Support assembly in a heat storage device
AssigneesPaul Wurth S.A., Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH
InventorsChristian De Gruiter, Manuel Kaufmann, Patrick Hutmacher, Klaus Peter Kinzel, Gilles Kass, Stefan Thaler
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Abstract
A heat storage device such as a hot blast stove including a heat regeneration checkerwork made of checker bricks, the checkerwork being supported by a support assembly (16). In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, the support assembly having a carrier structure made of refractory material and carrier floor also made of refractory material, the carrier floor resting on the carrier structure and being arranged and formed to carry the checker bricks of the checkerwork.
Claims29
A heat storage device, comprising:
- a support assembly;
- and
- a heat regeneration checkerwork made of checker bricks, said heat regeneration checkerwork being supported by said support assembly,
- wherein said support assembly comprises:
- a carrier structure made of refractory material;
- comprising a plurality of support columns, wherein said support columns are hollow columns and present at least one through-opening along a radial direction of said support columns for gas to flow through;
- and
- a carrier floor made of refractory material, said carrier floor resting on said carrier structure and being arranged and formed to carry the checker bricks of the checkerwork, wherein the carrier floor comprises a plurality of distribution blocks having at least three lateral surfaces and wherein the distribution blocks comprise at least one inner channel embedded therewithin, and wherein the at least three lateral surfaces comprise at least one circular groove, the at least one groove presenting a curvature radius equals to a curvature radius of said at least one inner channel;
- wherein said support assembly does not comprise any metal support or metal carrier elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.