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Process to reheat flue gases cleaned by the wet process
Assignee: Saarbergwerke AG
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Filing: 1985-12-17
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Granted: 1987-11-17
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Expires: 2005-12-17
Abstract
Abstract In a process for reheating flue gases originating in furnaces operated with fossils fuels, the flue gases, before being introduced into the chimney, receive heat energy that has been generated in a fluidized bed furnace. Sulfur binding agents are added to the fluidized bed furnace and the flue gases of the this furnace are added to the cleaned flue gases after removal of the suspended dust.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Lehnert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:30
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23J; F23J15/00; F23J15/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
Process to reheat flue gases originating in furnaces operated with fossil fuels cleaned by a wet cleaning process before the cleaned flue gases are introduced into a chimney, comprising, generating the heat energy required to be added to the cleaned flue gases in a secondary furnace, wherein the secondary furnace is a fluidized bed furnace.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
Process to reheat flue gases originating in furnaces operated with fossil fuels cleaned by a wet cleaning process before the cleaned flue gases are introduced into a chimney, comprising, generating the heat energy required to be added to the cleaned flue gases in a secondary furnace, wherein the secondary furnace is a fluidized bed furnace.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
Process according to claim 1 further comprising, adding sulfur binding agents to the fluidized bed furnace and adding flue gases of the fluidized furnace to the cleaned flue gases after removing suspended dust from the fluidized bed furnace flue gases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein the sulfur binding agent comprises sludge that at least partially contains calcium, wherein the sludge is generated by cooling water preparation for power stations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
Process according to claim 1 wherein generating heat energy comprises separating a partial stream from the cleaned flue gases and passing the partial stream through an immersion heating surface disposed inside the fluidized bed furnace, wherein the partial stream is heated, and adding the heated partial stream to the remaining flue gases stream.
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