Method for installing spray pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953363-B2
Application number	US-201816615212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2018
Priority date	Jul 14, 2017
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

A method for installing a spray pipe, including an insertion step of inserting a spray pipe from an opening portion, a positioning step of positioning the spray pipe such that an installation surface of a leg portion faces a supporting surface of a supporting portion, a provisional tightening step of provisionally tightening a first fastening portion to couple an attachment flange with the opening portion, an adjusting step of adjusting the height of the installation surface relative to the supporting surface such that an axis along which a pipe portion extends coincides with the horizontal plane, in the provisionally tightened state resulting from the provisional tightening step, a coupling step of coupling the leg portion to the supporting portion by means of a second fastening portion, after the adjusting step, and a final tightening step of performing a final tightening of the first fastening portion after the coupling step.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for installing a spray pipe, the spray pipe injecting a liquid absorbent into an absorption tower which is formed to extend in a vertical direction and serves as a passage for exhaust gas,
the spray pipe including
a cylindrical pipe portion extending along an axis line and including a leading end closed,
a leg portion disposed on a lower end portion in a vertical direction of the pipe portion including an installation surface, and
an attachment portion disposed at the pipe portion and including a first attachment surface, and
the absorption tower including
an opening portion opened toward a side of absorption tower,
a second attachment surface disposed at the opening portion, and
a supporting portion including supporting surface supporting the pipe portion,
the method comprising:
an insertion step of inserting the spray pipe from the opening portion;
a positioning step of positioning the spray pipe such that a state is established in which the installation surface of the leg portion faces the supporting surface of the supporting portion;
a provisionally tightening step of provisionally tightening a first fastening portion, in a state in which the first attachment surface of the attachment portion faces the second attachment surface of the opening portion, to couple the attachment portion to the opening portion;
an adjusting step of adjusting a height of the installation surface relative to the supporting surface such that the axis line along which the pipe portion extends coincides with a horizontal plane, in the provisionally tightened state resulting from the provisionally tightening step;
a coupling step of coupling the leg portion to the supporting portion with a second fastening portion after the adjusting step; and
a finally tightening step of finally tightening the first fastening portion after the coupling step.

2. The method for installing a spray pipe according to claim 1 , wherein
the leg portion is disposed at each of a plurality of locations including the leading end of the pipe portion,
the absorption tower includes a plurality of the supporting portions each corresponding to the leg portion disposed at each of the plurality of locations, and
the coupling step is of coupling the leg portions to the supporting portions in an order from the leading end toward a base end of the pipe portion.

3. The method for installing a spray pipe according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a correction step of correcting an angle of the second installation surface such that the axis line along which the pipe portion extends coincides with a horizontal plane before coupling the attachment portion to the opening portion in the provisionally tightening step.

4. The method for installing a spray pipe according to claim 1 , wherein
the second fastening portion includes a fastening bolt and a pair of fastening nuts fastened on the fastening bolt,
an insertion hole into which the fastening bolt is inserted is formed on the installation surface of the leg portion,
the insertion hole has a length in a direction along the axis line that is longer than a length in a direction orthogonal to the axis line, and
the coupling step is a step of tightening the pair of fastening nuts in a state in which the leg portions are movable along the axis line.

5. The method for installing a spray pipe according to claim 1 , wherein
the spray pipe includes a plurality of nozzle holders which are disposed at a plurality of locations of an upper end portion in the vertical direction of the pipe portion and guide the liquid absorbent flowing through the pipe portion in the horizontal direction, upward in the vertical direction, and
the method further comprising:
an attachment step of attaching a spray nozzle to each of the plurality of nozzle holders, the spray nozzle injecting the liquid absorbent upward in the vertical direction.

6. The method for installing a spray pipe according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an installing step of installing a foothold member on which a worker gets to work, on the upper end portion in the vertical direction of the pipe portion of the spray pipe before attaching the spray nozzle in the attachment step.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys
• Mitsubishi Power Ltd

Inventors

• Sugita Satoru
• Ushiku Tetsu
• Sasaki Ryozo
• Yoshizumi Naoyuki
• Miyachi Tsuyoshi
• Kagawa Seiji

Classifications

• B05B15/60

  Arrangements for mounting, supporting or holding spraying apparatus · CPC title

• B05B1/20

  Perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray booms; Outlet elements therefor · CPC title

• B01D53/50

  Sulfur oxides (B01D53/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01D53/18 Primary

  Absorbing units; Liquid distributors therefor (B01D3/16, B01D3/26, B01D3/30 take precedence; packing elements B01J19/30, B01J19/32) · CPC title

• B01D53/78

  with gas-liquid contact · CPC title