the brushes are attached to the respective transverse tube such that the distance between the brushes and the upper surface of the catalyst is manually adjustable. This allows a flexible adaptation of the distance between the brushes and the upper catalyst layer depending on the dust behaviour.
  • the system comprises between 1 to 4 rakes.
  • each rake comprises 1 to 3 transverse tubes with a nozzle row.
  • the amount of nozzles rows is designed in that way that the stream of soot blowing medium is covering the complete length of the rake.
  • each nozzle row has a length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm, and each of the brushes that are lined with the respective nozzle row have a corresponding transverse length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm.
  • the brushes must cover the complete length of the rake. The bypassing of dust particles around the brushes and the nozzles needs to be minimized.
  • the brushes comprise a multitude of wires having a downward length of 20 mm to 300 mm. This length allows that the wires of the brushes are flexible enough to ben around bigger obstacles such as bigger dust particles that cannot pass through the catalyst channels or that needs to pass over constructive parts such as bolts or nuts that are used to fixed the catalyst that lies beneath the brushes.
  • the brushes comprise a multitude of stainless steel wires having a diameter of between 0,1 mm and 2,5 mm. These stainless steel wires are easily bendable in case an obstacle that needs to be swept away is too hard, in this way avoiding damage to the catalyst.
  • the soot blowing medium is superheated steam or heated compressed air.
  • the soot blowing medium is superheated steam or heated compressed air.
  • superheated steam In power plants, it is common to use superheated steam. In plants where no steam is available, heated compressed air is commonly used.
  • a thermal power plant or a burning industrial application is provided with a reciprocating rake type soot blower system according to the present disclosure as described above, operably installed above a DeNOx-system with a catalyst, is disclosed.
  • the catalyst is provided with a catalyst channel which is arranged to collect the dust that is swiped by the reciprocating rake type soot blower system and wherein the plant is arranged to suspend the dust out of the catalyst channel into the flue gas which is responsible for taking the dust with it to the outside.
  • the distance between the brushes of the reciprocating rake type soot blower system and the upper surface of the catalyst is between 0 and 20 mm, and more in particular around 0 mm.
  • FIG. 1 shows a top view of a reciprocating rake type soot blower system according to the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the system according to the present disclosure as shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows a front view of the system according to the present disclosure as shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIGs. 1 to 3 An exemplary embodiment of a reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to the present disclosure as shown in FIGs. 1 to 3 is arranged to be installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx-system of a thermal power plant or of a burning (combustion) industrial application such as a cement clinker kiln, a lime furnace, a solid fuel (biomass, coal) fired boiler, a waste to energy incinerator.
  • the catalyst is more in particular installed before the de-dusting unit through which dust concentrations up to 120 g/Nm 3 or higher can occur.
  • this catalyst (2) comprises an upper surface (or layer) (2a) and a plurality of catalyst channels (2b).
  • the reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) is arranged to clean the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
  • the system (1) comprises at least one blowing rake (3) that is provided with at least one transverse tube (4) that is provided with at least one nozzle row (5) having a multitude of nozzles (5a) (see FIG. 3) that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium (5b) onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
  • the one or more transverse tubes (4) are arranged to pass soot blowing medium through it.
  • the multitude of nozzles (5a) are more in particular arranged at the underside of the transverse tube(s) (4) or in other words are facing the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
  • the system (1) further comprises a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the channels (2b) of the catalyst (2).
  • the system (1) further comprises a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) located adjacent to and in parallel with at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the channels (2b) of the catalyst (2). More in particular, and as can be seen in FIG.
  • the exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure comprises two rows of brushes (5a) of which one is lined on one or each side of each of the nozzle rows. It is remarked that is also possible to provide only one row of brushes (5a) at only one side of the nozzle rows (not shown in the figures).
  • the brushes (6a) are more in particular attached to their respective transverse tube (4) such that the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) is manually adjustable.
  • the brushes (6a) are more in particular welded on a bended steel sheet which is then screwed on the respective transverse tube (4).
  • the dust that is collected into the one or more catalyst channels (2b) is suspended in the flue gas and transported with the flue gas to the outside air.
  • the reciprocating rake type blower system according to the present disclosure can comprise between 1 and 4 rakes (3). Each rake can comprise between 1 and 3 transverse tubes (4) with a nozzle row.
  • the exemplary embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure comprises one rake (3) that is provided with two transverse tubes (4) with a nozzle row comprising a multitude of nozzles (5a) that are arranged to blow the soot blowing medium onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
  • the soot blowing medium is typically superheated steam.
  • the soot blowing medium typically is heated compressed air.
  • the one or more rakes (3) are arranged to move periodically over the upper catalyst layer (2a). More in particular, the movement of the one or more rakes over the upper surface of the catalyst is initiated every 5 to 120 minutes.
  • Each of the nozzle rows (5) has a length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm, and each of the brushes (6a) that are lined with the respective nozzle row (5) have a corresponding transverse length of between 500 mm and 4 000 mm.
  • the brushes (6a) comprise a multitude of wires typically having a downward length of 20 mm to 300 mm.
  • the brushes (6a) typically comprise a multitude of stainless steel wires having a diameter of between 0,1 mm and 2,5 mm.
  • the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper catalyst layer (2a) is typically between 0 and 20 mm, and more in particular 0 mm meaning that the brushes (6a) touch the upper catalyst layer (2a).

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1), which is arranged to be installed above a catalyst (2) of a DeNOx-system, the catalyst being provided with an upper surface (2a) and with one or more catalyst channels (2b), wherein the soot blower system is arranged to clean the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2), wherein at least one blowing rake (3) that is provided with at least one transverse tube (4) that is provided with a nozzle row (5) having a multitude of nozzles (5a) that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium (5b) onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2). The system further comprises at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst and a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the one or more catalyst channels (2b). The present disclosure furthermore relates to a thermal power plant comprising such a system.

Description

RECIPROCATING RAKE TYPE SOOT BLOWER SYSTEM
Technical field
[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning devices for DeNOx- systems at flue gas temperatures lower than 700°C. The present disclosure more in particular relates to rake (type) soot blowers.
Background
[0002] In thermal power plants such as boilers, a flue gas is produced as a result of combustion of fuels, waste materials and the like. During the combustion process, soot is produced. In thermal power plants having a DeNOx-system that is provided with one or more catalysts and that is arranged to reduce the emission rates of nitrogen oxides produced during combustion, dust is deposited on the catalyst during normal operation of the catalyst fouling the catalyst.
[0003] Known reciprocating rake (type) soot blowers are equipped with a blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that in its turn is provided with at least one nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the catalyst. The soot blowing medium usually is water, steam or air. During a blowing process, the blowing rake continues to move axially into the flue gas path. On reaching the front-side end position, the direction of movement changes and the blowing rake returns to a rest position.
[0004] In US 6,170,117, a multiple rake soot blower is described wherein the soot blower reciprocates over an area to clean an entire surface using a minimum of space for the soot blower stroke. An internal valving manifold and a plurality of bushings inside of a plenum isolate the rakes from each other and operate one rake at a time. This maintains the required soot blowing media pressure at the nozzles of each of the rakes. The internal valving manifold may either be reciprocated or rotated to select the desired rake.
[0005] The utility model as described in CN202893190 relates to a high-efficiency SCR denitration catalyst soot blower comprising an SCR-reactor having a pair of guide rails that are arranged above each catalyst bed layer in the SCR-reactor. Each pair of guide rails is provided with a group of movable rakes that are each provided with more than one nozzle. Each group of movable rakes is simultaneously communicated with an air pipe which is at its turn communicated with a pressure-stabilizing air tank and is further provided with a control valve for controlling the communication of the air pipe and the pressure-stabilizing air tank. The soot is blown by compressed air and is subjected to smoke pre-heating after SCR denitration.
[0006]
[0007] The disadvantage of such systems however is that during the cleaning operation, a lot of pressurized air is consumed and there is no guarantee that the catalyst is sufficiently cleaned.
[0008] In JPH06281127, a soot-blowing device is described for removing soot, slugs and the like which are adhered to a heat transfer surface. A soot blower is arranged in a heat-exchanger which uses gas outside of pipes, under a condition in which a rake arm is inserted in a gap in a bundle of heat pipes being arranged in multiple layers. When a rotating shaft rotates by the operation of a driving device, the rake arm rotates accompanying with the rotation of the rotating shaft. When the bundle of the heat pipes has a rectangular cross section by a soot sweeping device which is provided on the rake arm, soot in a circle drawn by the rake arm is swept away. Soot at four comers, which cannot be swept by the soot sweeping device, i.e., the soot at dead angles, is swept away by a fluid which is jetted from an injection nozzle provided at the tip of the rake arm. Therefore, a cleaning of the heat pipes can be performed by the single soot blowing device. Such a soot blowing device is however not applicable to clean the upper surface of a catalyst.
[0009] It is consequently a goal of the rake type soot blower according to the present disclosure that is suited to clean the upper surface of a catalyst of a DeNOx system, which consumes less pressurized air to clean the catalyst and furthermore ensures that the catalyst stays as clean as possible during operation.
Summary
[0010] According to a first aspect of the present application, a reciprocating rake type soot blower system, which is arranged to be installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx- system, the catalyst being provided with an upper surface and with one or more catalyst channels, wherein the soot blower system is arranged to clean the upper surface of the catalyst, wherein at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst, wherein the system further comprises at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst; and a brushing system comprising one or more rows of brushes lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows and that are arranged to move over the upper surface of the catalyst and to swipe the dust into the one or more catalyst channels. [0011] This system takes care that the consumption of pressurized air to clean the upper surface of the catalyst is reduced and ensures that the catalyst stays as clean as possible during operation.
[0012] In a more particular embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, a row of brushes is lined at each side of each of the nozzle rows. This provides in an efficient cleaning of the upper surface of the catalyst.
[0013] In a possible embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, when the system is operably installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx-system, the distance between the brushes and the upper catalyst layer is between 0 and 20 mm. This distance is typically around 0 mm, or in other words the brushes touch the upper catalyst layer, when the system is operably installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx-system. In this way, the soot particles are effectively liberated from the upper catalyst layer.
[0014] In an optional embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, the one or more rakes are arranged to move periodically over the upper surface of the catalyst.
[0015] More in particular, the movement of the one or more rakes over the upper surface of the catalyst is initiated every 5 to 120 minutes.
[0016] In a possible embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, each of the brushes are attached to the respective transverse tube such that the distance between the brushes and the upper surface of the catalyst is manually adjustable. This allows a flexible adaptation of the distance between the brushes and the upper catalyst layer depending on the dust behaviour.
[0017] In an optional embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, the system comprises between 1 to 4 rakes. The more rakes, the shorter the moving distance of the system and consequently the length of the drive, which moves the rakes forwards and backwards, outside the flue gas duct. It needs however to be taken into account that the number of rakes increases the air consumption.
[0018] In a particular embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, each rake comprises 1 to 3 transverse tubes with a nozzle row. The amount of nozzles rows is designed in that way that the stream of soot blowing medium is covering the complete length of the rake.
[0019] In a specific embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, each nozzle row has a length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm, and each of the brushes that are lined with the respective nozzle row have a corresponding transverse length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm. The brushes must cover the complete length of the rake. The bypassing of dust particles around the brushes and the nozzles needs to be minimized.
[0020] In a possible embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, the brushes comprise a multitude of wires having a downward length of 20 mm to 300 mm. This length allows that the wires of the brushes are flexible enough to ben around bigger obstacles such as bigger dust particles that cannot pass through the catalyst channels or that needs to pass over constructive parts such as bolts or nuts that are used to fixed the catalyst that lies beneath the brushes.
[0021] In a specific embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, the brushes comprise a multitude of stainless steel wires having a diameter of between 0,1 mm and 2,5 mm. These stainless steel wires are easily bendable in case an obstacle that needs to be swept away is too hard, in this way avoiding damage to the catalyst.
[0022] In a possible embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure, the soot blowing medium is superheated steam or heated compressed air. In power plants, it is common to use superheated steam. In plants where no steam is available, heated compressed air is commonly used.
[0023] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a thermal power plant or a burning industrial application is provided with a reciprocating rake type soot blower system according to the present disclosure as described above, operably installed above a DeNOx-system with a catalyst, is disclosed.
[0024] In a particular embodiment of a thermal power plant or a burning industrial application according to the present disclosure, the catalyst is provided with a catalyst channel which is arranged to collect the dust that is swiped by the reciprocating rake type soot blower system and wherein the plant is arranged to suspend the dust out of the catalyst channel into the flue gas which is responsible for taking the dust with it to the outside.
[0025] In a specific embodiment of a thermal power plant or a burning industrial application according to the present disclosure, the distance between the brushes of the reciprocating rake type soot blower system and the upper surface of the catalyst is between 0 and 20 mm, and more in particular around 0 mm.
Description of the figures
[0026] FIG. 1 shows a top view of a reciprocating rake type soot blower system according to the present disclosure,
[0027] FIG. 2 shows a side view of the system according to the present disclosure as shown in FIG. 1,
[0028] FIG. 3 shows a front view of the system according to the present disclosure as shown in FIG. 1.
Detailed description
[0029] An exemplary embodiment of a reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to the present disclosure as shown in FIGs. 1 to 3 is arranged to be installed above a catalyst of a DeNOx-system of a thermal power plant or of a burning (combustion) industrial application such as a cement clinker kiln, a lime furnace, a solid fuel (biomass, coal) fired boiler, a waste to energy incinerator. The catalyst is more in particular installed before the de-dusting unit through which dust concentrations up to 120 g/Nm3 or higher can occur.
[0030] As can be seen in FIG. 2, this catalyst (2) comprises an upper surface (or layer) (2a) and a plurality of catalyst channels (2b). The reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) is arranged to clean the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
[0031] The system (1) according to the present disclosure comprises at least one blowing rake (3) that is provided with at least one transverse tube (4) that is provided with at least one nozzle row (5) having a multitude of nozzles (5a) (see FIG. 3) that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium (5b) onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2). The one or more transverse tubes (4) are arranged to pass soot blowing medium through it. The multitude of nozzles (5a) are more in particular arranged at the underside of the transverse tube(s) (4) or in other words are facing the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2).
[0032] As can be seen in FIG. 1 and 2, the system (1) further comprises a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the channels (2b) of the catalyst (2). Stated differently, the system (1) further comprises a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) located adjacent to and in parallel with at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the channels (2b) of the catalyst (2). More in particular, and as can be seen in FIG. 3, the exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure comprises two rows of brushes (5a) of which one is lined on one or each side of each of the nozzle rows. It is remarked that is also possible to provide only one row of brushes (5a) at only one side of the nozzle rows (not shown in the figures). [0033] The brushes (6a) are more in particular attached to their respective transverse tube (4) such that the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) is manually adjustable. The brushes (6a) are more in particular welded on a bended steel sheet which is then screwed on the respective transverse tube (4). [0034] The dust that is collected into the one or more catalyst channels (2b) is suspended in the flue gas and transported with the flue gas to the outside air.
[0035] The reciprocating rake type blower system according to the present disclosure can comprise between 1 and 4 rakes (3). Each rake can comprise between 1 and 3 transverse tubes (4) with a nozzle row. As can be seen in FIGs. 1 and 2, the exemplary embodiment of a system according to the present disclosure comprises one rake (3) that is provided with two transverse tubes (4) with a nozzle row comprising a multitude of nozzles (5a) that are arranged to blow the soot blowing medium onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2). In case the thermal power plant uses steam, the soot blowing medium is typically superheated steam. In case no steam is applied, the soot blowing medium typically is heated compressed air.
[0036] The one or more rakes (3) are arranged to move periodically over the upper catalyst layer (2a). More in particular, the movement of the one or more rakes over the upper surface of the catalyst is initiated every 5 to 120 minutes. [0037] Each of the nozzle rows (5) has a length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm, and each of the brushes (6a) that are lined with the respective nozzle row (5) have a corresponding transverse length of between 500 mm and 4 000 mm.
[0038] The brushes (6a) comprise a multitude of wires typically having a downward length of 20 mm to 300 mm. The brushes (6a) typically comprise a multitude of stainless steel wires having a diameter of between 0,1 mm and 2,5 mm.
[0039] The distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper catalyst layer (2a) is typically between 0 and 20 mm, and more in particular 0 mm meaning that the brushes (6a) touch the upper catalyst layer (2a).

Claims

1. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1), which is arranged to be installed above a catalyst (2) of a DeNOx-system, the catalyst being provided with an upper surface (2a) and with one or more catalyst channels (2b), wherein the soot blower system is arranged to clean the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2), wherein at least one blowing rake (3) that is provided with at least one transverse tube (4) that is provided with a nozzle row (5) having a multitude of nozzles (5a) that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium (5b) onto the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2), CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the system further comprises at least one blowing rake that is provided with at least one transverse tube that is provided with a nozzle row having a multitude of nozzles that are arranged to blow a soot blowing medium onto the upper surface of the catalyst; and a brushing system (6) comprising one or more rows of brushes (6a) lined on at least one side of each of the nozzle rows (5) and that are arranged to move over the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) and to swipe the dust into the one or more catalyst channels (2b).
2. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to claim 1, wherein a row of brushes (6a) is lined on each side of each of the nozzle rows (5).
3. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, when the system (1) is operably installed above a catalyst (2) of a DeNOx system, the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) layer is between 0 and 20 mm.
4. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to claim 3, wherein, when the system (1) is operably installed above a catalyst (2) of a DeNOx system, the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) layer is around 0 mm.
5. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the one or more rakes (3) are arranged to move periodically over the upper surface (2a) layer of the catalyst (2).
6. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to claim 5, wherein the movement of the one or more rakes (3) over the upper surface (2a) layer of the catalyst (2) is initiated every 5 to 120 minutes.
7. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each of the brushes (3) are attached to the respective transverse tube (4) such that the distance between the brushes (6a) and the upper surface (2a) layer of the catalyst (2) is manually adjustable.
8. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the system (1) comprises between 1 to 4 rakes (3), and each rake (3) more in particular comprises 1 to 3 transverse tubes (4) with a nozzle row (5).
9. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each nozzle row (5) has a length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm, and each of the brushes (6a) that are lined with the respective nozzle row (5) have a corresponding transverse length of between 500 mm and 4.000 mm.
10. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the brushes (6a) comprise a multitude of wires having a downward length of 20 mm to 300 mm.
11. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the brushes (6a) comprise a multitude of stainless steel wires having a diameter of between 0,1 mm and 2,5 mm.
12. A reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the soot blowing medium is superheated steam or heated compressed air.
13. A thermal power plant or a burning industrial application provided with a reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) according to anyone of the preceding claims, operably installed above a DeNOx-system with a catalyst (2).
14. A thermal power plant or a burning industrial application according to claim 13, wherein the catalyst (2) is provided with at least one catalyst channel (2b) which is arranged to collect the dust that is swiped by the reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) and wherein the plant is arranged to suspend the dust out of the catalyst channel (2b) into the flue gas which is responsible for taking the dust with it to the outside.
15. A thermal power plant or a burning industrial application according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the distance between the brushes (6a) of the reciprocating rake type soot blower system (1) and the upper surface (2a) of the catalyst (2) is between 0 and 20 mm, more in particular around 0 mm.
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