IP Library Granted Patent US 7,654,396
Granted Patent B2
US 7,654,396 · App. 11/596,463 · Granted Feb 2, 2010

Classifier, vertical crusher having the classifier, and coal fired boiler apparatus having the vertical crusher

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Patent No.
US 7,654,396
App. No.
11/596,463
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A classifier capable of stably providing particles by further reducing the mixing ratio of coarse particles including a rotating fin ( 21 ) classifying solid particles by a centrifugal force, a cylindrical downward flow forming member ( 13 ) installed on the outer peripheral side of the rotating fin ( 21 ), a recovery cone ( 11 ) disposed under the rotating fin ( 21 ) and the downward flow forming member ( 13 ), and a housing ( 41 ). A contraction flow area ( 16 ) is formed between the housing ( 41 ) and the recovery cone ( 11 ), and a two-phase flow ( 52 ) formed of the mixture of the solid particles and gases blown up through the contraction flow area ( 16 ) is collided with the downward flow forming member ( 13 ) on the upper side of the housing ( 41 ) to form it in a downward flow. Then, that flow is led to the rotating fin side, classified into the fine particles and the coarse particles, and the fine particles are carried together with an airstream, passed through the rotating fin ( 21 ), and removed. A circulating swirl flow development suppressing part ( 30 ) is installed at the upper part of the contraction flow area ( 16 ) and on the outer periphery of the downward flow forming member ( 13 ).

Claims (30)

1. A classifier comprising:

a rotating fin executing a classification of solid particles on the basis of a centrifugal force;

a tubular downward flow forming member provided in an outer peripheral side of the rotating fin; and

a bowl-shaped recovery cone arranged in a lower side of said rotating fin and the downward flow forming member;

a housing accommodating said rotating fin, the downward flow forming member and the recovery cone,

in which a contraction flow region is formed between the housing and the recovery cone, a two-phase flow is constituted by mixture of said solid particles blown up through the contraction flow region from the lower side of the recovery cone and a gas, the particles in said two-phase flow are separated into fine particles and coarse particles by bringing the two-phase flow into collision with said downward flow forming member in an upper portion of said housing so as to form a downward flow, and thereafter conducting the downward flow to said rotating fin side, and the fine particles are taken out while passing through the portion between the rotating fins rotating together with the air flow,

wherein a circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion for suppressing a development of a circular swirl flow generated at its position is provided in an upper side of said contraction flow region and at an outer peripheral position of said downward flow forming member in such a manner as to have a lower end portion in a side wall upper portion of said housing and have an upper end portion in an outer peripheral portion of the upper surface plate, and in the case that a distance from a side wall of said housing to said downward flow forming member is set to L, a horizontal width from the side wall of the housing to an upper end portion of said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is set to W, and a vertical height from said upper surface plate to a lower end portion of said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is set to H3, a ratio W/L is regulated to be equal to or more than 0.15: and a ratio H3/L is regulated in a range between 0.15 and 1.

2. A classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle of gradient of said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is regulated in a range between 15 and 75 degree.

3. A classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is formed by bending an upper portion of a side wall of said housing or an outer peripheral portion of an upper surface plate.

4. A classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is formed in a circular arc shape in such a manner that an inner side is concaved from an upper portion of a side wall of the housing to an outer peripheral portion of the upper surface plate.

5. A classifier as claimed in claim 4 , wherein in the case that a distance from a side wall of said housing to said downward flow forming member is set to L, and a radius of curvature of said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is set to R, a ratio R/L is regulated in a range between 0.25 and 1.

6. classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the case that a height in a direction of a rotating axis of said rotating fin is set to H1, and a height in a direction of a rotating axis of said downward flow forming member is set to H2, a ratio H2/H1 is regulated in a range between ½and ¼.

7. A classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a lot of fixed fins are provided between said downward flow forming member and the circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion so as to be fixed at an optional angle with respect to a direction of a rotating axis of said rotating fin.

8. A classifier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a short pass preventing member is provided in an upper portion of said recovery cone.

9. A classifier comprising:

a rotating fin executing a classification of solid particles on the basis of a centrifugal force;

a tubular downward flow forming member provided in an outer peripheral side of the rotating fin; and

a bowl-shaped recovery cone arranged in a lower side of said rotating fin and the downward flow forming member;

a housing accommodating said rotating fin, the downward flow forming member and the recovery cone,

in which a contraction flow region is formed between the housing and the recovery cone, a two-phase flow is constituted by mixture of said solid particles blown up through the contraction flow region from the lower side of the recovery cone and a gas, the particles in said two-phase flow are separated into fine particles and coarse particles by bringing the two-phase flow into collision with said downward flow forming member in an upper portion of said housing so as to form a downward flow, and thereafter conducting the downward flow to said rotating fin side, and the fine particles are taken out while passing through the portion between the rotating fins rotating together with the air flow,

wherein a circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion for suppressing a development of a circular swirl flow generated at its position is provided in an upper side of said contraction flow region and at an outer peripheral position of said downward flow forming member in such a manner as to have a lower end portion in a side wall upper portion of said housing and have an upper end portion in an outer peripheral portion of the upper surface plate, and in the case that a distance from a side wall of said housing to said downward flow forming member is set to L, and a horizontal width from the side wall of the housing to an upper end portion of said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is set to W, a ratio W/L is regulated to be equal to or more than 0.15; and

wherein said circulating swirl flow development suppressing portion is formed by a slant member bridged over an outer peripheral portion of an upper surface plate provided in an upper surface of the housing from an upper portion of a side wall of said housing.

10. A vertical crusher comprising:

a crushing portion crushing a raw material on the basis of an engagement between a crushing table and a crushing ball or a crushing roller; and

a classifier installed in an upper portion of the crushing portion and classifying in a predetermined grain size,

wherein said classifier is constituted by the classifier as claimed in claim 1 .

11. A coal fired boiler apparatus comprising:

a vertical crusher provided with a crushing portion crushing a raw material on the basis of an engagement between a crushing table and a crushing ball or a crushing roller, and a classifier installed in an upper portion of the crushing portion and classifying in a predetermined grain size; and

the coal fired boiler apparatus burning a pulverized coal having a predetermined grain size and obtained by the vertical crusher,

wherein said classifier is constituted by the classifier as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2015
From: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035003/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2006
From: TAKENO, YUTAKA; KANEMOTO, HIROAKI; TATSUMA, TERUAKI; HARADA, TAKASHI; TANABE, TAKETOSHI
To: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018581/0614 →