US20110114035A1 - Method of and apparatus for cleaning fouling in heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers and combustion chambers - Google Patents

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US20110114035A1 US12/931,019 US93101911A US2011114035A1 US 20110114035 A1 US20110114035 A1 US 20110114035A1 US 93101911 A US93101911 A US 93101911A US 2011114035 A1 US2011114035 A1 US 2011114035A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F23J3/00—Removing solid residues from passages or chambers beyond the fire, e.g. from flues by soot blowers
    • F23J3/02—Cleaning furnace tubes; Cleaning flues or chimneys
    • 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
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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  • heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers, and combustion chambers i.e., spaces in which combustion takes place which are provided with lines through which flows a medium to be heated
  • combustion chambers i.e., spaces in which combustion takes place which are provided with lines through which flows a medium to be heated
  • the reason such cleaning becomes necessary is that the lines through which flows a medium to be heated gather soot on their outsides due to the combustion process within the combustion chamber, or else become covered by a layer of combustion residues that impede or prevent the transfer of heat.
  • the gathering of soot and/or combustion residues ultimately reduces the level of efficiency of the heat exchanger, waste heat boiler, or combustion chamber.
  • “Explosion cleaning procedures” are implemented for cleaning such spaces and lines.
  • a textile bag is filled with a gas mixture outside the space to be cleaned, introduced into the space that is to be cleaned, and caused to explode therein.
  • Such a method may involve an explosive effect emanating from a ball-shaped textile bag.
  • the blasting effect can detach only a small part of the pollutants and contaminating material that are applied externally to the lines or inside walls of the space to be cleaned, but frequently not any of the contaminating material and pollutants that are disposed between the tubes or, as viewed from the explosion point, behind the tubes.
  • the device permits cleaning of contamination in a space to be cleaned that is below room temperature, or below 100° C.
  • the device allows the detachment of more than a small part of pollutants and contaminating material which are applied externally to the lines or inside walls of the space to be cleaned, and/or some of any contaminating material and pollutants which are disposed between the tubes or, as viewed from the explosion point, behind the tubes.
  • the device comprises a long tube with a relatively small diameter wherein a combustible gas mixture and/or a blasting body is provided within the tube, and the tube is destroyed after blasting.
  • the device comprises a first tube and a second tube, wherein the second tube is connected to the first tube by a hinge, and wherein the second tube contains a fuse connected to blasting cord.
  • the device is capable of effecting a linear blasting process (as opposed to a ball-shaped blasting process), wherein the blasting effect is distributed over a great length.
  • a tube e.g., a tube of cardboard and/or copper
  • An explosion in accordance with the invention may generate a shock wave that removes polluting contamination from a heat exchanger.
  • a small tube diameter allows cleaning between contaminated lines or bundles of lines.
  • the cleaning operation may take place when the temperature within the combustion chamber of the heat exchanger has not yet fallen very far (for example, during operation of the heat exchanger, or after the heat exchanger has been shut down for a short time).
  • long periods during which the heat exchanger must be shut down for cleaning for example, periods up to several days may be avoided.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cardboard tube 1 , which accommodates a spark plug 2 .
  • the tube is provided at one end with a closure means, and a gas filling connection 5 is provided at the other end.
  • FIG. 2 shows an assembled embodiment 6 of the device.
  • the tube can be made of any length.
  • the tube is of a relatively small diameter (e.g., 3 cm to 15 cm), so that the tube may be introduced into a heat exchanger line containing gases within a combustion chamber.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment, wherein a first tube, which is connected to a second tube via a hinge 7 , is fitted into a combustion chamber. Due to the hinge 7 , the angle of the second tube (blasting tube) can be precisely adjusted according to the discretion of the user.
  • FIG. 4 shows a view of an embodiment wherein a first tube 1 is connected via a hinge to a second tube 2 . Arranged within the second tube is a fuse that is connected to a blasting cord.
  • FIG. 5 shows, in block diagram form, a fuse provided with a temperature sensor according to at least one aspect of the invention.
  • tube bundles 8 and 9 When one of several embodiments of the described device is introduced into a combustion chamber (i.e., between tube bundles 8 and 9 ), cleaning of tube bundles 8 and 9 may be effected by means of triggering an explosion. To provide so that the blasting does not take place at an unwanted moment in time, the tube interior may be suitably cooled by means of a supply of water or air, which is introduced through first tube 1 .
  • a blasting cord (and possibly an explosive gas mixture) may be provided within second tube 2 , and the blasting cord may be connected to a fuse.
  • the first tube (and possibly the second tube) may contain a flowing coolant stream (for example, an air/water mixture).
  • a fuse may be connected via a fuse line to a triggering device of the firing mechanism outside the tube. Coolant may flow into the first tube and the second tube, so that the fuse and the blasting cord are sufficiently cooled such that an unforeseen explosion is not prematurely triggered.
  • the presence of a hinge may facilitate the flow of coolant into the second tube.
  • the outer tube When the blasting process is triggered, the outer tube may be shattered (for example, if the outer tube is made of cardboard, glass, metal, copper, or plastic material), and individual particles produced by the blasting process may strike and detach contaminating material on tubes to be cleaned within the combustion chamber.
  • a fuse 10 may be provided with a temperature sensor 11 , such that an amount of coolant flowing in the first and/or second tube may be adjusted such that unforeseen blasting is not prematurely caused.
  • blasting tubes may be of such dimensions that the blasting tubes fit between lines to be cleaned within the combustion chamber. Thus, contaminating material between or behind the lines to be cleaned within the combustion chamber may be detached therefrom.

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A device for cleaning contamination in heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers, or combustion chambers is provided. In some embodiments, the device comprises a tube, a blasting body, and a combustible gas mixture within the tube. In some embodiments, the tube is destroyed after blasting. In some embodiments, the device further comprises a second tube comprising a blasting cord that is connected to a fuse, wherein the second tube is coupled to the first tube by a hinge.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
  • This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/142,565, filed Jun. 1, 2005, pending, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference in its entirety.
    • BACKGROUND
  • It is generally known that heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers, and combustion chambers (i.e., spaces in which combustion takes place which are provided with lines through which flows a medium to be heated) have to be cleaned at certain time intervals. The reason such cleaning becomes necessary is that the lines through which flows a medium to be heated gather soot on their outsides due to the combustion process within the combustion chamber, or else become covered by a layer of combustion residues that impede or prevent the transfer of heat. The gathering of soot and/or combustion residues ultimately reduces the level of efficiency of the heat exchanger, waste heat boiler, or combustion chamber.
  • “Explosion cleaning procedures” are implemented for cleaning such spaces and lines. For example, a textile bag is filled with a gas mixture outside the space to be cleaned, introduced into the space that is to be cleaned, and caused to explode therein. Such a method may involve an explosive effect emanating from a ball-shaped textile bag. However, since the lines that carry the medium to be heated are often very close together, the blasting effect can detach only a small part of the pollutants and contaminating material that are applied externally to the lines or inside walls of the space to be cleaned, but frequently not any of the contaminating material and pollutants that are disposed between the tubes or, as viewed from the explosion point, behind the tubes.
    • DISCLOSURE
  • Disclosed herein is a device for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger apparatus, a heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber. In some embodiments, the device permits cleaning of contamination in a space to be cleaned that is below room temperature, or below 100° C. In some embodiments, the device allows the detachment of more than a small part of pollutants and contaminating material which are applied externally to the lines or inside walls of the space to be cleaned, and/or some of any contaminating material and pollutants which are disposed between the tubes or, as viewed from the explosion point, behind the tubes. In some embodiments, the device comprises a long tube with a relatively small diameter wherein a combustible gas mixture and/or a blasting body is provided within the tube, and the tube is destroyed after blasting. In some embodiments, the device comprises a first tube and a second tube, wherein the second tube is connected to the first tube by a hinge, and wherein the second tube contains a fuse connected to blasting cord.
  • The device is capable of effecting a linear blasting process (as opposed to a ball-shaped blasting process), wherein the blasting effect is distributed over a great length. Thus, in some embodiments, a tube (e.g., a tube of cardboard and/or copper) may be filled with a gas mixture, and/or provided with a blasting cord on the inside of the tube, so that a desired blasting effect can be achieved by the blasting process. An explosion in accordance with the invention may generate a shock wave that removes polluting contamination from a heat exchanger. In some embodiments, a small tube diameter allows cleaning between contaminated lines or bundles of lines. And, if a coolant is flowing through the blasting tube, the cleaning operation may take place when the temperature within the combustion chamber of the heat exchanger has not yet fallen very far (for example, during operation of the heat exchanger, or after the heat exchanger has been shut down for a short time). Thus, in some embodiments, long periods during which the heat exchanger must be shut down for cleaning (for example, periods up to several days) may be avoided.
  • The foregoing and other features will become more apparent from the accompanying figures.
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  • FIG. 1 shows a cardboard tube 1, which accommodates a spark plug 2. The tube is provided at one end with a closure means, and a gas filling connection 5 is provided at the other end.
  • FIG. 2 shows an assembled embodiment 6 of the device.
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  • Depending on the desired use, the tube can be made of any length. For example, in the embodiment depicted in FIG. 2, the tube is of a relatively small diameter (e.g., 3 cm to 15 cm), so that the tube may be introduced into a heat exchanger line containing gases within a combustion chamber.
  • After triggering of a blasting action that may destroy the entire cardboard tube, certain parts, such as a spark plug, threaded rod, closure means, and so forth, can be further used again.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment, wherein a first tube, which is connected to a second tube via a hinge 7, is fitted into a combustion chamber. Due to the hinge 7, the angle of the second tube (blasting tube) can be precisely adjusted according to the discretion of the user.
  • FIG. 4 shows a view of an embodiment wherein a first tube 1 is connected via a hinge to a second tube 2. Arranged within the second tube is a fuse that is connected to a blasting cord.
  • FIG. 5 shows, in block diagram form, a fuse provided with a temperature sensor according to at least one aspect of the invention.
  • When one of several embodiments of the described device is introduced into a combustion chamber (i.e., between tube bundles 8 and 9), cleaning of tube bundles 8 and 9 may be effected by means of triggering an explosion. To provide so that the blasting does not take place at an unwanted moment in time, the tube interior may be suitably cooled by means of a supply of water or air, which is introduced through first tube 1.
  • A blasting cord (and possibly an explosive gas mixture) may be provided within second tube 2, and the blasting cord may be connected to a fuse. As further shown in FIG. 4, the first tube (and possibly the second tube) may contain a flowing coolant stream (for example, an air/water mixture). A fuse may be connected via a fuse line to a triggering device of the firing mechanism outside the tube. Coolant may flow into the first tube and the second tube, so that the fuse and the blasting cord are sufficiently cooled such that an unforeseen explosion is not prematurely triggered. The presence of a hinge may facilitate the flow of coolant into the second tube.
  • When the blasting process is triggered, the outer tube may be shattered (for example, if the outer tube is made of cardboard, glass, metal, copper, or plastic material), and individual particles produced by the blasting process may strike and detach contaminating material on tubes to be cleaned within the combustion chamber.
  • As depicted in FIG. 5, a fuse 10 may be provided with a temperature sensor 11, such that an amount of coolant flowing in the first and/or second tube may be adjusted such that unforeseen blasting is not prematurely caused.
  • As depicted in FIG. 4, blasting tubes may be of such dimensions that the blasting tubes fit between lines to be cleaned within the combustion chamber. Thus, contaminating material between or behind the lines to be cleaned within the combustion chamber may be detached therefrom.

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1. A device for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger apparatus, a heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chambers apparatus, by way of linear blasting, the device comprising:
a first tube;
a hinge coupled to the first tube;
a second tube coupled to the first tube via the hinge;
a blasting cord disposed linearly in the second tube;
a fuse, which initiates blasting when triggered, disposed in the second tube and connected to the blasting cord; and
a fuse line disposed in the first tube and connected to the fuse; and wherein, in operation, the second tube shatters via linear blasting, providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
2. The device of claim 1 further including a combustible gas mixture disposed in the second tube.
3. A device for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger, a heat boiler, or a combustion chamber, the device comprising:
a tube;
a combustible gas disposed in the tube; and
a triggering spark plug disposed in the tube and exposed to the combustible gas; and
wherein, in operation, the tube shatters providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein the second tube consists essentially of metal material.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein the second tube is comprised of a material comprising a cardboard, a glass, a metal or a plastic.
6. The device of claim 3 wherein the tube is comprised of a material comprising a cardboard, a glass, a metal or a plastic.
7. A method for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chambers apparatus, using the device of claim 3, the method comprising
terminating the operation of the heating assembly of the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chambers apparatus; and
triggering the device of claim 3 when the temperature in the interior of the assembly is greater than 300° C., wherein, in response thereto, the tube shatters providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein triggering the device of claim 3 when the temperature in the interior of the assembly is greater than 700° C., wherein, in response thereto, the second tube shatters providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
9. A device for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chambers apparatus, the device comprising:
a tube bundle comprising a plurality of coupled tubes, wherein each tube of the tube bundle comprises:
a blasting tube;
a combustible gas disposed in the blasting tube;
a triggering spark plug disposed in the blasting tube and exposed to the combustible gas; and
wherein, in operation, the blasting tube shatters providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
10. The device of claim 9 wherein the blasting tube of each tube of the plurality of tubes is comprised of a material consisting essentially of metal.
11. A device for cleaning contamination in a heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chambers apparatus, the device comprising:
a tube bundle comprising a plurality of coupled tubes, wherein each tube of the tube bundle comprises:
a first tube;
a second tube hingedly connected to the first tube;
a blasting body disposed in the second tube;
a fuse, to responsively initiate blasting, disposed in the second tube and coupled to the blasting body;
a fuse line connected to the fuse; and
wherein, in operation, the second tube shatters providing particles thereof to strike and detach contamination in the heat exchanger apparatus, heat boiler apparatus, or combustion chamber apparatus.
12. The device of claim 11 wherein the second tube of each tube of the plurality of tubes is comprised of a material consisting essentially of a metal.
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