Hot gas generator and drying or dehydration facility implementing such a generator
AssigneeNexter Munitions
InventorPatrick Delaine
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Abstract
The subject of the invention is a hot gas generator (8), particularly for a dehydration or drying unit, the generator comprising a burner or hearth (9) and being characterized in that it comprises at least one exchange circuit (10) comprising at least one pipe through which the gas to be heated flows, the pipe comprising a cool gas inlet end (11) and a hot gas discharge outlet (12), the pipe having a surface for heat exchange between the combustion gases generated by the burner or hearth (9) and the gas to be heated which flows through the pipe, the pipe also providing a physical barrier between the heated gases and the combustion gases generated by the burner or hearth. Application to producing a drying or dehydration installation.
Claims19
A dehydration or drying facility comprising:
- at least one hot gas generator for a dehydration or drying unit, the generator further comprising:
- a burner or a heating appliance,
- at least one exchange circuit incorporating at least two manifolds in which gas circulates that is to be heated,
- each of said manifolds comprising:
- one intake end for cool gas,
- one exhaust outlet end for the hot gas,
- a thermal exchange surface for combustive gases generated by said burner or heating appliance and the gas to be heated circulating in the manifold, and
- a physical separation between the gas to be heated and the combustive gases generated by said burner or heating appliance;
- a recovery circuit incorporating at least one condenser that dehydrates the hot gas;
- an enclosure that receives matter or materials to be dehydrated;
- and
- a mixer positioned upstream of said enclosure and enabling said hot gas from said generator to be mixed with cool gas from said condenser,
- wherein the intake end for cool gas is linked to the recovery circuit to recover said hot gas which is extracted from the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.