WO2024014971A1 - Système d'extraction de gaz chauds de la partie supérieure de chambres de régénérateur de four en verre et procédé de régulation de paramètres de gaz chauds aspirés de parties supérieures de chambres de régénérateur - Google Patents

Système d'extraction de gaz chauds de la partie supérieure de chambres de régénérateur de four en verre et procédé de régulation de paramètres de gaz chauds aspirés de parties supérieures de chambres de régénérateur Download PDF

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WO2024014971A1
WO2024014971A1 PCT/PL2023/050056 PL2023050056W WO2024014971A1 WO 2024014971 A1 WO2024014971 A1 WO 2024014971A1 PL 2023050056 W PL2023050056 W PL 2023050056W WO 2024014971 A1 WO2024014971 A1 WO 2024014971A1
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Piotr Knast
Leszek Jedrzejczyk
Krzysztof Zomerski
Robert WENC
Marian Klisch
Andrzej Dylag
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B5/00—Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
    • C03B5/16—Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
    • C03B5/235—Heating the glass
    • C03B5/237—Regenerators or recuperators specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
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  • the invention relates generally to the field of the glass industry and to heat recovery in the glass production process. More specifically, the object of the invention is a system for extracting hot gases from the upper part of the regenerator chambers and a method for controlling and regulating the parameters of the extracted gases.
  • the invention is particularly applicable to regenerative glass furnaces.
  • UK patent application GB2191544A discloses a device and method for recovering some of the waste heat generated in a high-temperature industrial process, such as a glass melting furnace, where the furnace has at least a pair of regenerators that are alternately used to preheat the combustion air and serve as a means of storing the heat from the hot flue gases.
  • the hot flue gases from the process are passed through a heat exchanger, where the heat is indirectly transferred to clean compressed air at 100 psi from a Brayton cycle energy recovery system compressor, with the hot compressed air being expanded in a high-efficiency turbine.
  • US patent application US4516934A discloses a method of extracting clean hot gases from a reversible regenerative furnace comprising: a pair of regenerators for preheating combustion air on the inlet side and extracting heat from the exhaust gases on the outlet side, comprising the steps of providing a duct extending between the upper inlet side of the air and the upper outlet side of the furnace regenerators and passing the air in the duct to a heat utilisation system to recover heat from that air.
  • the invention relates to the use of furnace combustion air heating equipment, i.e., regenerators, to recover waste heat in the form of a clean hot air stream for use in auxiliary heat recovery equipment.
  • the objective of the invention is to propose a solution that allows hot gases to be extracted with simultaneous control of their parameters.
  • a system for extracting hot gases from an upper part of chambers of a regenerator of a glass furnace comprising: a plurality of hot gas intake ducts connected to the upper part of the r chambers of the regenerator, a connecting manifold connected to the hot gas intake ducts, a main duct connected to the connecting manifold, a means for forcing a flow of hot gases from the upper parts of the chambers of the regenerator, a system for measuring the flow rate of the hot gases that are taken from the upper parts of the chambers of the regenerator, a system for measuring the temperature of the hot gases that are taken from the upper parts of the chambers of the regenerator, a control system suitable for controlling and regulating the parameters of the gases extracted, comprising at least a microprocessor, a memory and an input/output system, wherein the system further comprises an at least one control and shut-off valve for controlling the direction and flow rate of the hot gases extracted from the upper part of the chamber of the regenerator, and wherein the control
  • an inlet of the hot gas intake duct in the upper part of the chambers is located on an impact wall or on a side wall or a vault of the regenerator.
  • the at least one control and shut-off valve is either a flap or gate or damper.
  • the system comprises a at least one gas diluting element adapted to inject into the system a diluting gas at a temperature lower than the temperature of the hot gases drawn.
  • the gas diluting element may constitute holes made in the wall of the hot gas intake ducts.
  • an injector acts as a gas diluting element.
  • the means of forcing the flow of hot gases is an extraction fan.
  • the means of forcing the flow of hot gases is an injector.
  • the extraction fan may be located in a track of the main duct.
  • the injector is disposed in the hot gas intake duct, either behind or upstream of the control and shut-off valve.
  • the at least one control and shut-off valve can be made of refractory materials or steel or metal alloys or cast iron, suitable for high temperatures.
  • the system comprises the at least one control and shut-off valve disposed in each of the hot gas intake ducts.
  • the system includes the at least one control and shut-off valve disposed in the connecting manifold.
  • the flow rate of the diluting gas is realised by controlling one or more valves, which are control and shut-off valves.
  • the flow rate of the diluting gas is realised by controlling the speed of a device that injects the diluting gas into the hot gas diluting element.
  • the diluting gas is atmospheric air at the ambient temperature of a furnace or steam or another gas.
  • the temperature of the hot gases taken, after adjusting the parameters with the diluting gas is in the range of 200° C to 1300 C°
  • the forcing of the flow of hot gases is carried out by the means for forcing the flow of hot gases in the form of either an extraction fan or an injector or both.
  • control system controls and regulates the flow rate and temperature parameters of the hot gas intake using a PID controller system.
  • the invention presented here makes it possible to increase the efficiency of heat exchange in the furnace, especially in the glass industry. Heated combustion air or hot flue gases or a mixture of both are drawn from the upper parts of the regenerator chambers, and their intensity and/or temperature is adjusted to the desired one so that they can be used for further purposes.
  • Fig. 1 - shows a cross-section of a chamber of a regenerator with different options for the location of a hot gas intake duct
  • Fig. 2 - shows a first embodiment of a cross-section in top view
  • Fig. 3 - shows a second embodiment of a cross-section in top view
  • Fig. 4 - shows a third embodiment of a cross-section in top view
  • Fig. 5 - shows the third embodiment of a cross-sectional top view with a control and shut-off valve in a connecting manifold.
  • the present invention is applicable to regenerative glass furnaces which have at least one regenerator.
  • This can be, for example, a U-flame furnace having one regenerator with two regeneration chambers or a cross-flame furnace having two regenerators with one or more regeneration chambers in each regenerator.
  • the combustion air flows through a chamber 3 of a regenerator, taking the heat accumulated in a grid 2, towards a fire space 8, and in the reverse cycle, the hot flue gases pass from the fire space 8 towards the chamber 3 of the regenerator and give some of their heat to the grid 2 of the regenerator.
  • the regenerator has at least two chambers.
  • the hot gases are the heated combustion air B on the combustion air feed cycle or the hot exhaust gas D on the exhaust gas extraction cycle or, in the case of simultaneous intake from at least one chamber operating on the air feed cycle and at least one chamber operating on the exhaust gas extraction cycle, a mixture of the heated combustion air B and the hot exhaust gas D.
  • Fig. 1 shows possible configurations for the location of hot gas intake duct 5. Part of the heated combustion air A is discharged through the hot gas intake duct 5, the inlet of which in this embodiment is located on an impact wall 20. In other embodiments, the inlet of the hot gas intake duct 5 is located on a side wall 21 or on a vault 17 of the regenerator.
  • a first embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 2 and discloses a system comprising at least one hot gas intake duct 5 connected to the upper part of each of the two chambers 3 of the regenerator, a connecting manifold 7, which is a connector of all the hot gas intake ducts 5, a main duct 18 connected to the connecting manifold 7 and a means for forcing the flow of hot gases to the upper parts of the chambers 3 of the regenerator.
  • the system for extracting hot gases also includes control and measuring elements, i.e.
  • a control system adapted to control and regulate the parameters of the gases taken comprising at least a microprocessor, a memory and an input-output system.
  • each hot gas intake duct 5 there is at least one control and shut-off valve 6 for controlling the direction and flow rate of the gases.
  • the object of the invention discloses the control system configured to regulate the flow rate and/or temperature of hot gases by the control and shut-off valves 6 and by the means for forcing the flow of hot gases.
  • the hot gas intake ducts 5 and the control and shut-off valves 6 are made of refractory materials, capable of operating at high temperatures in the range of 1000° C to 1600° C and/or heat resistant, made of steel, metal alloys or cast iron.
  • they may be constructed of heat-resistant material along their entire length or partially, where such material is used along a certain length of the hot gas intake duct 5, where the temperature is highest, before the hot gases are diluted.
  • the hot gas intake ducts 5 are connected to the upper parts of the chambers 3 of the regenerator, which upper parts of the chambers 3 of the regenerator are above the grid 2 in the regenerator and have the highest temperatures.
  • the control and shut-off valve 6 is a flap whose role is to control the flow rate and the direction of this flow.
  • the control and shut-off valves 6 are equipped with limit switches and a positioner, which enable the flaps to be set to intermediate positions as well as to limit positions.
  • the control and shut-off valve 6 is either a gate or a butterfly valve.
  • a gas diluting element 14 i.e., the injection of the diluting gas C
  • the system includes a gas diluting element 14, which in this embodiment acts as a back-up element in case of failure of the injector 15.
  • the injected diluting gas C is at a temperature lower than the temperature of the drawn hot gases. Its function is to reduce the temperature of the hot gases to temperatures in the range 200° C-13OO 0 C. The temperature of the hot gases, after dilution, depends on the subsequent processes in which the gases will be used, after leaving the system for extracting hot gases.
  • the means for forcing the flow of hot gases is the injector 15, which is supplied with air or gas compressed by a fan, compressor, or other pump.
  • the injector 15 is located in the hot gas intake duct 5, in this embodiment behind the control and shut-off valve 6.
  • the system further comprises measurement components, including a system for measuring the flow rate and a system for measuring the temperature of the hot gas taken from the regenerator.
  • a typical system for measuring the flow rate is built up of a measuring tube - a Venturi tube or disc-shaped measuring orifice with a differential pressure transducer 9, pressure impulse lines, a temperature transducer 12 - measuring the temperature in the hot gas intake duct 5 and a microprocessor calculator, converting the flow rate from operating conditions to normal conditions.
  • the measuring elements are a standpipe, or Prandtl tube, with a stub and a reference pressure transducer 10 mounted on it, a differential pressure transducer 11 connected to the standpipe, and pressure impulse lines between the stubs and the transducers.
  • the system for measuring temperature includes a measuring probe in the form of a thermocouple, which is connected to a suitable transmitter (pressure, temperature, or reference pressure).
  • a suitable transmitter pressure, temperature, or reference pressure
  • the system for measuring temperature is built with a measuring probe in the form of a resistance sensor, which is connected to a suitable transmitter (pressure, temperature, or reference pressure).
  • Controls are used to regulate the flow rate and/or temperature, including a PID controller circuit, which is implemented in a microprocessor chip.
  • the PID controller circuit is built on the principle of a cascade system which allows control of a system where there is delay as well as inertia.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the system, which is the subject of the invention.
  • the means for forcing the flow of hot gases is an extraction fan 16, otherwise known as an exhauster, which is positioned in the path of the main duct 18 and causes the gases to be drawn from the regenerator.
  • the system comprises a gas diluting element 14 which injects or sucks a diluting gas C into the hot gas intake duct 5, which has a temperature lower than the temperature of the hot gases being taken, and reduces its temperature to temperatures in the range 200° C-13OO 0 C.
  • the temperature of the hot gases, after dilution, depends on the further processes in which the gases will be used, after leaving the system.
  • the gas dilution element 14 is, in this embodiment, in the form of one or more holes made in a wall of the hot gas intake ducts 5. Through these holes the diluting gas C is injected or sucked.
  • the compressed diluting gas C is injected by a fan or a compressor.
  • the at least one control and shut-off valve 6 is positioned in the at least one hot gas intake duct 5 downstream of the injector 15.
  • the control and shut-off valve 6 is positioned downstream of the injector 15 in the connecting manifold 7 and acts as a common control and shut-off valve 6 for all hot gas intake ducts 5 and operates on the principle of a multi-way valve.
  • the function of the means for forcing the flow of hot gases is performed by the injector 15. In addition to this function, it also acts as the gas dilution element 14.
  • a circumferential injector 15 is used, positioned at the periphery of the hot gas intake duct 5, which provides the possibility of feeding the diluting gas C along the periphery.
  • the subject of the application discloses a method of regulating the parameters of the hot gases drawn from the furnace, using the system for extracting the hot gases described in detail above.
  • the method comprises the following steps: a) hot gases are drawn from the upper parts of the r chambers 3 of the regenerator, thereby forcing their flow by the means for forcing the flow of hot gases, b) the flow rate of the hot gases taken in is regulated by the control and shut-off valves 6, the gas dilution element 14 and the means for forcing the flow of hot gases, c) the temperature of the hot gases taken from the upper parts of the chambers 3 of the regenerator is regulated by adjusting the flow rate of the diluting gas C by means of either the hot gas diluting element 14 or the injector 15 acting as the hot gas diluting element 14,
  • the hot gases described in the method are flue gas D or heated combustion air B or a mixture of heated combustion air B and flue gas D.
  • the system described above is adapted to regulate the flow rate and/or temperature of the hot gases.
  • the actuators regulating the flow rate of the hot gas extracted are the extraction fan, the injector 15 and the control and shut-off valve 6.
  • the regulation of the extraction fan 16 and the injector 15 depends on the frequency change of the control inverter, and the regulation of the control and shut-off valve 6 depends on the control of its position.
  • Adjusting the temperature of the hot gas drawn leads to a gas with a temperature in the range 200° C- 1300° C, which depends on the top-down need where the gas will be used next.
  • the desired temperature is obtained when the hot gas drawn is mixed with an appropriate proportion of diluting gas C.
  • the diluting gas C can be atmospheric air, steam, or another gas.
  • the appropriate proportion of diluting gas C is obtained by varying the flow rate of this gas.
  • the diluting element 14 is used in the form of one or more holes in the wall of the hot gas intake duct 5
  • the regulation is realised by controlling the control and shut-off valves 6.
  • the regulation is realised by controlling the speed of the device which forces the diluting gas C into the injector 15.
  • the amount of hot gas extracted from the upper parts of the regenerator chambers depends on the availability of these gases in the chambers and the needs of the plant into which the hot gas goes after passing through the disclosed system. Ultimately, the hot gas after passing through the system may be needed to carry out further processes in heat exchange, to be used as combustion air or to heat the combustion air of other furnace burners.
  • the hot gas parameters are regulated: temperature and flow rate.

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L'invention concerne de manière générale le domaine de l'industrie du verre et la récupération de chaleur dans le procédé de production de verre. Plus précisément, l'objet de l'invention est un système d'extraction de gaz chauds d'une partie supérieure de chambres d'un régénérateur et un procédé de commande et de régulation des paramètres des gaz extraits. Le système comprend au moins une vanne de commande et d'arrêt (6) pour commander la direction et le débit des gaz situés dans chacun des conduits d'admission de gaz chaud (5), et un système de commande configuré pour réguler le débit et/ou la température des gaz chauds au moyen des vannes de commande et d'arrêt (6), et les moyens pour forcer l'écoulement de gaz chauds. Le procédé de régulation des paramètres de gaz chauds consiste à réguler le débit des gaz chauds aspirés au moyen de vannes de commande et d'arrêt de gaz chaud (6), un élément de dilution de gaz (14) et un moyen de forçage d'un écoulement de gaz chauds, et à réguler la température des gaz chauds aspirés des parties supérieures des chambres (3) du régénérateur par régulation du débit d'un gaz de dilution (C) par l'élément de dilution de gaz chaud (14).
PCT/PL2023/050056 2022-07-11 2023-07-11 Système d'extraction de gaz chauds de la partie supérieure de chambres de régénérateur de four en verre et procédé de régulation de paramètres de gaz chauds aspirés de parties supérieures de chambres de régénérateur WO2024014971A1 (fr)

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