US2627149A - Method of cleaning deposits of soot and the like from passages - Google Patents

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US2627149A
US2627149A US182377A US18237750A US2627149A US 2627149 A US2627149 A US 2627149A US 182377 A US182377 A US 182377A US 18237750 A US18237750 A US 18237750A US 2627149 A US2627149 A US 2627149A
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  • This invention relates to a method ⁇ of cleaning. more particularly to the removal of sooty and similar deposits from passages, especially those which are inaccessible to cleaning tools.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing the unit, the heat-exchanger being shown in section;
  • Fig. 2 is ⁇ a vertical cross-section through the heating element ofA the heat-exchanger, its inlet and its exhaust pipe showing the air flow therethrough, taken on the plane of the line 2-2 Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section, on the line 3-3 of Fg..2, through a portion of the heating element of the heat-exchanger illustrating the cleaning action taking place therein.
  • Fig. 1 shows the unit as having a base 5, a housing 6 and hot air outlets 8 which receive air from the heat-exchanger, generally indicated at 9, in a manner which need not be considered.
  • this heat-exchanger comprises a double- ⁇ walled spiral of two turns, formed of an inner sheet metal wall lil and an outer sheet metal wall l l, this spiral being closed at its inner end l2 and at its outer end I3 (Fig. 2). The front and rear edges of this spiral are also closed as shownA The i in Fig. l at l2 by being Welded together.
  • spiral is provided at its inner end with a short pipe or collar I4 which serves as an inlet and to which, when the heater is operating, is attached the burner or combustion-chamber which discharges into the spiral hot gases and other products of combustion which now in the direction indicated by the arrows.
  • the outlet end of the spiral adjacent the end I3 opens into a centrally located exhaust box l5 which connects with the exhaust pipe or stack I5.
  • a clean-out door I8 is provided in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 in the other side of the .box I5 is a clean-out door I8.
  • Air to be heated is circulated around the walls of this heating element. It may be necessary,
  • the inner walls of this and similar tortuous passages can effectively be cleaned by producing a rapid flow of air or other gas therethrough and injecting into this gaseous stream a light-weight, granular, absorbent material which has sufiicient abrasive properties to effect a scouring action.
  • Sooty deposits which are produced from the combustion of fuels are a sticky mixture of carbon, oily materials and a certain amount of water condensed from the combustion products.
  • the cleaning material which is injected into the air stream therefore, preferably has both oil and water absorption properties, although the characteristics of the material may vary with the nature of the deposit. It has been discovered that once the oil, water or other liquid or empy- -reumatic compounds have been absorbed from this soot, it rapidly disintegrates and yields readily to the abrasive action of the rapidly moving granules of cleaning material and the cleaning material also appears to absorb or adsorb the carbon particles at least to some extent.
  • the production of a rapidly moving air stream through the passage to be cleaned may readily be produced by attaching the intake hose 2i) of a vacuum cleaner 2
  • the vacuum cleaner is ⁇ preferably of the industrial type which is capable of handling a considerable volume of air and producing a rapid flow.
  • the combustioncharnber having been removed from the inlet I4, the cleaning material is simply poured continuously into the inlet.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the cleaning action taking place, the sooty deposit being indicated at 25 and the granules or small lumps of cleaning material at 25. In contacting the soot they absorb the ingredients giving it its adhesive property and at the same time knock it off by impingement as they arewhirled about in the air stream.
  • the air flow through the passage to be cleaned need not be produced by a vacuum device, of
  • the process does not depend on the use of the specic materials described but may be practiced with any material having the required characteristics of suicient lightness of weight to be air borne in the passage to be cleaned, absorbency or adsorbency for the absorbable or adsorbable components of the deposit and a hardness and particle shape adequate to scour oiT the remainder of the deposit.
  • the invention is therefore not to be considered as limited to the details of the embodiments herein described merely for purposes of illustration but is to be construed broadly within the purview of the claims.
  • the method of cleaning sooty and like deposits from a passage which comprises establishing and maintaining a rapid ow of substantially dry gas through the passage, and feeding into the stream of gas small hard flakes, of the approximate size cf flax-seed, of a granular absorbent material suciently light in weight to be borne by said stream.
  • the method of cleaning sooty and like deposits from a conned passage which comprises establishing and maintaining a rapid flow of substantially dry air through the passage by the application of a partial vacuum to an outlet thereof, and feeding into the air stream through an inlet of said passage small hard flakes, of the approximate size of ax-seed, of a granular absorbent material suiciently light in weight to be borne by said stream.

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Feb. 3, 1953 c. D. MaccRAcKEN 2,627,149
METHOD OF CLEANING DEPOSITS OF' SOOT AND THE LIKE FROM PASSAGES Filed Aug. 30, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 g r f 5 '7 f i? l y l fr l I? INVENTOR. QL@ @www BY I I y mm, (IP/ Va/9u,
Arran/EVS Feb. 3, 1953 Filed Aug. 3o. 195o C. D. MaCCRACKEN METHOD OF CLEANING DEPOSITS OF' SOOT AND THE LIKE FROM PASSAGES 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 ATT'PNEYS Patented Feb. 3, 1953 METHOD OF CLEANING DEPOSITS OF SOOT AND THE LIKE FROM PASSAGES` Calvin D. MacCracken, Tenafly, N. J., assignor to Jet-Heet, Inc., Englewood, N. J., a corporation of New York Application August 30, 1950, Serial No. 182,377
4 Claims.
This invention relates to a method `of cleaning. more particularly to the removal of sooty and similar deposits from passages, especially those which are inaccessible to cleaning tools.
The problem to which the invention is directed maybe exem-plied, and the invention illustrated, by reference to an oil or gas burning hot-air heating unit having a spiral heat-exchanger shown in the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing the unit, the heat-exchanger being shown in section;
Fig. 2 is `a vertical cross-section through the heating element ofA the heat-exchanger, its inlet and its exhaust pipe showing the air flow therethrough, taken on the plane of the line 2-2 Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section, on the line 3-3 of Fg..2, through a portion of the heating element of the heat-exchanger illustrating the cleaning action taking place therein.
For a better understanding of the invention, a brief description of the illustrated heating unit will be given. Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows the unit as having a base 5, a housing 6 and hot air outlets 8 which receive air from the heat-exchanger, generally indicated at 9, in a manner which need not be considered. Referring to Fig. 2, this heat-exchanger comprises a double-` walled spiral of two turns, formed of an inner sheet metal wall lil and an outer sheet metal wall l l, this spiral being closed at its inner end l2 and at its outer end I3 (Fig. 2). The front and rear edges of this spiral are also closed as shownA The i in Fig. l at l2 by being Welded together. spiral is provided at its inner end with a short pipe or collar I4 which serves as an inlet and to which, when the heater is operating, is attached the burner or combustion-chamber which discharges into the spiral hot gases and other products of combustion which now in the direction indicated by the arrows. The outlet end of the spiral adjacent the end I3 opens into a centrally located exhaust box l5 which connects with the exhaust pipe or stack I5. In the other side of the .box I5 is a clean-out door I8.
Air to be heated is circulated around the walls of this heating element. It may be necessary,
after a considerable period of use, to remove from the inside of the spiral heating element sooty deposits which adhere to the inner surfaces of thel Walls l0 and Il. As will readily fbe understood, it is not possible to reach all parts of the walls of this spiral with any cleaning tools by means of which such deposits could be removed.
In accordance with the invention, the inner walls of this and similar tortuous passages can effectively be cleaned by producing a rapid flow of air or other gas therethrough and injecting into this gaseous stream a light-weight, granular, absorbent material which has sufiicient abrasive properties to effect a scouring action.
Sooty deposits which are produced from the combustion of fuels are a sticky mixture of carbon, oily materials and a certain amount of water condensed from the combustion products. The cleaning material which is injected into the air stream, therefore, preferably has both oil and water absorption properties, although the characteristics of the material may vary with the nature of the deposit. It has been discovered that once the oil, water or other liquid or empy- -reumatic compounds have been absorbed from this soot, it rapidly disintegrates and yields readily to the abrasive action of the rapidly moving granules of cleaning material and the cleaning material also appears to absorb or adsorb the carbon particles at least to some extent.
The production of a rapidly moving air stream through the passage to be cleaned may readily be produced by attaching the intake hose 2i) of a vacuum cleaner 2| to the exhaust stack I6. The vacuum cleaner is `preferably of the industrial type which is capable of handling a considerable volume of air and producing a rapid flow. When the air ow has been established, the combustioncharnber having been removed from the inlet I4, the cleaning material is simply poured continuously into the inlet. Fig. 3 illustrates the cleaning action taking place, the sooty deposit being indicated at 25 and the granules or small lumps of cleaning material at 25. In contacting the soot they absorb the ingredients giving it its adhesive property and at the same time knock it off by impingement as they arewhirled about in the air stream.
As a light-weight, absorbent, abrasive cleaning material, I have found a granular form of aluminum silicate material, such as fullers earth, to be most eifective. This material is naturally highly oil-absorbent, and, if it is dehydrated before use, it is likewise highly Water-absorbent. Such a material is available commercially under the names Speedi-Dri and Sol-Speedi-Dri, the latter being the preferred dehydrated form of the material. These materials are in the physical iorm of small hard flakes or granules of the approximate size of iiaX-seed which have rough sharp edges well adapted to scour off the sooty deposit. Their present use, so far as is known, is merely as absorbents to be poured on the floor around machinery or in other places where oil or other liquids may undesirably accumulate. Another suitable material is a granular, oil and Water absorbent, non-alkaline clay sold under the name of Sta-Bright.
All that is necessary to do after establishing the air flow is to pour two or three handfuls of the selected granular material into the inlet and wait not over ve minutes until it has been carried through the passage. Some of it may accumulate in the box I5, in the particular structure described, from which it can be removed through the door I8. Being non-combustible, it does not matter if some of the material remains in the heating unit when it is returned to use.
The air flow through the passage to be cleaned need not be produced by a vacuum device, of
course, but may be produced by other means such as the injection of compressed air or other gas.
The process does not depend on the use of the specic materials described but may be practiced with any material having the required characteristics of suicient lightness of weight to be air borne in the passage to be cleaned, absorbency or adsorbency for the absorbable or adsorbable components of the deposit and a hardness and particle shape adequate to scour oiT the remainder of the deposit. The invention is therefore not to be considered as limited to the details of the embodiments herein described merely for purposes of illustration but is to be construed broadly within the purview of the claims.
What is claimed is:
1. The method of cleaning sooty and like deposits from a passage which comprises establishing and maintaining a rapid ow of substantially dry gas through the passage, and feeding into the stream of gas small hard flakes, of the approximate size cf flax-seed, of a granular absorbent material suciently light in weight to be borne by said stream.
4 2. The method of cleaning sooty and like deposits from a conned passage which comprises establishing and maintaining a rapid flow of substantially dry air through the passage by the application of a partial vacuum to an outlet thereof, and feeding into the air stream through an inlet of said passage small hard flakes, of the approximate size of ax-seed, of a granular absorbent material suiciently light in weight to be borne by said stream.
3. The method of removing soot from a conned tortuous passage which comprises establishing a rapid ow of substantially dry air therethrough, and feeding into said passage sharp edged grains, suiciently light in Weight to be borne by said ow of air and of the approximate size of flax-seed of an aluminum silicate mineral.
4. The method of removing soot from a confined tortuous passage which comprises establishing a rapid iiow of substantially dry air therethrough, and feeding into said passage sharp edged grains, sufhciently light in weight to be borne by said flow of air and of the approximate size of flax-seed, of a dehydrated aluminum silicate mineral.
CALVIN D. MACCRACKEN.
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US3103765A (en) * 1959-09-25 1963-09-17 Owens Illinois Glass Co Slurry-blasting apparatus
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US2948092A (en) * 1955-03-04 1960-08-09 Lawrence J Fuller Method for cleaning jet and gas turbine engines
US3103765A (en) * 1959-09-25 1963-09-17 Owens Illinois Glass Co Slurry-blasting apparatus
US3149445A (en) * 1959-09-25 1964-09-22 Owens Illinois Glass Co Surface finishing and treating method
US3073688A (en) * 1961-11-10 1963-01-15 Klean Kote Inc Method for cleaning pipelines
US3139711A (en) * 1962-08-28 1964-07-07 Schlumberger Well Surv Corp Pipeline cleaning systems
US3382101A (en) * 1964-04-17 1968-05-07 Atlantic Man Company Method for eradicating hydrocarbon stains from concrete surfaces
US3485671A (en) * 1966-12-19 1969-12-23 Food Products Inc Method of cleaning air supply systems and ducts
US3726045A (en) * 1968-03-20 1973-04-10 Smidth & Co As F L Abrasion of caking
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US20030083002A1 (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-05-01 Andrew Noestheden Apparatus for cleaning engine block passages
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