Structure of a super heater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9371987-B2
Application number	US-79447805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2005
Priority date	Dec 29, 2004
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

A method for reducing corrosion of a superheater of a steam boiler. The superheater includes a superheater piping. The superheating piping includes a steam pipe where the steam to be superheated is directed. The steam pipe is separated by a protective shell having a surface settling in the flue gas space has a temperature that rises above an upper critical temperature, above which temperature in the flue gas space the compounds from the fuel are substantially in a gaseous form. A superheater of a steam boiler and a circulating fluidized bed boiler.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for reducing corrosion of a fluidized bed heat exchanger of a circulating fluidized bed boiler comprising a cyclone and a loopseal arranged below the cyclone, the method comprising:
providing the fluidized bed heat exchanger comprising a superheater piping, the superheater piping comprising a steam pipe and a protective shell configured to separate the steam pipe from corroding compounds, the superheating piping comprising straight portions, curved portions and steam connections;
arranging the fluidized bed heat exchanger inside a fluidized bed of the loopseal, such that the straight portions of the superheater piping are exposed to bed material and the curved portions and the steam connections of the superheating piping are arranged in the loopseal in a space separated from the fluidized bed material; and
directing steam to be superheated to the superheating piping, such that a surface temperature of the protective shell is above a temperature of 600° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an insulator is arranged between the steam pipe and the protective shell for controlling heat conduction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein no pressure formed in the steam is directed at the protective shell.

4. A circulating fluidized bed boiler, comprising:
a cyclone;
a loopseal arranged below the cyclone;
a fluidized bed in the loopseal; and
a superheater piping of a fluidized bed heat exchanger, the superheating piping comprising straight portions inside the fluidized bed of the loopseal exposed to bed material, the piping comprising a steam pipe and a protective shell that surrounds the steam pipe and separates the steam pipe from the fluidized bed material in such a manner that the surface temperature of the protective shell is arranged in use conditions above a temperature of 600° C., wherein the superheating piping further comprises curved portions and steam connections, such that the curved portions and the steam connections of the superheating piping are arranged in the loopseal in a space separated from the fluidized bed material.

5. The circulating fluidized bed boiler according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an insulator arranged between the protective shell and the steam pipe.

6. The circulating fluidized bed boiler according to claim 4 , wherein the protective shell of the fluidized bed heat exchanger is substantially non-pressurized.

7. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 4 , wherein the surface temperature of the protective shell is above a temperature of 600° C. results from at least one of
a heat conductivity of the protective shell,
the superheater piping comprising insulator, or
an air slot being arranged in between the protective shell and the steam pipe.

8. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 7 , wherein the steam pipe is arranged inside the protective shell, and wherein an air slot is arranged in between the protective shell and the steam pipe.

9. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 8 , wherein the steam pipe is fixed to the protective shell such that the steam pipe and the protective shell may expand independently of each other.

10. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 7 , wherein the heat conductivity of the protective shell is selected such that the surface temperature of the protective shell is arranged in the use conditions above a temperature of 600° C. and a material of the protective shell endures heat and flue gases.

11. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 7 , wherein the superheater piping comprises an insulator comprising solid material.

12. The circulating fluidized bed boiler of claim 11 , wherein the steam pipe is fixed to the protective shell such that the steam pipe and the protective shell may expand independently of each other.

Assignees

• Petänen Pertti
• Mäkelä Kari
• Kuukkanen Kari
• Kokko Ari
• Valmet Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Petänen Pertti
• Mäkelä Kari
• Kuukkanen Kari
• Kokko Ari

Classifications

• F22B31/0084 Primary

  with recirculation of separated solids or with cooling of the bed particles outside the combustion bed · CPC title

• F22B37/107

  Protection of water tubes · CPC title

• F22G3/008

  Protection of superheater elements, e.g. cooling superheater tubes during starting-up periods, water tube screens · CPC title