Grate block for a refuse incineration grate
AssigneeVon Roll AG
InventorBruno Andreoli
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Abstract
An improved grate block includes a blow-out channel terminating at a blow-out opening through the face of the block, the opening having pre-determined dimensional relationships with respect to the size of the front face of the block. The ratio of the width to the height of the front face is smaller than the ratio of the width to the height of the blow-out opening, and one-half the area of the front face is between 20 and 40 times larger than the cross-sectional area of each blow-out opening. Additionally, the blow-out openings are arranged above the horizontal center line and laterally spaced from the vertical center line through the front face, the channel sloping at an angle relative to the upper surface of the grate block which lies between about 15.degree. and about 25.degree..
Claims16
A grate block for an incinerator grate with a plurality of partially overlapping grate blocks, the grate block comprising:
- a body having a generally rectangular and planar front face, said front face having a first length, a first width and a first area;
- air means coupled to said body for supplying forced air for cooling and for primary combustion means;
- and
- a plurality of blow-out channels in said body in fluid communication with said air means, said channels conducting forced air through and out of said body, each of said channels terminating in a generally rectangular opening extending through said front face, each said opening having a second length, a second width and a second area;
- in which
- L.sub.1 .gtoreq.L.sub.2,
- d.sub.1 .gtoreq.d.sub.2,
- L.sub.1 :L.sub.2 <d.sub.1 :d.sub.2, and
- 20.ltoreq.n/2F:nf.ltoreq.40,
- where
- L.sub.1 =said first length,
- L.sub.2 =said first width,
- d.sub.1 =said second length,
- d.sub.2 =said second width,
- n=number of said openings,
- F=said first area, and
- f=said second area;
- whereby the ratio of the dimensions of the face is smaller than the ratio of the dimensions of each opening, and the ratio of half the face area to an opening area is between 20 and 40.
An incinerator grate comprising a plurality of partially overlapping grate blocks, each of said grate blocks including:
- a body having a generally rectangular and planar front face, said front face having a first length, a first width and a first area;
- air means coupled to said body for supplying forced air for cooling and for primary combustion means;
- and
- a plurality of blow-out channels in said body in fluid communication with said air means, said channels conducting forced air through and out of said body, each of said channels terminating in a generally rectangular opening extending through said front face, each said opening having a second length, a second width and a second area;
- in which
- L.sub.1 .gtoreq.L.sub.2,
- d.sub.1 .ltoreq.d.sub.2,
- L.sub.1 :L.sub.2 <d.sub.1 :d.sub.2, and
- 20.ltoreq.n/2F:nf.ltoreq.40,
- where
- L.sub.1 =said first length,
- L.sub.2 =said first width,
- d.sub.1 =said second length,
- d.sub.2 =said second width,
- n=number of said openings,
- F=said first area, and
- f=said second area;
- whereby the ratio of the dimensions of the face is smaller than the ratio of the dimensions of each opening, and the ratio of half the face area to an opening area is between 20 and 40.
An incinerator grate comprising a plurality of partially overlapping grate blocks, each of said grate blocks including:
- a body having a generally rectangular and planar front face and a top surface;
- air means coupled to said body for supplying forced air for cooling and for primary combustion means;
- and
- a plurality of blow-out channels in said body in fluid communication with said air means, said channels conducting forced air through and out of said body, each of said channels being inclined downwardly at an acute angle relative to said top surface and terminating in a generally rectangular opening extending through said front face such that each of said channels emits a stream of air passing over and by-passing an adjacent one of said grate blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.