JP2006283179A - Facility for cooling pipe and cooling method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple and inexpensive cooling facility for cooling a pipe while controlling a cooling rate in a heat treatment process, and to provide a cooling method. <P>SOLUTION: The cooling facility having nozzles arranged so as to spout a refrigerant toward each of a plurality of points on the outer surface of the pipe to be heat-treated comprises: at least two or more refrigerant-feeding systems which can be independently opened and closed; a plurality of headers which are connected to any of the refrigerant-feeding systems; and nozzles for spouting the refrigerant through the refrigerant-feeding systems and the header. A plurality of the adjacently-aligned headers compose header groups. Among the header groups, the headers connected to any of the two or more refrigerant-feeding systems are arranged so as to form a predetermined pattern. The one or more header groups are placed in a pipe-transferring direction in series. The cooling method includes using the cooling facility and selecting the combination of opening and closing in the respective refrigerant-feeding systems to control cooling. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling equipment and a cooling method for equally cooling pipes of various sizes in the same equipment with respect to the heat treatment process of the pipe.

  When heat-treating a pipe, there are a method of immersing a pipe in a high temperature state in a coolant such as water and a method of applying a coolant from around by spraying or the like. Although the former is easy to install, the cooling rate is difficult to control, and the latter method is generally used to control the cooling rate. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the pipe 3 is transported by the roller table 4, the pipe 3 is heated by the heating furnace 1, and cooled by the cooling equipment 2, or there is no heating furnace 1 and high temperature after rolling. The layout is basically transported to the cooling facility 2 and cooled. Now, with regard to this cooling facility, as a method for cooling a pipe by an injection nozzle so far, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, for example, the amount of refrigerant supplied to the header to which the refrigerant injection nozzle is attached is set. The method of controlling a cooling rate by controlling was taken.

Japanese Patent No. 13009055 JP 05-33058 A

  However, these methods require a flow rate adjustment facility to control the flow rate of the refrigerant, and the difference in flow resistance between the flow paths from the pump that is the refrigerant supply source to each header cannot be ignored. If the equipment is large-scale, for example, a flow control facility is required for each group of header groups divided into several groups in proportion to the length of the flow path from the pump to the header. Since the settings of each flow control facility interact with each other, a control mechanism is also required to control them. In addition, the flow rate at each nozzle is proportional to the 1/2 power of the pressure at the nozzle due to the principle of fluid dynamics, so the pressure in the range that is twice the square of the flow rate control range is controlled. If the flow control range is wide, the equipment cost will be significant. Although it is possible in principle to control the amount of refrigerant supplied to the header as described above, there is a problem that the equipment cost increases.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive cooling facility and cooling method in cooling rate control in a heat treatment process for cooling a pipe.

  The present invention has been made as a result of intensive studies in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the gist thereof is as follows.

  According to the present invention, in the cooling facility in which the nozzle is arranged so that the refrigerant can be sprayed toward the pipe at each of a plurality of points on the outer surface of the pipe to be heat-treated, A plurality of headers connected to any one of the cooling supply systems and a nozzle for ejecting refrigerant from the cooling supply system through the headers, and the plurality of headers arranged adjacent to each other form a header group. Headers connected in combination with any of the two or more refrigerant supply systems in the group are arranged in a predetermined pattern, and one or more header groups are arranged in series in the pipe conveyance direction. Cooling equipment is provided.

  A plurality of the cooling facilities may be arranged in series in the pipe conveyance direction. Moreover, it is preferable that the refrigerant jets coming out of the nozzles are arranged at a nozzle twist angle and an interval that do not interfere with each other before reaching the pipe.

  According to the present invention, in the cooling performed using the cooling equipment while the pipe passes through the cooling equipment, the cooling rate of the pipe is controlled by a combination of opening and closing of each of the two or more refrigerant supply systems. A featured cooling method is provided.

  In this cooling method, the cooling speed and the cooling stop temperature may be controlled by controlling the pipe conveyance speed.

  In the cooling facility of the present invention, the refrigerant supply system can be opened and closed independently, and the headers connected in combination with any of the two or more refrigerant supply systems in the header group are arranged in a predetermined pattern. The cooling rate in a plurality of headers (header groups) can be easily selected by combining the opening and closing of each refrigerant supply system. By arranging a plurality of the cooling facilities of the present invention in series in the pipe conveyance direction, a fine cooling rate can be set depending on the pipe conveyance direction. In addition, the nozzles that discharge the refrigerant without weakening the cooling capacity between the jets because the nozzles are arranged at nozzle twist angles and intervals that do not interfere with each other before the refrigerant jets from the nozzles reach the pipe. The cooling capacity corresponding to the performance and number can be expected.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to install a pipe cooling facility capable of performing various cooling controls without requiring a great deal of cost, and since the structure is simple, the maintenance of the facility is extremely easy. In this way, significant industrially useful effects are exhibited.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for achieving the effects of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  As a general cooling method, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a circular (ring-shaped) header 6 in which a plurality of nozzles 5 (flat spray nozzles) are attached at equal intervals is arranged so that the center of the circle is coaxial. A method of cooling the pipe 3 by transporting the pipe 3 along the central axis while injecting the refrigerant into the header 6 from the refrigerant inlet 6 ′ and ejecting the refrigerant from the nozzles 5 toward the center of the header 6. There is. The nozzle 5 is disposed on a vertical line on the outer surface of the pipe 3. When cooling, on the surface of the pipe 3 immediately below the header, as shown in FIG. 3, the collision portion 8 of the refrigerant injected from the nozzle 5 toward the surface of the pipe 3 is synthesized on the surface to form a cooling zone 7.

  As shown in the refrigerant collision portion 8 in FIG. 3, it is desirable that the refrigerant injected from the nozzle 5 does not interfere with the refrigerant from other nozzles before reaching the pipe surface. For this purpose, it is necessary to appropriately adjust the twist angle of the nozzle 5 (flat spray nozzle) and the number and interval of the nozzles 5 attached to the inside of the ring-shaped header 6. In this way, if the refrigerant jets from the nozzles 5 are set so as not to interfere with each other before reaching the pipe 3, the refrigerant jets from the nozzles 5 do not weaken the cooling capacity, and It becomes possible to expect the cooling capacity corresponding to the performance and number of the nozzles 5 to be ejected.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows a side view when the pipe 3 is conveyed in a header group in which nine circular headers 6a, 6b, 6c are arranged in total in accordance with the method of the present invention. Each of the headers 6a, 6b, 6c has a ring shape, and the inside of the headers 6a, 6b, 6c is set so that the jetted refrigerants do not interfere with each other before reaching the pipe 3, as described in FIGS. A plurality of nozzles 5 are attached. In this example, there are three systems: a refrigerant supply system 11 that supplies refrigerant to the header 6a, a refrigerant supply system 12 that supplies refrigerant to the header 6b, and a refrigerant supply system 13 that supplies refrigerant to the header 6c. The refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, 13 are opened / closed independently from each other, supply refrigerant to the headers 6 a, 6 b, 6 c independently from each other, and pipes from a plurality of nozzles 5 arranged on the inner side. It is possible to apply a refrigerant to the surface of the three. For example, water is used as the refrigerant.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the refrigerant is supplied from the refrigerant supply system 11, the header 6 a supplied from the refrigerant supply system 11, the header 6 b supplied from the refrigerant supply system 12, and the refrigerant supply system 13 along the conveying direction of the pipe 3. A header group in which a total of nine headers are arranged in a pattern is formed by repeating the headers 6c one by one three times and arranging them at equal intervals. The pipe 3 is transported through the central portion of the header group formed by arranging the headers 6a, 6b, 6c in this way.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows the state of each cooling zone 17 formed on the surface of the pipe 3 when cooling is performed using this cooling equipment. Each cooling zone 17 indicates that the refrigerant supply from the refrigerant supply system to the header surrounding the portion is open, and the refrigerant ejected from the nozzle 5 inside the header collides with the outer surface of the pipe 3. The header whose refrigerant supply is closed is left blank because the refrigerant is not ejected and a cooling zone is not formed on the outer surface of the pipe 3 immediately below. 14 when the refrigerant supply system 11, refrigerant supply system 12, and refrigerant supply system 13 are all open, 15 when only the refrigerant supply system 13 is closed, and when the refrigerant supply system 12 and the refrigerant supply system 13 are closed Is 16. From this schematic diagram, it can be seen that the density of the cooling zone, that is, the cooling capacity, can be easily changed by the combination of opening and closing of the respective refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13. In this example, the cooling capacity of 14, 15, 16 is a ratio of 3: 2: 1.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a header group in which the headers 6a, 6b, and 6c are arranged differently from FIG. 4 when the three refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13 are similarly provided. It shows with the same schematic diagram. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, three headers 6 a supplied with refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 11, two headers 6 b supplied with refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 12, and refrigerant supply system 13 along the conveying direction of the pipe 3. A header group in which a total of 12 headers are arranged in a pattern is formed by arranging the headers 6c supplied with the refrigerant in the order of two headers at equal intervals. In this header group, 18 when all the refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13 are opened, 19 when only the refrigerant supply system 13 is closed, and 20 when only the refrigerant supply system 12 is closed. 21 is the case where only 11 is closed, 22 is the case where the refrigerant supply system 11 and the refrigerant supply system 13 are closed, and 23 is the case where the refrigerant supply system 11 and the refrigerant supply system 12 are closed. In this example, the cooling capacities of 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 are in the ratio of 6: 5: 4: 3: 2: 1, and the cooling capacity can be changed more variously than the example of FIG. This can be realized by a combination of opening and closing of the same three refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13.

  Next, an embodiment in which the header is a straight pipe will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 shows straight pipe headers 24, 25, and 26, respectively. The header 24 is supplied with refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 11, the header 25 is supplied with refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 12, and the header 26 is supplied with refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 13. FIG. 8 shows a state of each header 24, 25, 26 as seen from the conveying direction of the pipe 3. FIG. 9 shows a state in which each of the headers 24, 25, 26 is viewed from the conveying direction of the pipe 3. In this embodiment, eight headers 24, 25, 26 are provided, and a total of 24 headers 24, 25, 26 are arranged around the pipe 3. Each header 24, 25, 26 is arranged in parallel with the central axis of the pipe 3, and is arranged in the same circumference with a predetermined distance from the outer surface of the pipe 3 with the central axis of the pipe 3 as the center. ing. In this embodiment, the header 24 supplied with the refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 11, the header 25 supplied with the refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 12, and the header supplied with the refrigerant from the refrigerant supply system 13 in the clockwise direction in FIG. In order of 26, a header group in which a total of 24 headers are arranged in a pattern around the pipe 3 is configured by repeatedly arranging them one by one at intervals of 15 ° in the center angle. Each of the headers 24, 25, and 26 is arranged at an equal interval of 8 at intervals with a central angle of 45 °.

  Inside the header 24, nozzles 24a (flat spray nozzles) for injecting the refrigerant toward the surface of the pipe 3 are arranged at equal intervals. Inside the header 25, the refrigerant is injected toward the surface of the pipe 3. Nozzles 25 a (flat spray nozzles) are arranged at equal intervals, and nozzles 26 a (flat spray nozzles) for injecting refrigerant toward the surface of the pipe 3 are arranged at equal intervals inside the header 26. As described above, eight headers 24, 25, and 26 are arranged at intervals of a central angle of 45 °, respectively, and nozzles 24a, 25a, and 26a are provided on each of these eight headers 24, 25, and 26, respectively. It is attached one by one. In the conveying direction of the pipe 3, the nozzles 24a attached to the headers 24 are in the same position, the nozzles 25a attached to the headers 25 are in the same position, and the nozzles 26a attached to the headers 26 are mutually connected. It is set to be the same position. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the refrigerant is injected from the eight nozzles 24a, 25a, 26a toward the surface of the pipe 3, and the entire surface of the pipe 3 is located at the positions of the nozzles 24a, 25a, 26a. An annular cooling zone is formed so as to wrap around the circumference. When the cooling zone is formed in this way, the twist angles of the nozzles 24a, 25a, and 26a are set so that the refrigerant jets from the nozzles 24a, 25a, and 26a do not interfere with each other before reaching the pipe 3. , Installation interval, etc. are set.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, each nozzle 24 a attached to the header 24, each nozzle 25 a attached to the header 25, and each nozzle 26 a attached to the header 26 are mutually connected in the transport direction of the pipe 3. They are located at different positions. In this embodiment, the positions of the nozzles 24a, 25a, 26a are shifted from each other in the conveying direction of the pipe 3, so that the nozzles 24a, 25a, 26a are arranged three times in order in the order of the nozzles, and the nozzles in nine places in total. Are arranged along the conveying direction of the pipe 3. The intervals between the nozzles 24a, 25a, and 26a in the conveying direction of the pipe 3 are set to such a distance that the refrigerant jets from the nozzles 24a, 25a, and 26a do not interfere with each other before reaching the pipe 3. In FIG. 9, the refrigerant jets coming out of the nozzles 24 a, 25 a, and 26 a appear to overlap, but actually, the positions of the nozzles 24 a, 25 a, and 26 a are shifted from each other in the conveying direction of the pipe 3 There is no interference between the jets.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, even in the embodiment in which the header is a straight pipe, similarly to the case described with reference to FIG. 5, the cooling control is performed by the combination of opening and closing of the refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13. It becomes possible.

  Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, in the present invention, when the headers are arranged in a predetermined pattern in order to constitute the header group, it goes without saying that the arrangement is not limited to that shown in the figure. In any case, there are different refrigerant supply systems and one or more headers to which refrigerant is supplied from each refrigerant supply system, and one or more headers connected to it from any refrigerant supply system. Some cooling conditions can be realized when the refrigerant is injected from the nozzle to the pipe 3 via any other refrigerant supply system, and the pipe 3 from the nozzle via one or more other headers connected thereto. Some cooling conditions can be realized even when the refrigerant is injected into the pipe, and further, the refrigerant is injected from the nozzle into the pipe 3 from any two or more refrigerant supply systems via one or more headers connected to them. In some cases, if any cooling condition can be realized, various cooling conditions can be easily achieved by opening and closing different refrigerant supply systems independently. It switched so that can be realized. In cooling the pipe 3, the cooling speed and the cooling stop temperature can be controlled by controlling the conveying speed of the pipe 3.

  Further, the cooling equipment of the present invention is arranged in the pipe conveyance direction and each equipment can be set independently, so that various types of cooling control of the pipe can be performed. FIG. 10 shows an example in which the nine header facilities shown in the example of FIG. 4 are arranged in the pipe conveyance direction. In the figure, open / close setting examples 27, 28, 29, and 30 of the refrigerant supply system are schematically shown by the same display method as in FIGS. In this example, ten facilities having three refrigerant supply systems 11, 12, and 13 are arranged, so there are 30 refrigerant supply systems that can be independently opened and closed as a whole, except for 27, 28, 29, and 30 Various kinds of cooling conditions can be set, and a wide range of cooling control is possible. In this example, as shown at 30, the setting of fully closing any one of the 10 cooling facilities is also effective.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to install a pipe cooling facility capable of various cooling control without requiring a great deal of cost, and since the structure is simple, the maintenance of the facility is extremely easy. In this way, significant industrially useful effects are exhibited.

  As shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of cooling in a facility in which 14 cooling facilities having two refrigerant supply systems 31 and 32 according to the present invention are arranged is shown. Each of the 14 cooling facilities consists of nine circular headers, and each header is connected to the same refrigerant supply system 31, 32 every other pipe in the pipe conveyance direction. Each header has a nozzle facing the center inside the center. The used nozzle is one type of flat spray nozzle that injects 5 liters of liquid per minute, and the long side direction of the elliptical refrigerant cross section is attached at an angle twisted 70 degrees from the pipe conveying direction. The total length of the 14 cooling equipments is about 20m. The objects of cooling are three types of pipes with an outer diameter of 125 mm and wall thicknesses of 8.5 mm, 12.5 mm, and 16.5 mm, all of which have an average cooling rate of 8 ° C at the center of the plate thickness from 850 ° C to 600 ° C. / S, The cooling target temperature is about 400 ° C. 12, 13, and 14 schematically show the cooling conditions set for each pipe. In the schematic diagram, the display method is the same as before, and only the part directly under the header where the refrigerant supply is open is painted black. FIG. 12 shows the cooling conditions when the thickness is 8.5 mm, FIG. 13 shows the cooling conditions when the thickness is 12.5 mm, and FIG. 14 shows the cooling conditions when the thickness is 16.5 mm. In the embodiment, in the cooling equipment set in this way, when the thickness is 8.5 mm, the speed is 0.52 m / min. When the thickness is 12.5 mm, the speed is 0.44 m / min. In the case of a thickness of 16.5 m, each pipe was conveyed at a speed of 0.5 m / min. As a result, when the thickness is 8.5 mm at the center of the plate thickness, the cooling rate is 8.2 ° C./S, the cooling stop temperature is 385 ° C., and when the thickness is 12.5 mm, the cooling rate is 8.1. When the cooling stop temperature is 391 ° C and the wall thickness is 16.5mm at ℃ / S, the cooling rate is 8.0 ° C / S and the cooling stop temperature is 405 ° C. It was.

  The present invention can be used in a heat treatment process for pipes.

It is explanatory drawing of the layout of a general pipe cooling equipment. It is explanatory drawing of a general pipe cooling header (circular header). It is a schematic diagram which shows the pipe surface condition at the time of cooling with a circular header. It is a mimetic diagram from the side showing cooling equipment concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an equipment setting at the time of performing cooling control using the cooling equipment concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an equipment setting at the time of performing cooling control using the cooling equipment concerning another embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the nozzle attachment position of the cooling equipment concerning embodiment of this invention which uses a straight pipe header. It is a schematic diagram which shows the header arrangement | positioning of the cooling equipment concerning embodiment of this invention which uses a straight pipe | tube header. It is a schematic diagram which shows the header arrangement | positioning of the cooling equipment concerning embodiment of this invention which uses a straight pipe | tube header. It is the schematic diagram of the example which arranged the cooling equipment (header group) concerning embodiment of this invention in series in the pipe conveyance direction, and explanatory drawing of the cooling setting example in the said equipment. It is a schematic diagram of the cooling equipment of an Example. It is explanatory drawing of the cooling condition setting example in an Example. It is explanatory drawing of the cooling condition setting example in an Example. It is explanatory drawing of the cooling condition setting example in an Example.

Explanation of symbols

1 Heating furnace 2 Cooling equipment 3 Pipe 4 Table 5 Nozzle 6 Header 6 ′ Refrigerant inlet 6a Header 6b connected to refrigerant supply system 11 Header 6c connected to refrigerant supply system 12 Connected to refrigerant supply system 13 Header 7 Cooling zone 8 Injection refrigerant collision unit 11, 12, 13 Refrigerant supply system 14, 15, 16 Combination example of opening and closing of refrigerant supply system 17 Cooling zone 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Opening and closing combination of refrigerant supply system Examples 24, 25, 26 Straight pipe header 24a Nozzle 25a attached to straight pipe header 24 Nozzle 26a attached to straight pipe header 25 Nozzles 27, 28, 29, 30 attached to straight pipe header 26 Open / close combination example 31, 32 Refrigerant supply piping

Claims (5)

In a cooling facility in which nozzles are arranged so that the refrigerant can be injected toward each of a plurality of points on the outer surface of the pipe to be heat-treated, at least two or more independent refrigerant supply systems, A plurality of headers connected to any one of the plurality of headers, and a nozzle for ejecting refrigerant from the cooling supply system through the headers. A plurality of headers arranged adjacent to each other form a header group. A cooling facility characterized in that headers connected in combination with any one of the refrigerant supply systems above the system are arranged in a predetermined pattern, and one or more header groups are arranged in series in the pipe conveyance direction. A cooling facility comprising a plurality of the cooling facilities according to claim 1 arranged in series in a pipe conveyance direction. The cooling equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coolant jets from the nozzles are arranged at a nozzle twist angle and an interval that do not interfere with each other before reaching the pipe. In the cooling performed by using the cooling facility according to any one of claims 1 to 3, while the pipe passes through the cooling facility, the cooling rate of the pipe is controlled by a combination of opening and closing of each of the two or more refrigerant supply systems. A cooling method characterized by: 5. The cooling method according to claim 4, wherein the cooling rate and the cooling stop temperature are controlled by controlling the conveying speed of the pipe.

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