FI78546B - SKRUVTRANSPORTOER FOER UTMATNING AV FASTA RESTER VID HOEG TEMPERATUR OCH VID OEVERTRYCK. - Google Patents

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Screw conveyor to remove solid residues at high temperature and overpressure. - Screw conveyor for utilization of the rest of the tank at high temperature and in the upper tric.

The invention relates to a screw conveyor for a device for changing solid, carbonaceous material used at high temperature and overpressure, wherein the inlet to the screw conveyor for removing solid residues is arranged behind the outlet of the device and the screw conveyor is part of the pressure system of the device. Such a device can be, for example, a reactor for gasifying solids or carbonaceous substances or vortex bed combustion, which are usually also used under overpressure.

In the case of solid residues, this is usually ash, which may still contain more or less large amounts of unchanged carbon. The solid residues are mainly fine-grained, corresponding approximately to the grain size of carbonaceous materials, usually pre-crushed or ground carbon to be converted in the device. However, it is inevitable that some of the residues in the formation of larger agglomerates will be packaged in pieces up to 40 cm in size. These agglomerates can lead to significant malfunctions when removing solid residues if no precautions are taken. In this case, it must be taken into account that the screw conveyor forms an integral pressure system with the reactor or combustion chamber, so that during operation of the plant it is usually not possible to grip the inside of the pressure system or the screw conveyor from the outside with any reduction tools or the like. In addition, account must be taken of the fact that the solid residues at the bottom of the reactor or the like and at the inlet of the screw conveyor form a solid column which precludes intermittent pretreatment of solid residues, e.g. using interconnected 2 78546 breakers or at least considerably complicates processing.

Finally, it should be noted that the operating temperatures at the outlet of the device are relatively high.

The invention is based on a screw conveyor mentioned at the beginning, which is described, for example, in a high-temperature Winkler gasification reactor in Chem.-Ing.-Tech., Vol. 48, 1976 page 1188. In particular, it should also be possible in devices operating at high temperatures and overpressure to water out solid residues without disturbance, despite the above-mentioned agglomeration formation. Suitable temperatures can be in the order of 1000 ° C and the pressure can be between 10 and 50 bar and above. At the same time, the solid residues must be cooled to such an extent that they no longer react with oxygen in the air during the heating of the screw conveyor. The latter could lead to uncontrolled fires. The above-mentioned objectives must be achieved without making the plant substantially more complicated or requiring costly measures.

In order to solve this problem, it is proposed according to the invention that the screw has at least two releasably, non-rotatably and rigidly connected parts arranged in the transfer direction, of which the part adjacent to the outlet of the device serving to reduce coarse-grained residues is formed more massively than the associated part , which (s) serve primarily to cool the waste, and coolant flows and / or circulates through the housing for at least portions of its length. Dividing the screw into at least two parts, on the other hand, makes it easier to adapt the individual parts to the tasks primarily intended for them. Thus, the part of the screw that first comes into contact with the solid residues coming from the device must be adapted to reduce the agglomerates, in which case, of course, it must also fulfill the transport function. The related part of the screw can be shaped in such a way that the cooling and transport function in particular is taken into account. Since the part of the screw performing the reduction function is significantly more stressed and therefore subject to a correspondingly higher consumption, the splitting also has economic significance, since it is not necessary to replace the entire screw during the part used for the reduction.

The same also applies to a structure in which, according to another proposal of the invention, the screw housing is also divided into parts which are pressure-tight, but nevertheless detachably connected to one another, in accordance with the division of the screw. The housing is also subjected to more intense wear at the point where the reduction of the coarser parts mainly takes place.

The part of the screw which mainly performs the reduction work is substantially more massive in design, whereby the threads of the screw in this part can be rounded from the bottom of the screw.

According to one feature of the invention, the thread of the screw can increase continuously in the conveying direction at the inlet part, and preferably so that the pitch at the pull-out end of the screw conveyor is about 1.5-2 times the pitch at the inlet part. As a result of the increase in pitch, the conveying speed of the solid residues conveyed through the screw in the conveying direction continuously increases when the screw rotation speed is constant, so that the filling degree of the screw conveyor in the conveying direction in the inverse ratio decreases. This avoids the risk that the larger residual pieces, after the reduction in the first part, are still of such a size that they approximately correspond to the cross-section of the screw corridor, so that they could catch on the screw conveyor as the transport progresses. This danger would arise in particular when several such larger parts were encountered in a screw conveyor.

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It has further proved expedient to chamfer the outer circumferential surface of the screw threads at least in the longitudinal parts of the screw so that in longitudinal section with the horizontal axis they form an acute angle with the tip towards the outlet end of the screw conveyor, i.e. This chamfer makes it easier to reduce the coarser parts of the residue, because in practice the reduction work must be carried out exclusively by means of the screw torque. The beveling of the outer circumferential surface of the screw thread forms an "endless" rotating wedge which assists in reducing the coarser parts and at the same time prevents smaller parts of extremely abrasive residues from squeezing between the screw thread and the housing wall. However, depending on the circumstances, it may also be possible to shape, for example, only the first part of the screw to be used substantially for reduction in this way.

In the case of an extruder where the reduction mainly takes place, armor can be provided, e.g. by means of overlay welding, which: the armor can be renewed after wear.

To increase the cooling effect, the screw - possibly in all parts - can be provided with internal channels for the passage of coolant.

In order to achieve a particularly good heat transfer, such channels can also be arranged in the threads of the screw.

The length of the screw conveyor is essentially determined by the required cooling capacity, since for the reasons already mentioned, the temperature of the solid residues must not exceed a certain temperature when leaving the screw conveyor or the pressure barrier following it.

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The housing of the screw conveyor is suitably provided with an inlet part connected to the wall of the outlet of the reaction space of the device, the screw with its surrounding housings forming an angle deviating from 180 °, preferably at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the inlet part. A structure in which the inlet part is provided with at least one supply of a gaseous substance which fluffs the reaction space at the outlet and / or the removable residue in the inlet part has proved to be particularly expedient.

Since the gaseous substance enters the reaction space of the device, it is expediently selected so as to take part in the change taking place there, i.e. in the case of a Winkler reactor the gaseous substance can be e.g. carbon dioxide, air or steam. Since the carbonaceous materials to be changed form a vortex bed as they pass through the reaction space, the gaseous substance can also simultaneously act as a liquefying agent in the reactor.

The drawing schematically shows a longitudinal section of a screw conveyor as an application example.

A first housing part 2 of a screw conveyor is arranged in the outlet of the device 1, e.g. a reactor, by means of a pressure-tight releasable flange connection 3, the first housing part 2 having an inlet part 4 extending from the outlet of the reactor 1 and substantially coaxial with its longitudinal axis. Adjacent to the first housing part 2 is a second housing part 5, which is rectangular with respect to its inlet part 4, which is arranged to be pressure-tight, but nevertheless detachable by means of a flange connection 6. In addition, both housing parts 2 and 5 have a coaxially and centrally rotating screw 8, which in turn is divided into two parts 9 and 10, corresponding to the division of the housings 2, 5.

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The first housing part 2 surrounds the retraction and reduction zone of the screw conveyor, while the associated housing part 5 surrounds a part which mainly - in addition to transporting solid residues - acts to cool them. Of course, already in the first housing part 2 cooling takes place through the wall of the housing part. The two screw parts 9 and 10 are detachable at the connection 6 of both parts of the housing, but they are nevertheless connected to each other in a non-rotatable and inflexible manner.

The screw 8 is mounted near the inlet part 4 by a bearing 11 and at the outlet end by a bearing 12.

The screw 8 is driven by a gear 14.

The part 10 of the screw 8 is provided with channels 15 and 16 for the passage of coolant. The channels 15 are in the core of the part 10, while the channels 16 run inside the threads 17. The coolant is supplied to the screw 8 at the point indicated by reference numeral 18. The coolant outlet after the coolant has passed through the screw part 8 and possibly the threads 17 is indicated by reference numeral 19.

The housing part 5 is likewise provided with channels 20 for the passage of coolant, whereby the coolant enters and leaves the housing 5 at point 22.

The housing part 2 has channels 24 for the passage of coolant, whereby the coolant is supplied at 25 and removed from the housing part 2 at 26.

A cover 27 is arranged on the most heavily stressed inner surface of the housing part 2, which protects the actual housing wall from wear.

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The inlet part 4 is provided just above the screw 8 or its part 9 with supply pipes 28 distributed around the circumference of the part for supplying a gaseous substance. Near the end opposite the inlet part 4 of the housing part 5, there is an outlet opening 29 arranged in the housing part, to which a pressure barrier 30 is connected, through which a sufficiently cooled solid residue is removed from the pressurized system.

At the outlet of the reactor 1 and in the inlet part 4, a solid column is formed of reaction residues which are to some extent effervescent by the gaseous substance fed through the feed pipes 28. In certain circumstances it is possible to avoid the formation of bridges from the residue or the adhesion In addition, the fluffing causes a certain sorting in that the finer granules fall immediately down into the area of the screw 8.

The coarser parts of the residues are reduced at the first housing part 2 by means of the screw part 9 so that they can be transported to the screw conveyor. The reduction work required for this is obtained from the torque of the screw 8. It can be seen from the drawing that the screw part 9 in the housing part 2 is shaped to be substantially more massive than the screw part 10 connected to it, the purpose of which is only to provide cooling and transport of the residues. To achieve the reduction, the circumferential surfaces 32 of the screw threads 31 are chamfered.

While the residue from the reactor 1 at a temperature of e.g. 1000 ° C is in the screw conveyor, its temperature is lowered to e.g. 500 ° C, at which temperature the residue leaves the screw conveyor or seal 30.

The length of the screw conveyor can be, for example, 3 to 6 m and its inner diameter can be, for example, 2 to 0 mm.

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The flange connections 3 and 6 allow a quick removal of the first housing part 2 and the first part 9 of the associated screw 8. Both of these components are subject to the greatest consumption because they are subject to a reduction in the coarser components. In addition, the residues still have the highest temperature at this point, which in fact also increases the strain on the housing and screw materials.

The screw conveyor according to the invention makes it possible, by using relatively simple and space-saving means, to remove a relatively low amount of residue per unit time continuously from the combustion or gasification process, and further by using a through section in a screw conveyor adjusted to exceed the average grain size. Larger diameter residual parts are reduced so that they can be transported through the screw duct without creating pressure losses in the system.

Claims (8)

A screw conveyor for a high temperature and overpressure driven device (1) intended for modification of a solid, carbonaceous material, the inlet of the screw conveyor for removing solid residues arranged after the outlet opening of the device (1) and the screw conveyor forming part of the device of the device. (1) pressure system, characterized in that the screw (8) has at least two arranged, detachable, torsionally and flexibly connected parts (9, 10) in the transport direction, of which the part (9) located adjacent the outlet opening of the device (1) ), which serves to disintegrate coarse-grained portions in the residues, formed more solidly than the portions or adjoining portions (10), which serve mainly for cooling the residues, and through the casing (2, 5) at least flows and / or circulates over portions of its length of coolant. Screw conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that the screw housing (2, 5) is also divided into parts, corresponding to the partition of the screw (8), which are pressure-tight, but detachably connected to each other. Screw transformer according to claim 1, characterized in that the pitch of the screw (8) increases continuously in the direction of transport at the inlet part (4). Screw conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that the surface (32) forming the outer circumference of the screw coils (17, 31) is chamfered at least over parts of the length of the screw (8) in such a way that in longitudinal section in the feed direction has an increasing diameter. Screw conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the part (10) has internal channels (15) for passing through a coolant.