Radiant tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12435873-B2
Application number	US-202117799726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2021
Priority date	Feb 21, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

A radiant tube includes a conduit; and one or more heat transfer promoters disposed in the conduit, wherein the heat transfer promoter includes a body part on a center side of the conduit, and protruding parts protruding from the body part toward an inner wall surface of the conduit, the protruding parts are on an outer periphery of the body part to be arranged in a circumferential direction of the conduit, the protruding parts includes first protruding parts having a distal end portion facing the inner wall surface across a gap ΔL, and a second protruding part, the number of first protruding parts is greater than the number of second protruding parts, and a ratio (ΔL/Dt) of the gap ΔL to an equivalent diameter Dt of a conduit portion is x %, where the heat transfer promoter is disposed, and formula (1) is satisfied: 0.3%<x<7%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radiant tube comprising: a conduit configured to be heated by a fluid gas flowing in the conduit; and one or two or more heat transfer promoters disposed in the conduit along an axis of the conduit, wherein:
the heat transfer promoter includes a body part disposed on a center side of the conduit, and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the body part toward an inner wall surface of the conduit,
the plurality of protruding parts is formed on an outer periphery of the body part to be arranged in a circumferential direction of the conduit,
the plurality of protruding parts includes a plurality of first protruding parts each having a distal end portion facing the inner wall surface of the conduit across a gap ΔL, and a second protruding part as a remainder,
the number of first protruding parts is set to be greater than the number of second protruding parts, and
when a ratio (ΔL/Dt) of the gap ΔL to an equivalent diameter Dt of a conduit portion, where the heat transfer promoter is disposed, of the conduit is given by x[%] in percentage, formula (1) is satisfied:
0.3% < x <7%   (1).

2. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the second protruding part is in contact with the inner wall surface of the conduit.

3. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer promoter is disposed such that a center of gravity of the heat transfer promoter coincides with a center of an opening cross section of the conduit.

4. The radiant tube according to claim 2 , wherein the heat transfer promoter is disposed such that a center of gravity of the heat transfer promoter coincides with a center of an opening cross section of the conduit.

5. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the protruding parts is a shape such that a width along the circumferential direction of the conduit decreases as away from the body part in a radial direction of the conduit, and
between the two protruding parts adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the conduit, a space is formed in which a distance between the adjacent two protruding parts increases as away from the body part.

6. The radiant tube according to claim 2 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the protruding parts is a shape such that a width along the circumferential direction of the conduit decreases as away from the body part in a radial direction of the conduit, and
between the two protruding parts adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the conduit, a space is formed in which a distance between the adjacent two protruding parts increases as away from the body part.

7. The radiant tube according to claim 3 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the protruding parts is a shape such that a width along the circumferential direction of the conduit decreases as away from the body part in a radial direction of the conduit, and between the two protruding parts adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the conduit, a space is formed in which a distance between the adjacent two protruding parts increases as away from the body part.

8. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the distal end portion of the protruding part is a chamfered shape or a curved surface shape.

9. The radiant tube according to claim 2 , wherein a shape of the distal end portion of the protruding part is a chamfered shape or a curved surface shape.

10. The radiant tube according to claim 3 , wherein a shape of the distal end portion of the protruding part is a chamfered shape or a curved surface shape.

11. The radiant tube according to claim 4 , wherein a shape of the distal end portion of the protruding part is a chamfered shape or a curved surface shape.

12. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer promoter has a cavity inside, and the cavity has a shape in which a surface facing a direction of movement of a fluid flowing in the conduit is closed.

13. The radiant tube according to claim 2 , wherein the heat transfer promoter has a cavity inside, and the cavity has a shape in which a surface facing a direction of movement of a fluid flowing in the conduit is closed.

14. The radiant tube according to claim 3 , wherein the heat transfer promoter has a cavity inside, and the cavity has a shape in which a surface facing a direction of movement of a fluid flowing in the conduit is closed.

15. The radiant tube according to claim 4 , wherein the heat transfer promoter has a cavity inside, and the cavity has a shape in which a surface facing a direction of movement of a fluid flowing in the conduit is closed.

16. The radiant tube according to claim 5 , wherein the heat transfer promoter has a cavity inside, and the cavity has a shape in which a surface facing a direction of movement of a fluid flowing in the conduit is closed.

17. The radiant tube according to claim 1 , wherein an opening cross section of the conduit portion where the heat transfer promoter is disposed is an oval.

18. The radiant tube according to claim 2 , wherein an opening cross section of the conduit portion where the heat transfer promoter is disposed is an oval.

19. The radiant tube according to claim 3 , wherein an opening cross section of the conduit portion where the heat transfer promoter is disposed is an oval.

20. The radiant tube according to claim 4 , wherein an opening cross section of the conduit portion where the heat transfer promoter is disposed is an oval.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kawashima Tomoyuki
• Kobayashi Akihiro
• Ozawa Noriko

Classifications

• F28F13/12

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• F23C3/00

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• F23D14/12 Primary

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• F23M9/003

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• F24H9/0068

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