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Apparatus for the removal of nitrogen burner exhaust

Assignee: Kraftanlagen AG
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Filing: 1991-06-28
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Granted: 1992-09-08
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Expires: 2011-06-28
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Abstract

Abstract Method for the removal of nitrogen from the exhausts of burners after they are cleaned of dust or sulfur, in which the nitrogen-bearing exhaust gases are reheated by the transfer of heat from the denitrogenated exhaust gases in a regenerative heat exchanger. Before they are finally heated to the temperature level of the reduction reaction, the nitrogen-bearing exhaust gases, and, after their reduction, the denitrogenated exhaust gases, are passed countercurrently to one another in a cyclical alternation, through heat exchanging storage masses in an additional catalytic converter serving as the main converter, whose surfaces are provided with catalytically active compounds.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kurt Veser
  • 👤 Hermann-Eugen Muller-Odenwald

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8621; B01D53/8625; B01D53/8631

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 221 words
An apparatus for removing nitrogen from exhaust gases of a furnace installation comprising: means for removing particles selected from the group consisting of dust and sulfur from exhaust gases generated by a furnace installation; a gas heat exchanger connected to said removing means downstream thereof, said heat exchanger being a rotating regenerative heat exchanger having first heat exchange storage masses on a relatively cold side adjacent said removing means and having second heat exchanging storage masses with catalytically active compounds which are capable of removing nitrogen oxides and adsorbing reducing agent on a relatively hot side following the first storage masses, a second heater downstream and in fluid communication with of said second storage masses, means for introducing reducing agent downstream of said heater, a second catalytic converter downstream of said reducing agent introducing means and provided with denitration static catalytically active surfaces, conduit means upstream of said static catalytic converter for providing fluid communication between the static catalytic converter and said second heater, said conduit means being in fluid communication with said means for introducing reducing agent, means downstream of said second catalytic converter for connecting said second catalytic converter with said second storage masses for removing residual nitrogen oxides and adsorbing residual reducing agent in said exhaust gases, and means for removing cleaned gas from said first storage masses.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 221 words
An apparatus for removing nitrogen from exhaust gases of a furnace installation comprising: means for removing particles selected from the group consisting of dust and sulfur from exhaust gases generated by a furnace installation; a gas heat exchanger connected to said removing means downstream thereof, said heat exchanger being a rotating regenerative heat exchanger having first heat exchange storage masses on a relatively cold side adjacent said removing means and having second heat exchanging storage masses with catalytically active compounds which are capable of removing nitrogen oxides and adsorbing reducing agent on a relatively hot side following the first storage masses, a second heater downstream and in fluid communication with of said second storage masses, means for introducing reducing agent downstream of said heater, a second catalytic converter downstream of said reducing agent introducing means and provided with denitration static catalytically active surfaces, conduit means upstream of said static catalytic converter for providing fluid communication between the static catalytic converter and said second heater, said conduit means being in fluid communication with said means for introducing reducing agent, means downstream of said second catalytic converter for connecting said second catalytic converter with said second storage masses for removing residual nitrogen oxides and adsorbing residual reducing agent in said exhaust gases, and means for removing cleaned gas from said first storage masses.
Claim 3
Independent Claim 217 words
An apparatus for removing nitrogen from exhaust gases of a furnace installation comprising: means for removing particles selected from the group consisting of dust and sulfur from exhaust gases generated by a furnace installation; a gas heat exchanger connected to said removing means downstream thereof, said heat exchanger being a rotating regenerative heat exchanger having first heat exchange storage masses on a relatively cold side adjacent said removing means and having second heat exchanging storage masses with catalytically active compounds which are capable of removing nitrogen oxides and adsorbing reducing agent on a relatively hot side following the first storage masses, a second heater downstream of said second storage masses, means for introducing reducing agent downstream of said second heater, a second catalytic converter downstream of said reducing agent introducing means and provided with denitration, moving catalytically active surfaces, conduit means upstream of said second catalytic converter for providing fluid communication between the second catalytic converter and said second heater, said conduit means being in fluid communication with said means for introducing reducing agent, means downstream of said second catalytic converter for connecting said second catalytic converter with said second storage masses for removing residual nitrogen oxides and adsorbing residual reducing agent in said exhaust gases, and means for removing cleaned gas from said first storage masses.
Claim 4
Independent Claim 217 words
An apparatus for removing nitrogen from exhaust gases of a furnace installation comprising: means for removing particles selected from the group consisting of dust and sulfur from exhaust gases generated by a furnace installation; a gas heat exchanger connected to said removing means downstream thereof, said heat exchanger being a rotating regenerative heat exchanger having first heat exchange storage masses on a relatively cold side adjacent said removing means and having second heat exchanging storage masses with catalytically active compounds which are capable of removing nitrogen oxides and adsorbing reducing agent on a relatively hot side following the first storage masses, a second heater downstream of said second storage masses, means for introducing reducing agent downstream of said second heater, a second catalytic converter downstream of said reducing agent introducing means and provided with denitration, moving catalytically active surfaces, conduit means upstream of said second catalytic converter for providing fluid communication between the second catalytic converter and said second heater, said conduit means being in fluid communication with said means for introducing reducing agent, means downstream of said second catalytic converter for connecting said second catalytic converter with said second storage masses for removing residual nitrogen oxides and adsorbing residual reducing agent in said exhaust gases, and means for removing cleaned gas from said first storage masses.

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