IP Library Granted Patent US 6,925,969
Granted Patent B1
US 6,925,969 · App. 10/876,132 · Granted Aug 9, 2005

Boiler wall box cooling system

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Patent No.
US 6,925,969
App. No.
10/876,132
Granted
Aug 9, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

A wall box coupled with a wall port of a combustion device is provided. The combustion device includes a wall and an interior volume defined by the wall. The wall box includes a cooling chamber surface defining a cooling chamber located adjacent to the wall port. A cooling fluid enters the cooling chamber via an inlet and exits the cooling chamber via an outlet, and the inlet is located exterior from the combustion device, the outlet is located the exterior from the combustion device.

Claims (31)

1. A wall box coupled with a wall port of a combustion device, the combustion device including a wall being a plurality of steam tubes and an interior volume defined by the wall, wherein the wall port extends through the wall, the wall box defining:

a cooling chamber surrounding the wall port, wherein the cooling chamber provides for transfer of a fluid for cooling the wall box and is substantially sealed from fluid communication with the interior volume of the combustion device and the steam tubes.

2. The wall box in claim 1 , wherein the fluid is configured to enter the cooling chamber via an inlet and to exit the cooling chamber via an outlet, the fluid being configured to absorb heat from the cooling chamber surface.

3. The wall box in claim 2 , wherein a plate defines the cooling chamber surface, me plate being located between the cooling chamber and the interior volume of the combustion device, wherein the fluid located in the inlet has an inlet fluid temperature and the plate has a plate temperature, find the inlet fluid temperature is lower than the plate temperature.

4. The wall box in claim 2 , further comprising at least one vane located within the cooling chamber, the at least one vane configured to direct the fluid from the inlet of the cooling chamber to the outlet of the cooling chamber.

5. The wall box in claim 1 , further comprising at least one temperature sensor located within the cooling chamber.

6. The wall box in claim 1 , wherein a cleaning device extends into the wall port, wherein the cleaning device is configured to eject a cleaning fluid into the interior volume of the combustion device.

7. The wall box in claim 1 , the wall port permitting penetration of the wall by a cleaning lance.

8. A wall box coupled with a wall port of a combustion device, the combustion device including a wall being a plurality of steam tubes and an interior volume defined by the wall, wherein the wall port extends through the wall and permits the penetration of the wall by a cleaning lance, the wall box defining:

a cooling chamber surrounding wall port, wherein the cooling chamber provides for transfer of a fluid for cooling the wall box; and

a sealing chamber located adjacent to the wall port, wherein the sealing chamber includes a sealing chamber inlet and a sealing chamber outlet for sealing a junction between the wall port and the cleaning lance, wherein the sealing chamber outlet is in fluid communication with the interior volume of the combustion device.

9. The wall box in claim 8 , wherein at least a portion or the cooling chamber is located between the interior volume of the combustion device and the sealing chamber.

10. The wall box in claim 8 , wherein the combustion device interior volume includes combustion device gas, and the sealing chamber includes a sealing fluid exiting the sealing chamber outlet at a sealing fluid velocity, wherein the sealing fluid velocity is sufficient to substantially prevent the combustion device gas from entering the sealing chamber via the sealing chamber outlet.

11. The wall box in claim 10 , the cleaning lance having a spherical head inserted into the wall box.

12. The wall box in claim 11 , wherein the sealing fluid flows around the spherical head to substantially prevent debris from collecting thereon.

13. A cooling assembly coupled with a combustion device having a wall defining an interior volume, a wall port extending through the wall, cooling assembly comprising:

a temperature sensor located adjacent to the wall port and configured to obtain an operating temperature;

a cooling chamber surface defining a cooling chamber located adjacent to the wall port, the cooling chamber configured to receive a cooling fluid via an inlet, the cooling fluid configured to adjust the operating temperature; and

a controller configured to control a characteristic of the cooling fluid.

14. The cooling assembly in claim 13 , wherein the controller is in electrical connection with the temperature sensor and the controller is configured to actively control the characteristic of the cooling fluid based on the operating temperature.

15. The cooling assembly in claim 14 , wherein the temperature sensor is coupled with the cooling chamber surface and located within the cooling chamber.

16. The cooling assembly in claim 15 , further including a second temperature sensor located within the cooling chamber and configured to obtain a second operating temperature,

the controller being in electrical connection with the second temperature sensor and configured to actively control the characteristic of the cooling fluid based on the second operating temperature.

17. The cooling assembly in claim 13 , wherein the characteristic of the cooling fluid is a flow rate of the cooling fluid.

18. The cooling assembly in claim 13 , further comprising a warning device in electrical connection with the controller, the warning device configured to provide a warning signal if the operating temperature reaches a critical temperature.

19. The cooling assembly in claim 13 , wherein the cool ng chamber includes an inlet located exterior to the combustion device interior volume and an outlet located exterior to the combustion device interior volume.

20. A cooling assembly coupled with a combustion device having a wall defining an interior volume, a wall port extending through the wall, cooling assembly comprising:

a temperature sensor located adjacent to the wall port and configured to obtain an operating temperature;

a cooling device configured to adjust the operating temperature; and

a controller in electrical connection with the temperature sensor, wherein the controller is configured to actively control the cooling device based on the operating temperature.

21. The cooling assembly in claim 20 , wherein the cooling device receives a cooling fluid having a flow rate, and the controller actively controls the flow rate of the fluid based on the operating temperature.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2025
From: B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC.
To: DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
To: B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2021
From: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (F/K/A BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.); BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNOLOGY, LLC; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC (F/K/A DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.)
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2017
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