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    2) United States Patent Pistorius et al. (a) cent RATOR UGALS! (75) Inveators: Thomas Pistorius, Heme (DE) (Christian Storm, Duisburg (DE) 03) Assignee: Babeock Borsig Service GmbH, Obedhansen (DE) (4) Notice: Sujet to any ditelaimer, the term of this pateat is extended or adjusted under 3 USC. 154(b) by 127 days. Appl.Nos 121442043, PCT Filed: Aug. 17, 2007 PCT No, $371 (0M), (2), Date: PCTIBP2007/058588 Jun. 11,2009 (87) PCT Pub, Nos WO2008/34680 PCT Puls, Date: Mar. 27, 2008, Prior Publication Data $ 200910298333.A1 Dee. 3, 2009 6s) G0) Foreign Application Priority Data Sep. 20,2006 (DE) 10 2006 044 833 (1) Ince Boi S12 S.C (2006.01) (2) 2009/7138, 208/718 209/208; 209/142 200/143 (58) Fleld of Classification Search 205/18 200/183, 208, 713, 71 See application file for complete search history. 656) References Cited USS. PATENT DOCUMENTS 22398 A * 12/1888 Woodvant 9.601 a I | | [ i 'US008033399B2 (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: US 8,033,399 B2 Oct. 11, 2011 1367636 A ¢ 21921 Sturtevant 29139 1381999 A$ 71991. Suteant aop1302 Taso A + £1933 Gay 2091381 HaTois92 A$ 191999 Stnevant aopiw92 Uxsao0s A + 121951 Prnser 09 19, Los726 A$ SoM Stuteaat dup tw92 sasstr As 31938 Gay apt dioare A+ 31938 Gay 00 130.2 Shean A+ U1 Sune 200718 Coutinved) POREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (Continved) Terrell Matthews The Webb Law Firm Primary Examiner (74) Attornes, Agent, oF Firm 6 ABSTRACT Disclosed isa centrifngal separator with an inlet channel for ‘flow containing coarse and fine particles a first outlet ehan- rel for a flow containing predominantly coarse particles, 9 second outlet channel for a ow containing predominantly fine patcles and a separator chamber with at least one sea ator deviee, wherein theseparator chamber connects heinlet chanel to the ist outlet ebannel and the second outlet eban- rel, and wherein the inlet channel, the separator chanel and the two outlet channels fom a flow path. To improve the degre of efficiency, as a first separator device, one ar more ator pockets are arranged in the separator chamber whieh project into the How path, Also disclosed is a corre sponding method for the separation of a flow containing coarse and fine particles 36 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets US 8,033,399 B2 Page 2 USS. STENT DOCUMENTS soos a + ry? At 91988 Haman ronor 4a AS . Ee A 4/1956 Lykken 209'139.2 032) * an ee AT nse tyhhen miss, Sontoes ina iat At 46 cod same Satan a tenner aos i Stier 2 ¢ Cnn soos SS Nie Bown Shoat 4 at Kanata ios RS Msto Lethon cai" 30992 ie reer AS ote frie ooo: a a aor Stor Ei Soo ta92 ne pelea mse AS "tse Simi iotw? ie teen pean AE Moat ttsekawa sa ae ea Poe 4 y 1IPSL Mista awugirtiaas ALS Giang. awn Geaaa 2S ioe ane : eat AS ioe: | FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 4.792393 A * 12/1988 Blasezyk etal a pons 72s A 2.2000. 4,799,595 A * 1/1989 Binder 209135 PF een ne Sister AS Ao Tama al 200135 * cited by examiner U.S. Patent Oct. 11, 2011 Sheet 1 of 3 US 8,033,399 B2 U.S. Patent Oct. 11, 2011 Sheet 2 of 3 US 8,033,399 B2 x2 ; 9 I |, ra, 5 | oa 16. 0, % 2 5 B \ " pe eet i aa oe 6 | wm ‘ Hi Li I] u ail ier A a 8 ‘ ~L Veerau) ~ I xt Fig.2 US 8,033,399 B2 U.S, Patent Fig.3 US 8,033,399 B2 1 (CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ‘The invention relates toa centrifugal separator with n inlet ‘channel fora low containing coarse and ine particles irs, ‘outlet channel for a flow contaiing predominantly coarse particles, a second outlet chanel fora flow containing pre- ‘dominantly fine particles and a separator chamber with at least one separator device, wherein the separator chamber ‘connects the inlet channel to the frst outlet channel and the second outlet channel, and wherein the inet channel, dhe separator chamber and the wo outlet ehannels form a How path The invention further relates toa method forthe separation ‘ofa flow containing coarse and fine particles with such 3 ‘centrifugal separator ‘Centrifugal separators are devices with which coarse par- ticles (Coarse dust) are separated from fine particles fine ‘dust ina flow, refered (0 as.a two-phase flow. The particles, ‘occur, forexample na mill fr stone coal grinding by com- minution ofthe grinwling material and are then conducted 10 the separator by a carrce gas ‘A distinction is made between centifgal separators of static, dynamic, or statics ators have the Factor ‘common that the How eatering by means the easier gasis conducted adilly fromthe outside Jnwands tough the separator and is provided witha twist. ‘The separation between coarse and fine dist takes place in this context on the basis of the forces taking effect on the different particles, in partic tional ores, “The insuficiently ground coarse dust ie sonoened out and ‘conducted back to the grinding plates vin first outlet cl nel, which can have a coarse substance backflow cone ele- ment, The fine dust, which has been adequately ground is ‘conveyed! away via a second outlet channel, which ean have ‘one or more dust ines, for example toa burner of @ combus> tion chamber. ‘Mills with central separators are known with which the ‘ans flow, encumbered with grinding dust, enriched with bffer gases and vaponrs from the grinding process, enters the ‘outer separsor chamber with a twist applied by the arrange ment of nozzles atthe nozzle ring ofthe mill large part of the low rises as far as the separator cover and impinges on i In centrfogal movements the flow is then conducted to the Jinner separator chamber on the other side of louver with fixed fins o¢ blades and (0 afin rotor rotating in the innee separator chamber. inthis situation, the louver formed from fixed fins, which traverse the low path partislly orwholly, serves asa separator device. Embodiments without louver fins ae also known, "The rotating fi olor represents further separator device “The sereened coarse dust then slips hack between the fixed louver and rotor, via the coarse substance backflow cone ‘element, onto the grinding plat. ‘A problem with the centrifugal separator described here tofore is thatthe flaw between the inlet channel and the fin rotor sil has a reatvely high twist, an that, despite the wo separator devices, a relatively lange amount of eoarse dust passes into thearea on the other side of te fin rotor. Thisleads to the fin rotor being subjected 10 relatively high loadings and the degree af separation and sharpness of separation. is rexiueed, The consequence isa reduced degree ofefiiency of the known centrifugal separator. “To improve the degroe of efficiency, the principles known, ‘rom the prior ar, sch s Sno JP 2000-0S1728 A, oF arrange ‘central an grav 2 ing @ deflector ring between the louver fins and the fla tor, through which a part of the twisted flow is deflected, The intention is thatthe deflection and the resuliat trbulences should inerease the degree of separation of coarse cust and therefore the sharpness of separation ‘Despite the arrangement of such a deflector ring in the separator chamber, the coarse particles, sinking down, eon- tinue to be subjected to a twist, are conducted back ino the carrer gus lo und then impose a burden on the ror: Dueto this, as before, a relatively high proportion af fine dust is carried along dnd conveyed back apain, which imposes an ‘addtional borden on the intemal grinding circuit The increased milling eireuit further leads to increased pressure losses ofthe systemasa whole, whieh inturnexertsa negative effect on the smooth running of sueh a mill and its degree of efficiency. Moreover, the high loading of the rotor causes ‘arse dist to be carried out through the second outlet ean: rel “Taking the prior art deseribed heretofore asa stating point, the present invention is based on the object of providing @ centrifugal separator and a corresponding separation method ‘with which the degre of efficiency i improved, SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According ta frst teaching ofthe present invention, the object as derived and described heretofore is resolved in that, ‘asa first separator deviee, one or nore separator pockets are fanged in the separator chamber, which project into the Row path, ‘Duc tothe fact thatthe separator pockets project into th ‘ow path, and therefore to a certain degree block it the twist ‘off part of the flow containing the coarse and fine particles is reduced, and this part of the flow is decelerated, where ‘mainly coarse particles fll out of the ow du to the grav tational forces aking effect on them. These can then be eon- ‘ducted ina downwards movement to the grinding plate. Due to the reduction of the twist, therefore, on the one hand the separation sharpness is increased, since a separation takes place due tthe effect ofthe gravitational foreeson the coarse particles in the decelerated flow. On the other hand, a the ‘ame time the loads taking effect on the components of the Separator are reduced. ‘Inaddition, due to the pockets projecting int te flow pat ‘part ofthe particles are deflected in such a way’ tht they traverse another part of the flow, preferably teansversel In ‘his situation, the tis of the deflected partiles i less than the twist of the traversing part flow, due to the separator pockets. I has been determined that, from the deflected and less bwisted pat flow, a large proportion of the fine particles sill contained is catied along by the second more strongly twisted part flow flowing in transversely, such that the remaining dowawards-moving particles are predominantly coarse particles. In this way the separation sharpness and ‘degree of efficiency of the centrifugal separator te farther ‘increased. "According to one embodiment ofthe centrifugal separator according to the invention, use is made, asa second separator device, of a plurality of fixe fins, refered to as louver fn ‘whieh project into the flow path. As an altemative or in adltion to this, a a tied separator device a plurality of fas fanged on arotorean be arranged in the separator chamber ‘hich project into the flow path. In this situation, the cen- twifagal separator is preferably a rotating separator, also referred to asa fin or plate separator, rotation separator, oF ‘dynamic separator, which i particularhasa cylindrical sepa- rsitor chamber. In principle, however, the situation is also US 8,033,399 B2 3 ‘conceivable that use ean be made a the separator of a static ‘centrifugal separator, also referred to asa flap separator. Inthe Iatter case, n0 rotatable rotor is provided, but a plurality of ‘concentrically armnged flaps. The best result in respect of eparation sharpness is achieved, however, if provision is rude as the second separator device for a ring of louver fins and fin rotor as futher separator deviee. ‘The separator pockets, the louver fins andlor the rotor fins ‘canbe arrangedining fashion, in particular concentrically in, the separator chamber, which leads toa particularly compet design of the separator In order to reduce the twist ofa part ofthe flow, the sepa ralor pockets canbe formed ina diferent manner Preferably, the separator pockets in each case havea rear wall and at least fone side wall. In this situstion, the rear wall is arranged, relative to therun of the flow path in sucha way tha, when the flow takes place through the separator chamber, the effect described occurs, according 1 which frst part How af the flow is deflected anda second part flow ofthe flow flows at an ‘ange, in particular at an angle of 90 degrees. The at least one side wall can also be aranged relative to the nun ofthe flow path in such away that, wen the Hv takes place through the Separator chamber, te rst part flow ofthe flaw, after imping- Jngoa te firs separator device, has a lesser twist than before ‘impinging on the first separator device, whervin then, as mentioned heretofore, the twist of the deflected part lw is ‘smaller than that of the erossing part 20% “According oa further embodiment of the centrifsgal sep rator, one single separator pocket is provided, and the rear ‘wall forms a guiding element which is eoncentrie relative to the mid-axis of the separator chamber. and which projects ino the flow path. One separator pocket represents the mi rin order for the desired twist reduction to take place. Preferably, however, plurality of separator pockets ae pro- vided and the rear walls together form a guiding element ‘concentric relative tothe michaxis ofthe separator chamber, ‘which projects into the Now path, Preferably, the guiding element, which can be aranged between the second and third separator device or etween the louver fins and the fin rotor respectively. has the shape of @ ring in # section transverse tothe mid-axis of the separator ‘chamber, which is enclosed atthe peripbery in particular. The ‘erm “ring” is not necessarily understood to mean a circular Fing shape, but the guiding element may also have a recian- gular shape in a section transverse to the mid-axis of the Separator chamber: Tis ust, as is inherently known, for @ separator cover, ‘ako designated a separator covering. to be provided whieh ‘encloses the separator chamber inthe axial direction, withthe ‘exception of an aperture opening into the second outlet chan nel The guiding element is advantageously connected to the separator cover Inthis way he guiding element projects into the flow path, in particular if a bwised flow is used. Accord- ‘ingly, from the outset the part of the flow with the coarse paricles is decelerated and deffcted, wherein the coarse particles are separated by the other part flow from any fine ‘dust which may stil be present Advantageously, the guiding element, whieh can run

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