US3406804A - Tube heater with quench - Google Patents
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G9/00—Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
- C10G9/14—Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils in pipes or coils with or without auxiliary means, e.g. digesters, soaking drums, expansion means
- C10G9/18—Apparatus
- C10G9/20—Tube furnaces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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- The'present invention relates to heaters for use in the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, and more particularly to a means for mounting the heating tubes and their associated quenches' on the heater to reduce thermal expansion strains on the various parts as the heater is operated.
- the tubes through which the material'being heated flows may be forty feet in length.
- the tubes will expand several inches in length between cold and working temperature and-means must be provided to permit this expansion to take place.
- the material being heated in one or more adjacent pipes is discharged directly into a quench. This quench also varies in size as its temperature changes under operating conditions.
- FIG. 1 is a section through a furnace showing a mounting for a tube and quench
- FIG. 2 is a view taken on line 22 of FIG. 1, and
- FIG. 3 is a view from the right of FIG. 1 showing a modified form of the invention.
- a furnace of this type includes structure forming a furnace chamber having opposed parallel walls 2 and 3, the upper portion of one of the walls being provided with an exhaust opening 4.
- the furnace is heated by a plurality of-rows of burners 5. These burners are placed in vertically displaced horizontal. rows in the side walls of the furnace facing toward the center thereof. Extending through the chamber and between these burners is a row of vertically extending reactor tubes 6, one of which is shown in the drawing.
- the upper end of this tube extends through the roof 7 while the lower end extends through the floor 8.
- the tube is supported with its upper end in a fixed position by means of a flange 9 projecting radially therefrom.
- the flange rests on a pair of structural beams 11 and 12 that can be part of the furnace supporting structure or can be separate, rigidly mounted beams. It is noted that the portion of tube 6 extending through roof 7 has a snug fit in the opening provided in the roof with packing 13 extending around the tube in order to obtain a substantially gas-proof seal between the two so that products of combustion cannot escape at this point.
- the low'er end of tube 6 extends through a sleeve 14 that is received in an opening of floor 8. This sleeve is slightly larger in diameter than the tube so that the tube can slide freely in the sleeve as it expands and contracts due' to temperature changes.
- the sleeve should be close enough insize to the diameter of the tube, however, so that there is as little leakage as possible of air into the furnace chamber.
- the lower end of the tube is connected through separable flanges to a flexible connection 15 and by this connection to a supply manifold 16 through which fluid to be heated is supplied to the tube.
- a quench. 17 having an inlet 18 located immediately above the upper end of i thereon.
- the two flanges are bolted together with suitable gaskets so that the heated fluid will pass directly from the tube to the quench and from there to a point of use through a suitable flexible connection.
- the lower end of the quench and the upper end of the tube are held rigidly in position above the furnace chamber and adjacent thereto by means of clamps 21 which engage the top of flange 19 and are bolted rigidly to the supporting beams 11 and 12.
- the quench may be several feet in height and since it also varies in temperature, the quench will expand and contract during operation of the system. For this reason it may be desirable to guide the upper end of the quench in its movements. Therefore, there is provided an upwardly extending support 22 which can form a part of the furnace reinforcing structure. A ring 23 loosely surrounding the quench is bolted to support 22 thereby serving as a guide for the quench as it changes in length. A suitable flexible connection is attached to the upper end of the quench through which the product is dis charged.
- the tube and the quench are both rigidly supported at one end and at a location immediately adjacent to the point where the heated fluid leaves the furnace chamber.
- tube 6 expands and contracts, its lower end will move freely in an opening in the floor of the furnace and this expansion is taken up by flexible connection 15 extending between the lower and coolest end of the tube and the supply pipe.
- the lower end of the quench will be held rigid and the upper and cooler end can expand freely while it is guided by the ring 23.
- the vital connection between the quench and the tube is held rigidly togther while the relatively cold ends of these are free to expand and contract. This is particularly advantageous when the flexible connection 15 is at the colder end of the tube since it can be much more easily fabricated if it is not required to withstand high temperatures.
- FIG. 3 of the drawing A construction of the type is shown in FIG. 3 of the drawing wherein the inlet 24 of quench 17 is shown as having three branches each of which is provided with a flange 19a cooperating with the flange on the upper end of a tube.
- the quench inlets and the tubes are held together and are held in position by clamps 21 in the manner described in connection with the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2. It will be obvious that any number of inlets may be provided for a single quench.
- the main precaution to be taken when a plurality of tubes are connected to a single quench is to prevent the distance between the upper end of the tube and the bottom of the quench itself from varying too much between several tubes.
- An additional advantage of both embodiments is the ease with which the quench and tubes can be decoked. It is only necessary to brake the flanged connection between the lower end of the tube and flexible connection 15. The quench and tube can be simultaneously back-flushed without disturbing the connection between them, and the iv 9 ,405,804 r removed material will be collected in a sump beneath the tube.
- a heater having a vertically extending chamber enclosed by a pair of opposed side walls, a roof and a floor, and a plurality of vertically displaced rows of burners in said side walls, a vertical tube in said chamber between said rows of burners through which fluid to be heated passes, the ends of said tube extending, respectively, through said roof and floor, a quench for the heated fluid having an inlet extending from the lower portion thereof, means to fasten the upper end of said tube to the inlet of said quench and to mount said quench and the upper end of said tube in a fixed position above said roof and adjacent thereto, a supply pipe for fluid to be heated located below said floor, and a flexible connection between said supply pipe and the lower end of said tube.
- a heater having a vertically extending chamber enclosed bya pair of opposed side walls, a roof and a floor, a plurality of vertically displaced rows of burners in said side walls, a vertical tube in said chamber between said rows of burners and through which fluid to be heated passes, said tube having an inlet end and an outlet end one of which projects out of said chamber, a quench for the heated fluid having an inlet and an outlet extending therefrom, means to fasten the outlet end of said tube rigidly to the inlet of said quench and to mount said outlet end of said tube and the inlet to said quench in a fixed position adjacent to the location where said outlet end of said tube projects from said chamber, a supply pipe for the fluid to be heated, and means to connect said supply pipe to the inlet end of said tube.
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FR2360861A1 (en) * | 1976-06-28 | 1978-03-03 | Pullman Inc | OVEN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DATALYTIC REFORMING OF HYDROCARBONS |
JPS5699292A (en) * | 1979-12-31 | 1981-08-10 | Exxon Research Engineering Co | Steam reforming furnace and seal method thereof |
US4454839A (en) * | 1982-08-02 | 1984-06-19 | Exxon Research & Engineering Co. | Furnace |
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US3062197A (en) * | 1959-07-23 | 1962-11-06 | Selas Corp Of America | Tube heater |
US3163498A (en) * | 1961-10-06 | 1964-12-29 | Foster Wheeler Corp | Quench apparatus for reactor tube exits |
GB1018856A (en) * | 1963-09-19 | 1966-02-02 | Heurtey Sa | A new or improved furnace, more particularly for treating hydrocarbons |
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US3062197A (en) * | 1959-07-23 | 1962-11-06 | Selas Corp Of America | Tube heater |
US3163498A (en) * | 1961-10-06 | 1964-12-29 | Foster Wheeler Corp | Quench apparatus for reactor tube exits |
GB1018856A (en) * | 1963-09-19 | 1966-02-02 | Heurtey Sa | A new or improved furnace, more particularly for treating hydrocarbons |
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FR2360861A1 (en) * | 1976-06-28 | 1978-03-03 | Pullman Inc | OVEN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DATALYTIC REFORMING OF HYDROCARBONS |
JPS5699292A (en) * | 1979-12-31 | 1981-08-10 | Exxon Research Engineering Co | Steam reforming furnace and seal method thereof |
US4325916A (en) * | 1979-12-31 | 1982-04-20 | Exxon Research & Engineering Co. | Reformer furnace seal |
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US4454839A (en) * | 1982-08-02 | 1984-06-19 | Exxon Research & Engineering Co. | Furnace |
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