Extractor/cooler of loose materials through the use of conveyor belt equipped with bored and winged plates
AssigneeMagaldi Ricerche e Brevetti S.r.l.
InventorMario Magaldi
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Abstract
The cooling of the material is mainly achieved through the convective thermal exchange between the loose hot material and the cooling air flow blown in from the outside, and through the conductive thermal exchange between the same material (3) and the conveyor belt (2). In order to improve the efficiency of the cooling process appropriate slots (16) are made into the plates of the conveyor belt, through which the cooling air can be made to flow so as to reach the base of the travelling continuous bed consisting of hot material. Furthermore the abovementioned plates can be equipped with appropriate extensions which operate while immersed into the conveyed material, thus increasing the surface suitable for the conductive thermal exchange.
Claims6
An extractor/cooler (1) of solid loose hot materials (3) produced either by fluidized bed boilers (4) or by various industrial processes basically comprising a sealed metal container means (5) connected to the boiler (4) through a runner (6), inside said container (5) a motorized driving means with a metal belt conveyor (2) having plates with appropriate slots (16) that retain the solid loose hot materials (3) but permit cooling air flow through the loose hot materials (3) and extension means (18) the hot materials (3) coming from the runner (6) being received on said belt conveyor (2), due to the gravitational force from the combustion chamber thus forming a continuous bed of material (3) whose cooling is carried out through the convective thermal exchange with air flows, and through conductive thermal exchange with the metal belt conveyor (2), and/or through thermal exchange with a the water cooled upper and side part of the container (5);
- said extension means (18) increasing conductive thermal exchange surface between the loose hot materials (3) and metal belt conveyor (2).
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