JPS5878011A - Combustion device for wood chips - Google Patents

Combustion device for wood chips

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Publication number
JPS5878011A
JPS5878011A JP17501081A JP17501081A JPS5878011A JP S5878011 A JPS5878011 A JP S5878011A JP 17501081 A JP17501081 A JP 17501081A JP 17501081 A JP17501081 A JP 17501081A JP S5878011 A JPS5878011 A JP S5878011A
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chips
rooster
wood chips
combustion
conveyor
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JPS6026936B2 (en
Inventor
Jiro Kosaka
小坂 治郎
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MEIKO IND CORP Ltd
Meiko Sangyo Co Ltd
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Meiko Sangyo Co Ltd
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23BMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING ONLY SOLID FUEL
    • F23B90/00Combustion methods not related to a particular type of apparatus
    • F23B90/04Combustion methods not related to a particular type of apparatus including secondary combustion
    • F23B90/06Combustion methods not related to a particular type of apparatus including secondary combustion the primary combustion being a gasification or pyrolysis in a reductive atmosphere

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To cause production of a large amount of formation gas from wood chips and to improve a heat efficiency, by a method wherein a rooster titling downward is placed in front of an outlet of a conveyor for conveying wood chips, and it is surrounded with a cylindrical covering member. CONSTITUTION:In case wood chips are burned chips in a hopper 1 are conveyed over a stationary rooster 13, consisting of a heating part 15 tilting downward and a rooster part 16 connected to the lower part thereof, through a transportation tube 3 by means of a conveyor 2. Meanwhile, combustion air is fed from primary and secondary air feed ports 25 and 26 through the working of a blower 8 to fire the chips on the rooster part 16. Then, the chips are lowered as they are bent, and an ash layer formed on the outer surface of the chips is raked down resulting from the reciprocating movement of a moving rooster 14 to perform a complete combustion. Resulting from said combustion, a generated heat gathers at the inside of a cylindrical member 21, a large amount of formation gas is produced through thermal decomposition of the chips on the heating part 15 resulting from heating of them, the produced gas is burned, and it is exhausted as flames.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 本発明は圧縮された木材チップの燃焼−ii CPC良
に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the combustion of compressed wood chips-ii CPC.

従来、圧縮木材チップの燃焼装置は木材チップに燃焼用
空気を強制的に供給して燃焼を促進させるだけなので、
火炎となる生成ガスの発生量−工自然燃焼の場合と変わ
らず少カ<、完全燃焼させても火炎部分O発生熱量が低
く、固体燃焼部分の発生熱量が高いものであった。
Traditionally, compressed wood chip combustion equipment only forces combustion air into the wood chips to promote combustion.
The amount of generated gas that becomes the flame was small, the same as in the case of natural combustion, and even when complete combustion was performed, the amount of heat generated in the flame part O was low, and the amount of heat generated in the solid combustion part was high.

ところが、上記燃焼装置により供給する熱量の多ぐ社火
炎より供給され、固体燃焼部分の熱量は放射によ如わず
か供給されるだけなので、従来燃焼装置は熱効率の悪い
、不経済なものであった。
However, a large amount of heat is supplied by the above-mentioned combustion equipment from the flame, and only a small amount of heat from the solid combustion part is supplied by radiation, so conventional combustion equipment has poor thermal efficiency and is uneconomical. .

本発明は上記従来事情に鎌みてなされ、その目的とする
処は、供給された圧縮木材チップをその燃焼熱を利用し
て高温に加熱し熱分解させて、多量の生成ガスを発生さ
せ火炎の発生する熱量を高めて熱効率に優れた燃焼装置
を提供することKある。
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and its purpose is to heat the supplied compressed wood chips to a high temperature using the heat of combustion and cause them to pyrolyze, thereby generating a large amount of generated gas and causing a flame. It is an object of the present invention to provide a combustion device that increases the amount of heat generated and has excellent thermal efficiency.

本発明実施の一例を図面により説明すれば、図中(4)
は燃焼装置、(a)は送風管、伽)は火炉である。
An example of implementing the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
is a combustion device, (a) is a blast pipe, and (a) is a furnace.

送風管−)はその両端が蓋板(axXai)で塞がれた
円筒体でその一端を7ツンジ(2)を介して火炉伽)側
壁に固定し水平状に配設する。
The blast pipe (-) is a cylindrical body whose both ends are closed with a cover plate (axXai), and one end of which is fixed to the side wall of the furnace via a seven-piece (2), and is arranged horizontally.

送風管−)の端側には圧縮木材チップ等を収容するホッ
パー(1)を形成すると共に、その内部に搬送機(2)
を配設する。
A hopper (1) for storing compressed wood chips, etc. is formed at the end of the air pipe (-), and a conveyor (2) is installed inside the hopper (1).
Place.

ホッパー(1)は、送風管−)の上面を開穿して円筒状
の開口部を設けると共に、送緘管−)内に仕切板(1s
)を固定し、更に底部を略V字状に形成してなる。
The hopper (1) is equipped with a cylindrical opening by opening the upper surface of the blower pipe, and a partition plate (1s
) is fixed, and the bottom is formed into a substantially V-shape.

搬送機(2)はスクリューコンベアであシ、ホッパー(
1)の仕切板(13)の下部開口に水平状に連結された
輸送管(3)と肢管(3)の内部に摺接するスクリュー
軸(4)とからなっている。
The conveyor (2) is a screw conveyor and a hopper (
It consists of a transport pipe (3) horizontally connected to the lower opening of the partition plate (13) of 1) and a screw shaft (4) that slides into the inside of the limb canal (3).

輸送管(3)は、その出口側が一段高くなるように湾曲
し、その出口部は蓋板(a2)及び7ランジ(ロ)を貫
通して火炉(b)内に突出すると共に、該出口部に蓋部
材(5)を開閉動するようKWkける。
The transport pipe (3) is curved so that the outlet side thereof is higher, and the outlet portion penetrates the cover plate (a2) and the 7 langes (b) and protrudes into the furnace (b). Turn on the cover member (5) to open and close it.

スクリュー軸(4)は蓋板(al)と輸送管(3)の湾
曲部に夫々軸受を介して回転自在に支持されて−〉、蓋
板(&1)側の端部を外側に突出させて、スプロケット
(6)を固着すると共に、その他端は輸送管(3)の湾
曲部を貫通して火炉Cb)の側壁よシ内儒に突出させ、
その突出端に偏心カム部材CLIを固着する。
The screw shaft (4) is rotatably supported by the lid plate (al) and the curved portion of the transport pipe (3) via bearings, respectively, and the end on the lid plate (&1) side projects outward. , the sprocket (6) is fixed, and the other end penetrates the curved part of the transport pipe (3) and protrudes from the side wall of the furnace Cb),
An eccentric cam member CLI is fixed to the protruding end.

また、輸送管(3)はその下部に設けられ九基板(7)
に連結され、咳基板(7)上には送風機(8)、駆動用
モータ(9)、減速機(至)が設けられる。
In addition, the transport pipe (3) is provided at the bottom of the nine board (7).
A blower (8), a drive motor (9), and a speed reducer (to) are provided on the cough substrate (7).

駆動用モータ(9)はベルト郷によシ減速機011に連
係されると共に、減速機(7)の出力軸はチェーン等を
介してスクリュー軸(4)のスズロケット(6)に連係
され、モータ(9)の回転を減速機叫によシ減速してス
プロケット(6)に伝え、スクリュー軸(4)を回転さ
せてホッパー(1)の燃料を移送するようにする。
The drive motor (9) is linked to the belt speed reducer 011, and the output shaft of the reducer (7) is linked to the tin rocket (6) of the screw shaft (4) via a chain or the like. The rotation of the motor (9) is reduced by a speed reducer and transmitted to the sprocket (6), and the screw shaft (4) is rotated to transfer the fuel from the hopper (1).

送風機(8)は連結して設けられた送風機用モータ(8
)の回転により起風し、その送風口を送風管(a)の側
面に連結し、送風管に)内へ送風する。
The blower (8) is connected to a blower motor (8).
) is rotated to generate air, and its air outlet is connected to the side of the air pipe (a), and the air is blown into the air pipe (a).

固定ロスドル(至)は耐熱鋳物材等で形成され、末広が
シの台形状の加熱部(2)とその底辺と等しい幅の長方
形のロスドル部(至)からなる。固定ロスドル(11の
加熱部(2)は前記輸送管(3)の出口開口部の下側に
固定され、その出口開口部より離れるに従って低くなる
ように勾配をもって形成され、また低くなるに従って末
広がシになるようになっている。
The fixed loss dollar (end) is made of heat-resistant casting material or the like, and consists of a trapezoidal heating part (2) that widens toward the end and a rectangular loss point (end) with a width equal to the base of the trapezoidal heating part (2). The heating part (2) of the fixed loss dollar (11) is fixed below the outlet opening of the transport pipe (3), and is formed with a slope so that it becomes lower as it goes away from the outlet opening, and widens as it gets lower. It is designed to become

゛ 上記ロスドル部(ト)は加熱部(イ)よシ緩い勾配
に形成され、多数の空気供給溝(至)が開穿されている
゛ The loss point (g) is formed to have a gentler slope than the heating part (a), and has a large number of air supply grooves (to).

移動Iストルa4は断面四角形の長尺状の耐熱鋳物−材
で固定pストル(2)の下端縁に沿りて突設し九ガイド
レールに)に摺動自在に支承されている。
The movable I-strut a4 is an elongated heat-resistant cast member with a rectangular cross section, and is provided so as to protrude along the lower edge of the fixed p-strut (2), and is slidably supported by the nine guide rails.

移動pストルα◆の上面及び固定ロスドル(ロ)側の側
面には夫々燃焼中の燃料の表1ifK形成される灰層を
掻き落す突条i−を突設する。
Projections i- are provided on the upper surface of the moving p-stole α◆ and the side surface on the fixed loss dollar (b) side, respectively, to scrape off the ash layer formed on the surface of the burning fuel.

また、移動ロスドルα◆の下面長手方向の中央には凹部
を形成し、固定ロスドル(至)の下側に回転自在に配設
した駆動軸輪の一端に固定したカム片−と掛合させる。
Further, a recess is formed in the center of the lower surface of the movable rotor α◆ in the longitudinal direction, and is engaged with a cam piece fixed to one end of a drive shaft wheel rotatably disposed below the fixed rotor.

駆動軸(至)の他端部に杜、前記偏心カム部材(ロ)の
偏心軸(ロ)に掛合する揺動杆−の基端を固着し、スク
リュー軸(4)の回転によシ、駆動軸輪が所定角度範囲
内で回転し、移動ロスドルa◆が水平方向に往復動する
ようになっている。
A base end of a swinging rod that engages with the eccentric shaft (B) of the eccentric cam member (B) is fixed to the other end of the drive shaft (4), and is rotated by the rotation of the screw shaft (4). The drive shaft wheel rotates within a predetermined angle range, and the movable loss handle a◆ reciprocates in the horizontal direction.

上記固定ロスドル(2)、移動ロスドルa◆、火炉伽)
の側壁から内側に突出する輸送管(3)の出口及びスク
リュー軸(4)の偏心カム部材α凄を包囲するように、
円筒状部材(6)が7ランジ(ロ)に固定されて水平状
に突出される。
The fixed Rosdol (2) above, the moving Rosdol a◆, Fire Roga)
so as to surround the outlet of the transport pipe (3) protruding inwardly from the side wall of the screw shaft (4) and the eccentric cam member α of the screw shaft (4).
A cylindrical member (6) is fixed to the 7 flange (b) and protrudes horizontally.

上記円筒状部材(2)と7ツンジcA″hは固定ロスド
ル(ロ)を包囲することによって、ロスドル部α◆上で
燃焼する圧縮木材チップの熱量を籠らせて、加熱部(ロ
)K供給された圧縮木材チップを加熱熱分解するようK
なっている。
The above-mentioned cylindrical member (2) and the seven twisters cA″h surround the fixed Rosdol (B), thereby trapping the heat of the compressed wood chips burning on the Rosdol part α◆, and the heating part (B) K. K to heat and pyrolyze the supplied compressed wood chips.
It has become.

更に、輸送管(3)の出口近傍左右には二次空械送風口
(2)を穿設し、その下方には一次空気送風口(2)を
穿設し、夫々送風管−)と円筒状部材(2)内部と連通
ずるようにする。
Furthermore, secondary air vents (2) are drilled on the left and right sides near the exit of the transport pipe (3), and a primary air vent (2) is drilled below that to connect the vent pipe (-) and the cylinder, respectively. It communicates with the inside of the shaped member (2).

上記送風口g4に)には夫々開閉自在の蓋板が設けられ
ていて、その開度を調節して送風量が調整できるように
なっている。
Each of the air outlet g4) is provided with a cover plate that can be opened and closed, and the amount of air blown can be adjusted by adjusting the degree of opening of the cover plate.

一次送風口榊は前記固定ロスドル(ロ)の下側に開口し
、送風管(&)の燃焼用空気を固定ロスドル(至)の下
側からロスドル部a◆の空気供給溝(2)を通して燃焼
用空気を供給するようになっている。
The primary air outlet Sakaki is opened at the lower side of the fixed loss door (B), and the combustion air of the air pipe (&) is passed from the bottom of the fixed loss door (to) through the air supply groove (2) of the loss dollar part a◆ for combustion. It is designed to supply air for use.

二次送風口(2)は、固定ロスドル(至)の上側に開口
し、送風管−)の空気を四ストル上側に送風して燃焼を
助けると共に、火炎を水平に噴出するようにする。
The secondary air outlet (2) is opened above the fixed rostrum, and blows the air from the air duct above the four strands to aid combustion and eject the flame horizontally.

而−して、搬送機(2)を稼動させるとホッパー(1)
内の圧縮木材チップは輸送管(3)を移動して、その出
口部に設けられた1部材を揺動して出口を開口して、固
定ロスドル前方に排出されると共に、固定ロスドル(2
)の加熱部(2)に沿って下降し■ストル部(2)に至
る。。
Then, when the conveyor (2) is operated, the hopper (1)
The compressed wood chips inside move through the transport pipe (3), swing a member provided at the outlet part to open the outlet, and are discharged in front of the fixed Rosdol (2).
) descends along the heating section (2) and reaches the stall section (2). .

搬送機(2)の移動と同時に送風機(8)を移動し、−
次及び二次空気供給口g4fi4を開口して、ロスドル
部(2)上の圧縮木材チップに着火する。
The blower (8) is moved at the same time as the conveyor (2) is moved, and -
The primary and secondary air supply ports g4fi4 are opened to ignite the compressed wood chips on the Rosdol part (2).

ロスドル部(2)の木材チップはその空気供給溝よシ空
気を供給され燃焼しながら移動ロスドルa◆へ移動し、
移動ロスドルα◆の往復運動によシその外面に形成され
る灰層を掻き落され完全燃焼する。
The wood chips in the rosdol part (2) are supplied with air through the air supply groove and move to the moving rosdol a◆ while burning.
The ash layer formed on the outer surface is scraped off by the reciprocating motion of the moving Rosdol α◆, resulting in complete combustion.

上記燃焼による発生熱は円筒状部材(2)内に籠ゐよう
にな夛、加熱部(ト)上の木材チップを加熱熱分解させ
て多量の生成ガスを発生させ、そのガスが燃焼し火炎と
して放出される。
The heat generated by the above combustion is trapped inside the cylindrical member (2), and the wood chips on the heating part (G) are heated and pyrolyzed to generate a large amount of generated gas, which is combusted and causes a flame. released as.

更に搬送機(2)を停止しても、固定ロスドル(至)の
拡散部(2)のロスドル部(2)近傍に紘燃焼初期の燃
料が熾火として残り、搬送機(2)の再始動によ)自動
的に再燃焼する。
Furthermore, even if the conveyor (2) is stopped, the fuel in the early stage of Hiro combustion remains as a smoldering flame near the dispersion part (2) of the fixed loss dollar (to), and it is difficult to restart the conveyor (2). ) Automatically reburns.

本発明は以上のように構成されたので、ロスドル前方の
開口した筒状部材によ)ロスドル管包囲するようになる
ので、加熱部に供給されA圧縮木材チップを加熱熱分解
して多量の生成ガスを発生するようになる。
Since the present invention is configured as described above, the Rosdol pipe is surrounded by the open cylindrical member in front of the Rosdol pipe, so that the A-compressed wood chips supplied to the heating section are heated and pyrolyzed to produce a large amount. It begins to generate gas.

上記多量の生成ガスは火炎として放出され、従来の燃焼
装置に較べ生成ガスとして燃焼する分が多くなシ、熱効
率が向上する。
The above-mentioned large amount of produced gas is released as a flame, and compared to conventional combustion devices, more of the produced gas is combusted as produced gas, thereby improving thermal efficiency.

従って小型の燃焼装置でも大きな熱量を得ることができ
る。
Therefore, a large amount of heat can be obtained even with a small combustion device.

更に、圧縮木材チップの熱分解によって灰、留出績の発
生が減少するので、クリンカー発生を抑制する効果があ
シ、燃焼効率の悪化を防止する。
Furthermore, the thermal decomposition of compressed wood chips reduces the generation of ash and distillate, which has the effect of suppressing clinker generation and prevents deterioration of combustion efficiency.

依って、所期の目的を達する。Therefore, the intended purpose is achieved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明木材チップ燃焼装置を一部切欠して示す
正面図、第2図は要部の断面斜視図である。 図中 (2)・・・搬送機       (6)・・・円筒状
部材0・・・固定ロスドル    α◆・・・移動ロス
ドル(ト)・・・ロスドル部     (ト)・r・加
熱部aカ・・・フランジ 特許出願人  明光産業株式会社 代理人 早 川 政・1−;j (、〜:ニ
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of the wood chip combustion apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the main parts. In the figure (2)...Conveyor (6)...Cylindrical member 0...Fixed loss dollar α ...Flange patent applicant Masa Hayakawa, agent of Meiko Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 木材チップを移送する搬送機の出口の前方に、前方に至
るに従って下方に傾斜するロスドルを配設し、そのロス
ドルの下部には上面にて木材チップを燃焼させるロスド
ル部を形成すると共に、上記ロスドルを前方が開口した
覆い部材で水平状に包囲して、該覆い部材内の搬送機出
口とロスドル部との間に木材チップを熱分解させる加熱
部を形成して表る木材チップ燃焼装置。
In front of the outlet of the conveyor for transporting wood chips, a rosdol is provided that slopes downward as it approaches the front, and a rosdol part that burns wood chips on the upper surface is formed in the lower part of the rosdol. A wood chip combustion device is provided in which a heating section for thermally decomposing wood chips is formed between a conveyor outlet and a loss portion in the covering member by horizontally surrounding the wood chip with a covering member having an open front end.
JP17501081A 1981-10-31 1981-10-31 wood chip combustion equipment Expired JPS6026936B2 (en)

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