# US 5,348,568 A · Filtering method of flue gas of a boiler and a filter apparatus for hot gas > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,348,568 A - Document ID: US5348568A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/013,381 - Filed: 1993-02-04 - Granted: 1994-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 1992-02-05 - Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited - Inventors: Noriyuki Oda; Hiroshi Maeno; Katsumi Higashi; Akira Toriyama; Hiromi Shimoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348568A ## CPC - B01D 46/2407: {Filter candles} - B01D 46/0043: {containing fixed gas displacement elements or cores} - B01D 46/44: controlling filtration - B01D 46/58: connected in parallel - B01D 46/70: by acting counter-currently on the filtering surface, e.g. by flushing on the non-cake side of the filter - B01D 46/72: with backwash arms, shoes or nozzles - B01D 50/20: Combinations of devices covered by groups B01D45/00 and B01D46/00 - B01D 2267/30: Same type of filters - B01D 2273/20: High temperature filtration - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract A filtering method of flue gas of a boiler employing a filter apparatus integrated with ceramic filters and provided with a control mechanism for regenerating the ceramic filter by reverse cleaning and a detecting mechanism for detecting directly or indirectly unburnt component. Valves of a compressed gas are operated by a signal from the control mechanism when flying-over of the unburnt component is detected to thereby start at once frequent reverse cleaning wherein the compressed gas is blown into the cleaned gas spaces and thereafter the frequent reverse cleaning having a period shorter than four minutes continues until the flying-over of the unburnt component decreases to a small quantity. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A filtering method of flue gas of a boiler employing a filter apparatus integrated with ceramic filters and provided with control means for regenerating the ceramic filters by reverse cleaning, the method comprising the steps of: detecting directly or indirectly, by use of a detecting means, an unburnt component and flue gas accompanying said unburnt component introduced into the filter apparatus when combustion in the boiler is incomplete; opening and closing valves of a compressed gas by a signal transmitted from the control means when flying-over of the unburnt component to the filter apparatus is detected; and performing a reverse cleaning by blowing the compressed gas into spaces of a cleaned gas side of said filter apparatus, wherein said reverse cleaning is frequently performed in intervals shorter than four minutes and continues until the flying-over of the unburnt component decreases to a small quantity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects a dust concentration of the flue gas. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 2, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component is an optical sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects increase of a pressure difference of the ceramic filters or increase of an increasing rate of the pressure difference of the ceramic filters. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects increase of a temperature difference between positions of respective ceramic filters or increase of a temperature difference between cleaned gas chambers partitioned by tube sheets. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects decrease of oxygen concentration of the flue gas or increase of absolute value of a decreasing rate of the oxygen concentration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects increase of carbon monoxide concentration of the flue gas or increase of increasing rate of the carbon monoxide concentration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects a load increase instruction of the boiler load. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting the unburnt component detects a purge instruction of a fuel charge manifold of the boiler and the reverse cleaning is temporarily performed by compressed nitrogen gas. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according claim 1, wherein the flue gas is a pressurized flue gas emitted from a coal-fired pressurized fluidized bed combustion boiler. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 10, wherein the flue gas is emitted from a bubbling bed type pressurized fluidized bed combustion boiler. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The filtering method of flue gas of a boiler according to claim 1, wherein blowing down for extracting dust laden gas from a hopper provided at a lower portion of a filter vessel is carried out in parallel with the frequent reverse cleaning. ### Claim 13 A filter apparatus for hot gas comprising: ceramic filters incorporated in a vessel; a reverse cleaning means for regenerating the ceramic filters by removing dust trapped by the ceramic filters; a hopper provided at a lower portion of the vessel for collecting the removed dust; a diffuser provided in the vicinity of a gas introducing port of the vessel or at a dust laden gas introducing pipe; and one or more gas passages for communicating an inlet of the diffuser with the hopper; wherein the diffuser converts a dynamic pressure of the dust laden gas to a static pressure and recirculates the dust laden gas to the inlet of the diffuser from the hopper and through said one or more gas passages by utilizing said static pressure. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The filter apparatus for hot gas according to claim 13, wheerein the diffuser is a portion of an ejector having a nozzle at said gas introducing port. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The filter apparatus for hot gas according to claim 13, wherein the vessel is a pressure vessel and the one or more gas passages are provided inside the pressure vessel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The filter apparatus for hot gas according to claim 13, wherein the ceramic filters comprise a plurality of filter tubes which are open at both ends thereof, an inner portion of the vessel is partitioned by a plurality of approximately horizontal tube sheets, a gas inlet chamber is provided above the top tube sheet, the PG,76 plurality of filter tubes are held by the tube sheets at the respective ends thereof and the dust laden gas flows from top to bottom through inside of the plurality of filter tubes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The filter apparatus for hot gas according to claim 13, wherein the ceramic filters comprise a plurality of filter tubes each of which is closed at one end thereof, one or more filtration units are provided in the vessel in which a plurality of filter tubes are installed at the top sides or the bottom sides of cleaned gas headers in approximately vertical direction, and the dust laden gas is filtered while flowing down from the top portions of the filtration units along the external sides of the filter tubes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The filter apparatus for hot gas according to claim 17, wherein the plurality of filtration units are provided in the vessel in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 19 A filter apparatus for hot gas, comprising: ceramic filters incorporated in a vessel; reverse cleaning means for regenerating the ceramic filters by reverse cleaning; at least one detecting means for directly or indirectly detecting flue gas accompanied by unburnt component and a flying-over of the unburnt component to the filter apparatus; control means including means for opening and closing valves of a compressed gas in response to a signal transmitted from the control means when the flying-over of the unburnt component is detected to thereby start a frequent reverse cleaning in which compressed gas is blown into a space on a cleaned gas side of the filter apparatus, wherein the frequent reverse cleaning is continued until the flying-over of the unburnt component decreases to a small quantity.