Trickler heat-exchange apparatus
AssigneeBuehler-Miag GmbH
InventorsErich Hatje, Norbert Reinert
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Abstract
The upper end portion of an upright tubular wall whose inner side is contacted by material requiring to be cooled, is surrounded by an annular receptacle for cooling water. An annular baffle extends from the receptacle towards but not into contact with the exterior of the wall; its free edge defines with the wall an annular gap. This gap is bridged by tufts of fibers which are arranged along the gap in one or more rows, so that water running from the receptacle over the baffle travels along the fibers whose free ends are in contact with the wall, and is applied to the wall of a film of uniform thickness.
Claims12
In a heat-exchange apparatus, particularly in a cooler for cement manufacture, a combination comprising an upright wall having two sides, one of which is contacted by material to be cooled;
- cooling means adjacent an upper portion of the other of said sides and including a cooling water receptacle and a downwardly inclined guide baffle extending from said receptacle towards said other side and defining therewith a gap of non-uniform width;
- and a plurality of fibers bridging said gap and having free ends contacting said other side so that cooling water travels from said receptacle over said guide baffle and along said fibers to be discharged by the same onto said other side as a film which has a constant and substantially uniform thickness despite the non-uniform width of said gap.
In a heat-exchange apparatus, particularly in a cooler for cement manufacture, a combination comprising an upright tubular wall having two sides, one of which is contacted by material to be cooled;
- cooling means adjacent an upper portion of the other of said sides and including a cooling water receptacle and a downwardly inclined guide baffle extending from said receptacle towards said other side and defining therewith a gap;
- at least one row of fibers extending about said other side and bridging said gap, said fibers having free ends contacting said other side so that cooling water travels from said receptacle over said guide baffle and along said fibers to be discharged by the same onto said other side as a constant film of substantially uniform thickness;
- an annular mounting element mounting said at least one row of fibers;
- and means mounting said mounting element on said guide baffle adjustable relative to the same and to said other side of said wall.
In a heat-exchange apparatus, particularly in a cooler for cement manufacture, a combination comprising an upright tubular wall having two sides, one of which is contacted by material to be cooled;
- cooling means adjacent an upper portion of the other of said sides and including a trough-shaped cooling water receptacle composed of a plurality of arcuate sections which together concentrically surround said tubular wall, and a downwardly inclined guide baffle extending from said receptacle towards said other side and defining therewith a gap;
- and a plurality of fibers bridging said gap and having free ends contacting said other side so that cooling water travels from said receptacle over said guide baffle and along said fibers to be discharged by the same onto said other side as a constant film of substantially uniform thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.