Connection tube support of waste heat recovery boiler and waste heat recovery boiler including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12130010-B2
Application number	US-202318365515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2023
Priority date	Nov 29, 2022
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

Proposed is a connection tube support of a waste heat recovery boiler supporting a connection tube unit having a plurality of connection tubes that is disposed inside a waste heat recovery boiler and perform heat exchange between a fluid flowing inside and exhaust gas flowing outside, wherein the connection tube support includes a header storing fluid flowing through the connection tube unit and supporting one end of the connection tube unit by being connected to one end of the connection tube unit, and a tube sheet supporting a circumferential surface of each of the plurality of connection tubes, wherein the tube sheet has the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough and is provided with a plurality of support holes respectively supporting circumferential surfaces of the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection tube support of a waste heat recovery boiler supporting a connection tube unit having a plurality of connection tubes that is disposed inside a waste heat recovery boiler and perform heat exchange between a fluid flowing inside and exhaust gas flowing outside, the connection tube support comprising:
a header storing fluid flowing through the connection tube unit and supporting one end of the connection tube unit by being connected to one end of the connection tube unit; and
a tube sheet supporting a circumferential surface of each of the plurality of connection tubes,
wherein the tube sheet has the plurality of connection tubes passing therethrough and is provided with a plurality of support holes respectively supporting circumferential surfaces of the plurality of connection tubes passing therethrough,
wherein each of the plurality of support holes is in a long hole shape formed substantially perpendicular to its respective connection tube.

2. The connection tube support of claim 1 , wherein the header and the tube sheet are installed on an inner wall of a casing part of the waste heat recovery boiler,
wherein a plurality of the tube sheets is installed to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the connection tube unit.

3. The connection tube support of claim 1 ,
wherein a width (W) of each of the support holes is W=D+a compared with an outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes, and a length (L) of each of the support holes is longer than the outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes,
wherein the length (L) of each of the support holes is D≤L≤bD compared with the outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes, a range of the a is 1 mm≤a≤3 mm, and a range of the b is 1.3≤b≤1.7.

4. The connection tube support of claim 3 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in an upper direction according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned on an upper side part of the support hole.

5. The connection tube support of claim 3 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in upper and lower directions according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned in a central part of the support hole.

6. The connection tube support of claim 3 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in a lower direction according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned on a lower side part of the support hole.

7. The connection tube support of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support holes is disposed in a plurality of rows on the tube sheet, and a first row and a second row are adjacent to each other, and
wherein the plurality of support holes in a second row is positioned between the plurality of support holes in the first row.

8. The connection tube support of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of support holes is provided in a third row which is adjacent to the second row, the plurality of support holes in the third row is positioned on the same line as the plurality of support holes in the first row, and
wherein a plurality of support holes is provided in a fourth row which is adjacent to the third row, the plurality of support holes in the fourth row is positioned on the same line as the plurality of support holes in the second row.

9. A waste heat recovery boiler, the boiler comprising:
a casing part providing a flow path through which exhaust gas flows;
a connection tube unit disposed inside the casing part and having a plurality of connection tubes provided to be perpendicular to a flow direction of the exhaust gas inside the casing part, the connection tube unit configured to perform heat exchange between a fluid flow inside the connection tube unit and the exhaust gas; and
a connection tube support supporting the connection tube unit,
wherein the connection tube support comprises:
a header storing fluid flowing through the connection tube unit and supporting one end of the connection tube unit by being connected to one end of the connection tube unit; and
a tube sheet supporting a circumferential surface of each of the plurality of connection tubes,
wherein the tube sheet has the plurality of connection tubes passing therethrough and is provided with a plurality of support holes respectively supporting circumferential surfaces of the plurality of connection tubes passing therethrough,
wherein the casing part comprises:
at least two casings separated from each other,
wherein the casings separated from each other are connected by mediation of a thermal expansion absorbing member capable of absorbing deformation due to thermal expansion.

10. The boiler of claim 9 , wherein the connection tube support is installed on an inner wall of the casing part of the waste heat recovery boiler,
wherein a plurality of tube sheets is installed to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of connection tubes.

11. The boiler of claim 9 , wherein each of the support holes is in a long hole shape,
wherein a width (W) of each of the support holes is W=D+a compared with an outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes, and a length (L) of each of the support holes is longer than the outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes,
wherein the length (L) of each of the support holes is D≤L≤bD compared with the outer diameter (D) of each of the connection tubes, a range of the a is 1 mm≤a≤3 mm, and a range of the b is 1.3≤b≤1.7.

12. The boiler of claim 11 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in an upper direction according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned on an upper side part of the support hole.

13. The boiler of claim 11 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in upper and lower directions according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned in a central part of the support hole.

14. The boiler of claim 11 , wherein, when the tube sheet pertains to a condition of moving in a lower direction according to a thermal expansion analysis thereon, the connection tube is positioned on a lower side part of the support hole.

15. The boiler of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of support holes is disposed in a plurality of rows on the tube sheet, and a first row and a second row are adjacent to each other, and
wherein the plurality of support holes in a second row is positioned between the plurality of support holes in the first row.

16. The boiler of claim 15 , wherein a plurality of support holes is provided in a third row which is adjacent to the second row, the plurality of support holes in the third row is positioned on the same line as the plurality of support holes in the first row,
wherein a plurality of support holes is provided in a fourth row which is adjacent to the third row, the plurality of support holes in the fourth row is positioned on the same line as the plurality of support holes in the second row.

Assignees

• Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd
• Doosanenerbility Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Uk
• Kim Jae Cheol
• Kim Min Su
• Son Jung Ah
• Lee Young Wook
• Hong Jong Ho
• Kim Kyu Man

Classifications

• F28F9/0138

  formed by sleeves for finned tubes · CPC title

• F28F9/0135

  formed by grids having only one tube per closed grid opening (F28F9/0132 and F28F9/0133 take precedence) · CPC title

• F28D1/05308

  Assemblies of conduits connected side by side or with individual headers, e.g. section type radiators (F28D1/05358 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F22B11/02

  the fire tubes being in upright arrangement · CPC title

• F22B1/1815

  using the exhaust gases of gas-turbines · CPC title