The invention relates to a method for feeding process gases from an uptake of a suspension smelting furnace into a waste heat boiler as defined in the preamble of independent claim 1.
The invention also relates to an arrangement for feeding process gases from an uptake of a suspension smelting furnace into a waste heat boiler as defined in the preamble of independent claim 11.
It is a well-known problem that the flow of the process gas flowing from the uptake shaft of a suspension smelting furnace into a waste gas boiler is very unequal. The gas velocity in the upper part of the boiler entrance between the feeding throat and the waste heat boiler is much higher than in the lower part where the gas velocity is low or even negative. This causes strong gas and dust impingement to the waste heat boiler inner roof and sidewalls near the entrance. As a result the corrosion rate in those areas of the boiler is much higher than in the other areas. Also at the bottom of the entrance where the gas velocity is low, dust accumulates causes in hard aggregations.
Publication U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,556 relates to a method of improving the heat recovery in a waste head boiler, in which gas, produced in high-temperature processes and containing molten and/or solid particles and/or evaporated components, is cooled. In a waste heat boiler, a slowly cooling zone, i.e. a hot “tongue” is generally formed in the gas flow. To improve the cooling of the hot “tongue”, gas and/or solid particles and/or vaporizing liquid, such as circulating gas or circulating particles separated from the process and cooled, are introduced into the hot zone or “tongue”.
The object of the invention is to provide a method and an arrangement for feeding process gases from a suspension smelting furnace into a waste heat boiler that causes less wear on the waste heat boiler and that causes less accumulations in the region of the entrance of the waste heat boiler.
The invention is based on guiding the process gas that is fed from the uptake inner space of the suspension smelting furnace into the boiler inner space of the waste heat boiler downward by providing at least one of an uptake inner roof of the uptake of the suspension smelting furnace and the channel inner roof of the feeding channel of the feeding throat with an angled and/or curved section that slopes at least partly downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance between the feeding throat and the boiler inner space of the waste heat boiler.
In the following the invention will described in more detail by referring to the figures, which
The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for feeding process gases 1 from an uptake 8 of a suspension smelting furnace 2 into a waste heat boiler 3.
The function principle of a suspension smelting furnace is presented for example in publication U.S. Pat. No. 2,506,557.
First the method and some preferred embodiments and variants thereof will be described in greater detail.
The method comprises a first providing step for providing a feeding throat 4 having a feeding channel 5 comprising a channel inner roof 6.
The method comprises a connecting step for connecting the feeding throat 4 to an uptake inner space 7 of an uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at an exit 9 between the inner space of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 and for connecting the feeding throat 4 to the waste heat boiler 3 at an entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and a boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The method comprises a second providing step for providing at least one of an uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 with an angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes at least partly downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3. In other words, the method comprises a second providing step for providing an uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and/or the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 with an angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes at least partly downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The method comprises a feeding step for feeding process gases 1 from the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 into the waste heat boiler 3 through the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4.
The connecting step may include, as shown in the figures, connecting the feeding throat 4 to the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 adjoins the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2. This means that the feeding throat 4 is in the connecting step connected to the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 so that there is no vertical portions (not shown in the figures) of the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 between the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4.
The second providing step may, as in the embodiments shown in
The second providing step and the connecting step may comprise arranging the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at least partly between the exit 9 and the entrance 10 slopes downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 to provide said angled and/or curved section 14, as is shown in the embodiments shown
In the embodiments shown in
The second providing step may include providing the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 8 with at least one of the following configurations to provide said angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3: a dome-shaped configuration, a pyramid-shaped configuration, a cone-shaped configuration, a prism shaped configuration, or a truncated cone-shaped configuration.
The first providing step of the method comprising preferably, but not necessarily, providing a feeding throat 4 having a feeding channel 5 limited by a channel inner roof 6, an inner bottom (not marked with a reference numeral) and two opposite inner side walls (not marked with a reference numeral) between the channel inner roof 6 and the inner bottom.
The connecting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, connecting the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the highest point of the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 is located at a level above the highest point of the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4.
The second providing step and the connecting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, arranging the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 slopes downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 between the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 and the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 to provide said angled and/or curved section 14.
The connecting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, connecting the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the boiler inner roof 13 of the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 is at the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 located at a level above the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3, as is shown for example in
The connecting step includes preferably, but not necessarily, connecting the feeding throat 4 in the connecting step to the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at the exit 9 so that the highest point of the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 is located at a level of 1 to 2 m above the level of the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4.
The second providing step and the connecting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, arranging the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 slopes downwardly with a sloping angle that is between 30 and 60 degrees, such as 45 degrees.
The second providing step and the connecting step comprises preferably, but not necessarily, arranging the feeding throat 4 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at least partly between the exit 9 and the entrance 10 slopes downwardly with a sloping angle that is between 30 and 60 degrees, such as 45 degrees.
Next the arrangement and some preferred embodiments and variants thereof will be described in greater detail.
The arrangement comprises a feeding throat 4 for feeding process gas 1 from an uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 into the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The feeding throat 4 is connected to an uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at an exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4.
The feeding throat 4 is connected to the waste heat boiler 3 at an entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and a boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The feeding throat 4 has a feeding channel 5 comprising a channel inner roof 6.
At least one of an uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 is provided with an angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes at least partly downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3. In other words, an uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 or the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 is provided with an angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes at least partly downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The feeding throat 4 may, as shown in the figures, be connected to the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 so that the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4 adjoins the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2. This means that the feeding throat 4 is connected to the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 so that there is no vertical portions (not shown in the figures) of the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 between the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding channel 5 of the feeding throat 4.
The uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 may, as in the embodiments shown
The channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 is preferably, but not necessarily, as shown in the embodiments shown
In the embodiments shown in
The feeding throat 4 has preferably, but not necessarily, a feeding channel 5 limited by the channel inner roof 6, an inner bottom (not marked with a reference numeral) and two opposite inner side walls (not marked with a reference numeral) between the channel inner roof 6 and the inner bottom.
The highest point of the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 is preferably, but not necessarily, located at a level above the highest point of the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4.
The channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 between the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4 and the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with an angled and/or curved section 14 that slopes downwardly in an angled and/or curved manner in the direction towards the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3.
The boiler inner roof 13 of the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 is preferably, but not necessarily, at the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3 located at a level above the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at the entrance 10 between the feeding throat 4 and the boiler inner space 11 of the waste heat boiler 3, as is shown for example in
The highest point of the uptake inner roof 12 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 is preferably, but not necessarily, located at a level of 1 to 2 m above the level of the channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at the exit 9 between the uptake inner space 7 of the uptake 8 of the suspension smelting furnace 2 and the feeding throat 4.
The channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 slopes preferably, but not necessarily, downwardly with a sloping angle that is between 30 and 60 degrees, such as 45 degrees.
The channel inner roof 6 of the feeding throat 4 at least partly between the exit 9 and the entrance 10 slopes preferably, but not necessarily, downwardly with a sloping angle that is between 30 and 60 degrees, such as 45 degrees.
It is apparent to a person skilled in the art that as technology advances, the basic idea of the invention can be implemented in various ways. The invention and its embodiments are therefore not restricted to the above examples, but they may vary within the scope of the claims.
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