Regenerative thermal oxidizer with floor-mounted media support
AssigneeSmith Engineering
InventorsThomas James Truppi, Erwin Hendricks, Gary Lee Martin, Melanius D'Souza
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Abstract
An improved structural support system for a regenerator used with a regenerative thermal oxidizer, including a perforated and corrugated rigid beam resting on a support surface. The perforated beam supports heat exchange materials either directly, or indirectly using a perforated grid. The beam includes a plurality of perforations permitting upward gas flow from the underside of the beam and through the heat exchange materials. The air distribution plenums under the beam are reduced in height from that of conventional systems. The novel structure results in a more reliable and efficient regenerator.
Claims17
Support structure in combination with a thermal oxidizer, comprising:
- a regenerative thermal oxidizer with a regenerator, the regenerator resting on a base surface and containing heat exchange materials;
- a perforated, corrugated beam made of a rigid material, the beam having a configuration defining, together with the base surface, a plurality of air distribution plenums located under the beam;
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- wherein the beam rests on the base surface and supports the heat exchange materials.
Support structure in combination with a thermal oxidizer, comprising:
- a regenerative thermal oxidizer with a regenerator, the regenerator having a predetermined volumetric capacity and resting on a base surface, the regenerator also permitting the periodic flow of a gas therethrough;
- a perforated, corrugated beam made of a rigid material, the beam having a configuration defining, together with the base surface, a plurality of air distribution plenums located under the beam;
- the beam resting on the base surface and supporting the heat exchange materials;
- the one or more air distribution plenums being in fluid communication with a regenerator inlet permitting gas to flow from outside the regenerator and into the plurality of air distribution plenums, the plurality of air distribution plenums together having an entrained plenum volume;
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- wherein the ratio between the entrained plenum volume and the volumetric capacity of the regenerator is less than about 2%.
Support structure in combination with a thermal oxidizer, comprising:
- a regenerative thermal oxidizer with a regenerator, the regenerator resting on a base surface and containing heat exchange materials;
- a rigid beam including a plurality of perforations and having upper and lower support surfaces, the lower support surface of the beam resting on the base surface and the upper support surface of the beam supporting the heat exchange materials;
- wherein the beam has a configuration defining, together with the base surface, a plurality of air distribution plenums located under the beam, the plurality of air distribution plenums being in fluid communication with an inlet permitting gas to flow from outside the regenerator and into the air distribution plenums, and wherein the height of the heat exchange materials is more than twice the height of the air distribution plenum.
Support structure in combination with a thermal oxidizer, comprising:
- a regenerative thermal oxidizer with a regenerator, the regenerator resting on a base surface and containing heat exchange materials;
- a perforated, corrugated beam made of a rigid material, the beam having a configuration defining, together with the base surface, a plurality of air distribution plenums located under the beam;
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- wherein the beam rests on the base surface and supports the heat exchange materials, and the spacing between perforations along the beam length varies, thereby creating a non-uniform array of perforations.
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