Integral cylindrical cyclone and loopseal assembly for CFB combustors
- Tampella Power Corp., Williamsport, PA (United States)
The cyclone solids separator has been one of the main features characteristically associated with many Circulating Fluidized Bed combustor designs. Most designs incorporating the cyclone coflector also include a pressure sealing device through which the solids collected by the cyclone are returned to the combustor. The cyclone and the loopseal have typically been two separate components, and various designs have arisen for each component comprising refractory, water-cooled, or steam cooled equipment. The two obvious advantages of the use of water-cooled or steam-, cooled equipment are the reduction of refractory requirements and the conversion of these components into boiler-useful devices. The creation of these devices from tube and header assemblies has followed more-or-less artful paths, the directions of which have generally been based upon the goal of maintaining the specific geometric forms that had previously been used for CFB cyclones and loopseals. The assembly described in this paper was instead developed based upon the goals of (a) ease of manufacturing, (b) elimination of problematic components, (c) maximizing the boiler-usefulness of the surfaces created, and (d) adding potential process benefits. The resulting embodiment of these goals was a cylindrical vessel in which the upper portion forms the solids separator and the lower section is divided into chambers to form the loopseal. This report describes the details of the Integral Cylindrical Cyclone and Loopseal (ICCL), and also describes its performance as demonstrated in a CFB cold flow model incorporating the new apparatus. The commercial application of the ICCL in a 1.2 MM lb steam/hr CFB boiler as well as its potential application in reheat CFB units are also discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 244996
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950522--; ISBN 0-7918-1305-3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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