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Cyclone separator smoke inlet trunking

Assignee: GE Vernova GmbH
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Filing: 2000-01-14
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Granted: 2001-11-27
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Expires: 2020-01-14
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Abstract

Abstract Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator has two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of the cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face. The intrados face, which connects a point at the start of the trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone, has a profile such that it includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects the extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to the extrados face dropped from the nose of the cyclone. The intrados face begins at the point at the start of the trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part having a curvilinear profile with a point of inflexion or a second rectilinear part connected to the nose of the cyclone and the point at the start of the trunking is located at an outlet from the furnace.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jean-Claude Semedard
  • 👤 Eugène Guilleux

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 19:01
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23J; F23J15/00; F23J15/02; F23J15/022; F23J15/027; B; B04; B04C; B04C5/00; B04C5/02; B04C5/04; B04C5/08; B04C5/103

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 159 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator at an outlet of a furnace, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking, wherein said point is at the outlet of said furnace, to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part which extends from the first part to said nose of said cyclone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 159 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator at an outlet of a furnace, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking, wherein said point is at the outlet of said furnace, to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part which extends from the first part to said nose of said cyclone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
The smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of said intrados face has a rectilinear profile which extends from the first part of the intrados face to said nose of said cyclone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 46 words
The smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of said intrados face has a curvilinear profile with a point of inflexion, which extends from the first part of the intrados face to said nose of said cyclone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 185 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said intrados face has grooves inclined downward from said outlet from said furnace toward said cyclone separator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 185 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said intrados face has grooves inclined downward from said outlet from said furnace toward said cyclone separator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 185 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said extrados face has grooves inclined downward from said outlet from said furnace toward said cyclone separator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 185 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said extrados face has grooves inclined downward from said outlet from said furnace toward said cyclone separator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 206 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said ceiling face forms a boss constituting a profile having a descending first part followed by an ascending part in a lengthwise direction of said trunking from said outlet from said furnace toward said inlet of said cyclone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 206 words
Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator, said trunking having two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of said cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face, said intrados face, which connects a point at the start of said trunking to a point at the nose of the cyclone having a profile such that said intrados face includes at least two separate tangents such that one tangent intersects said extrados face at a point upstream of the foot of a perpendicular to said extrados face dropped from said nose of said cyclone, wherein said intrados face begins at said point at the start of said trunking with a first part having a rectilinear profile followed by a second part extending from the starting point of said one tangent on said intrados face to said nose of said cyclone and said point at the start of said trunking is located at an outlet from a furnace, wherein said ceiling face forms a boss constituting a profile having a descending first part followed by an ascending part in a lengthwise direction of said trunking from said outlet from said furnace toward said inlet of said cyclone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 33 words
The trunking claimed in claim 6 wherein said boss is such that the reduction of height in each section of said trucking is greater on the intrados side than on the extrados side.

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