JP2966819B2 - Heat storage type heat exchanger and heat storage type burner system using the same - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a regenerative heat exchanger for exchanging heat without switching a flow path between two types of fluids having different temperatures, for example, a high-temperature gas and a low-temperature gas. More specifically, in the present invention, in order to recover waste heat from flue gas or the like, for example, in a regenerative alternating combustion burner system or a waste heat recovery system, a low-temperature gas (low-temperature fluid) such as combustion air is used for combustion. The present invention relates to a system in which heat exchange is performed by alternately passing a relatively high-temperature gas (high-temperature fluid) such as exhaust gas through a heat storage body, and a heat storage burner system using the heat storage heat exchanger. In the present specification, the high-temperature fluid and the low-temperature fluid are relatively determined, and mean, for example, a relationship between combustion exhaust gas and normal-temperature combustion air or normal-temperature air and cold gas.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a heat exchange system for exchanging heat between two fluids via a heat storage body, a Jungstrom type air preheater as shown in FIG. 12 is generally used. The Jungstrom type air preheater 400 has a duct 402 through which a relatively high temperature gas such as combustion exhaust gas flows.
And duct 403 through which low-temperature gas such as combustion air flows
Are fixed to the casing 411, and by rotating the disk-shaped heat storage element 401, the flow of gas to the heat storage element 401 is switched without changing the flow path itself, and the heat of combustion air is used for the combustion air using the heat recovered from the combustion exhaust gas. Preheating is performed. In the Jungstrom type air preheater 400, at least two chambers 406, 407 and 409, 410 are provided on the upstream and downstream sides of the rotating heat storage element 401 by partition walls 405, 408 and a sealing material 404.
Are divided into The rotating heat storage element 401 is substantially divided into two by the sealant 404, and the heat storage element 401 is heated by exhaust gas passing through one area, while the combustion air passing through the other area is heated by the heat of the heat storage element 401. It is provided to preheat. Here, although not shown, the sealing material 404 is arranged with a slight gap because it cannot be brought into close contact with the heat storage body 401 in which the corrugated plate is radially arranged and slid.

On the other hand, in order to recover a considerable amount of heat from waste gas and improve thermal efficiency, a technique for preheating combustion air has been recently developed. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, burners 103 having heat accumulators 102 are provided at both ends of a radiant tube 101, and the burners are alternately burned and the combustion exhaust gas is discharged through the burner-side heat accumulator 102 which is not burning. In addition, a radiant tube burner that preheats combustion air using heat of combustion exhaust gas stored in the heat storage body 102 has been proposed (Industrial Heating Vol.
23, NO.6, P71 Published by the Japan Industrial Furnace Association. In the heat storage type heat exchange system in such a combustion system, an electromagnetic valve is adopted as a flow path switching means for switching and connecting a high temperature gas flow path and a low temperature gas flow path to the heat storage body 102 attached to each burner 103. That is common. For example,
Electromagnetic valves 104, 105, 106, and 107 are provided at four locations, and are selectively opened and closed so that the flow path of the high-temperature gas and the low-temperature gas can be switched. Incidentally, reference numerals 108 and 109 in the figure denote solenoid valves for selectively opening and closing the fuel supply system 110.

A four-way switching valve 20 as shown in FIG.
It is also conceivable to use 7. This four-way switching valve 207
Are ports 201, 202, 203, 2 that open in all directions
A switching valve 206 is rotatably provided in a casing 205 having an aforesaid 04 so that adjacent two of the four ports are selectively communicated with each other by the switching valve 206 to switch the connection method of the flow path. It was done.

[0005]

However, in the case of a Jungstrom-type air preheater, since the flow of gas to the heat storage element 401 is switched by rotating the heat storage element 401, the heat storage element is large and heavy. In the case of employing the method, there is a problem that the structure of the rotation mechanism is complicated and large. Further, since the heat storage body itself is rotated, the heat storage body itself is easily damaged, and it is difficult to manufacture the heat storage body using ceramics or the like. Further, since the heat storage body itself is rotated, sealing is difficult, and when the leakage of fluid between the two flow paths is large, it is about 25%. For this reason, there are problems such as a low heat exchange efficiency and a difficulty in accurately controlling the supply amount of combustion air when utilizing the heat exchange between combustion exhaust gas and combustion air in a combustion system.

Further, in the case of a heat storage type heat exchange system and a combustion system using an electromagnetic valve as shown in FIG. 13, equipment costs are increased because a large number of expensive high temperature fluid electromagnetic valves are used. In addition, since the solenoid valve for the air pipe is quite large, there is a problem that a considerable amount of space is required in a flow path switching device that requires as many as four. Furthermore, there is a problem that the pipes are doubled, complicated and take up space. For example, when it is applied to a heating furnace, a soaking furnace, or the like in a steel mill or the like, several thousand solenoid valves are required. In addition, switching between air and exhaust gas is 1/1 of the conventional regenerative burner system.
In the case where frequent operations are performed in a time of 0 to 1/20, for example, about several tens of seconds to about one minute, the durability of the solenoid valve is uneasy.

In the case of a regenerative heat exchange system and a combustion system using the four-way valve shown in FIG. 14, in a four-way valve having a general structure, the combustion air supply system and the combustion exhaust gas system are short-passed in the valve. Therefore, there is a problem that the amount of combustion air supplied to the burner varies regardless of the control. At the moment of switching, the combustion air supply system and the combustion exhaust gas system completely cause a short path, and a phenomenon occurs in which the combustion air is directly exhausted without being supplied to the regenerator.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a simple switching structure in which there is little leakage or mixing of gas between two flow paths, for example, two gas flow paths having a considerable temperature difference, An object of the present invention is to provide a regenerative heat exchanger that can prevent supply or discharge from instantaneously decreasing or stagnating, and a burner system using the same.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a regenerative heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat storage type heat exchanger in which N (N = n +
2. Here, n is a positive integer of 2 or more and is the number of chambers in which the fluid always flows. A) a heat storage body which is equally divided into chambers and through which fluid can pass in the axial direction, and one of two flow paths connected to both open ends of the heat storage body and through which fluid having a temperature difference flows. A double tubular entrance / exit means partitioned by a circular partition wall into a low-temperature fluid chamber connected to the low-temperature fluid system and a high-temperature fluid chamber connected to the other high-temperature fluid system; and between the heat storage element and the entrance / exit means. The low-temperature fluid communication hole for communicating the low-temperature fluid chamber with the heat storage element and the high-temperature fluid chamber communicates with the heat storage element while interposing the heat storage element and the entrance / exit means respectively. The high-temperature fluid communication hole is arranged at an interval of an angle C represented by Formula 3,

[0010]

(Equation 3) And a switching means for rotating continuously or intermittently to sequentially communicate the high-temperature fluid chamber and the low-temperature fluid chamber of the entrance / exit means with any of the heat storage chambers divided into N chambers.

In this case, when the flow of the fluid is switched, both the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole are simultaneously transferred to the respective front empty chambers. When the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole completely occupy the inside of the front chamber / compartment, the room / compartment that has been communicating with the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole until now is Becomes vacant. Here, when the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole communicate with a plurality of chambers / compartments at once, the last chamber / compartment in the rotation direction becomes an empty room. At this time, the communication hole for the high-temperature fluid and the communication hole for the low-temperature fluid simultaneously straddle the two compartments of the existing chamber / compartment and the new compartment / compartment, and are switched while simultaneously supplying fluid to the two compartments. The fluid flow is not interrupted. In addition, since the front high-temperature fluid communication hole occupies the section immediately before the section where the low-temperature fluid communication hole is approaching, the high-temperature fluid and low-temperature fluid passing in opposite directions are mixed in the same section. It doesn't fit. Therefore, the low-temperature fluid chamber and the high-temperature fluid chamber of the entrance / exit means are communicated with different chambers / compartments of the heat storage body via the low-temperature fluid communication hole and the high-temperature fluid communication hole of the switching means, respectively, and are not mixed with each other. Flow two fluids having a temperature difference. For this reason, if the chamber / compartment communicated with the low temperature fluid chamber and the chamber / compartment communicated with the high temperature fluid chamber of the entrance / exit means are sequentially changed by the operation of the switching means,
The high-temperature fluid and the low-temperature fluid flow in the same room / compartment of the heat storage body at different times. For example, a low-temperature fluid such as combustion air flows through a heat storage medium after a high-temperature fluid such as combustion exhaust gas has flowed, and the low-temperature fluid deprives the heat of the heat storage medium heated by the passage of the high-temperature fluid, that is, heat. Exchange.

The regenerative heat exchanger of the present invention has a total of N (here, N = n + 2, where n is a positive integer of 2 or more and indicates the number of chambers in which fluid always flows) as one unit. Number of rooms Z
(Where Z = a · N, a is a positive integer excluding 0, which indicates the number of units) A plurality of partitioned chambers are formed in the heat storage body, and the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication are formed. Equation 4 between the hole

[0013]

(Equation 4) The interval of the angle C represented by is set. In this case, mixing of the two systems of fluids can be completely prevented and the pressure loss can be minimized.

Here, the heat storage body is divided into aN (where a is the number of units) chambers in the circumferential direction between the heat storage body and the switching means so that fluid can pass in the axial direction. It is preferable that the distribution chamber is divided into a · N chambers by providing a distribution chamber. Further, it is preferable that the heat storage body has a honeycomb shape having many cell holes penetrating in the axial direction. Further, the heat storage body may be constituted by arranging a plurality of pipe-shaped heat storage materials in a plurality of radial directions so that a fluid passes in the axial direction, or a plurality of flat or corrugated heat storage materials arranged radially. Alternatively, a block or small piece of the heat storage material may be filled in a casing in which the heat accumulators are divided into a and N chambers independently of each other and through which fluid can pass in the axial direction. good.

Further, the regenerative burner system according to the present invention comprises:
The regenerative heat exchanger according to claim 1 is connected to a combustion air system and a flue gas system of a burner system, and the burner is burned by combustion air supplied through the regenerative heat exchange system. Then, the combustion exhaust gas is discharged through the regenerative heat exchange system, and the combustion air is preheated to a high temperature near the combustion exhaust gas by the waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas to be supplied.

In this case, high-temperature combustion air close to the temperature of the combustion exhaust gas can be stably supplied to the burner without causing an instantaneous decrease or stagnation, and a combustion flame is formed stably.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a basic configuration of a heat storage type heat exchanger according to the present invention. Basically, the heat storage type heat exchanger 30 is equally divided in the circumferential direction into N (N = n + 1, where n is a positive even number of 2 or more and the number of chambers in which a fluid always flows). And a low-temperature fluid connecting a low-temperature fluid system, which is one of two flow paths through which a fluid having a temperature difference flows through both open ends of the heat storage body 1 so that the fluid can pass through each chamber in the axial direction. An inlet / outlet means 6 having a chamber 6a and a high-temperature fluid chamber 6b for connecting the other high-temperature fluid system, and a heat exchanger 1 and an inlet / outlet means 6 interposed between the inlet / outlet means 6 and the regenerator 1, respectively. While each is shut off, it rotates continuously or intermittently so that the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b and the low-temperature fluid chamber 6a of the entrance / exit means 6 are sequentially communicated with any of the chambers / sections of the heat storage body 1 divided into N chambers. And switching means 3.

The heat storage body 1 is not limited to a specific shape or material, but may be appropriately selected according to the temperature and properties of the heat exchange fluid. For example, for heat exchange between a high temperature fluid of about 1000 ° C. such as combustion exhaust gas and a low temperature fluid of about 20 ° C. such as combustion air, a honeycomb manufactured by extrusion using ceramics such as cordierite or mullite as a material is used. The use of shapes is preferred. In addition, it is preferable to use metals such as aluminum, iron, and copper which are relatively inexpensive than ceramics at medium to high temperatures of about 500 to 600 ° C., and recover heat, particularly at low temperatures, such as corrosive gases to below the acid dew point. In such a case, it is preferable to use a resin such as FRP or glass. Further, the shape of the heat storage body 1 is not particularly limited to the illustrated honeycomb shape, and as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the heat storage material 27 having a flat plate shape or a corrugated plate shape is placed in a cylindrical casing 28. Or as shown in FIG. 10 (C),
A pipe-shaped heat storage material 27 may be filled in a cylindrical casing 28 so that a fluid may pass in the axial direction. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the single heat storage element 1 is substantially divided into the Z chamber by the distribution chamber 2, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this. A section may be formed. For example, as shown in FIG. 10 (D), a cylindrical casing 2 which is partitioned by a partition wall 29 into a and N chambers in the circumferential direction, and through which fluid can pass in the axial direction.
8 may be prepared, and each chamber may be filled with a mass of the heat storage material 27 such as a sphere, a short tube, a short rod, a strip, a nugget, or a net. When using a heat storage material 27 such as SiN that can be used at a much higher temperature than cordierite or mullite, it is not easy to form a complicated honeycomb shape, but a simple pipe shape, a rod, a ball, etc. It is easy to mold into. Therefore,
It is preferable to use a heat storage structure as shown in FIGS. 10 (C) and 10 (D).

Although the honeycomb shape originally means a hexagonal cell (hole), the present specification includes not only an original hexagon but also an infinite number of square or triangular cells. In the case of the present embodiment, the heat storage body 1 is divided into a total number of Z (a · N) chambers in the circumferential direction by the distribution chambers 2 arranged before and after the heat storage body. For example, in the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the distribution chamber 2 divided into three chambers 9a, 9b, 9c by a partition 8
As shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the heat storage body 1 has an empty chamber 10 through which no fluid flows and a chamber 1 through which a high-temperature fluid (for example, combustion exhaust gas) flows.
1 and a chamber 12 for flowing a low-temperature fluid (for example, combustion air)
It is divided into rooms. That is, since the heat storage body 1 itself has a honeycomb shape composed of a set of cells each of which constitutes an independent flow path, the area partitioned by the distribution chamber 2 corresponds to one partitioned chamber. Will be formed. When the distribution chamber 2 is provided, the fluid flowing through the high-temperature fluid communication holes 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication holes 5 can be dispersed and uniformly distributed to the entire area of the heat storage body 1.

Here, the number of chambers partitioned by the heat storage unit 1 is at least one vacant chamber (a chamber through which no fluid flows), with the chamber 12 through which the low temperature fluid flows and the chamber 11 through which the high temperature fluid flows as one set. 10 when n = 2, that is, N = n + 1
3 is the minimum number of rooms. And a chamber 1 for flowing a high-temperature fluid
For example, FIG. 6 shows a combination of two sets of chambers 11 _-1 and 11 _-2 for flowing a high-temperature fluid and chambers 12 _-1 and 12 _-2 for flowing a low-temperature fluid. Although an example is shown, any number of sets can be combined in this way. Further, it is also possible to form a plurality of units with the N chambers as one unit. That is, the total number Z of the rooms / compartments is Z =
It is represented by a · N (where a is a positive integer excluding 0 indicating the number of units). In this case, the positions of the communication holes 4 and 5 for the high-temperature fluid and the low-temperature fluid are set so that the empty room 10 is located between the units. In this way, it is also possible to form a plurality of units of the total number of rooms Z in the heat storage unit 1 with the N room as one unit. This relationship is illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 5, the positional relationship and the size of the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 are not accurately illustrated for convenience of drawing.

The entrance / exit means 6 includes, for example, a cylindrical partition wall 7
Thus, the low temperature fluid chamber 6a connected to the low temperature fluid flow path 33 and the high temperature fluid chamber 6b connected to the high temperature fluid flow path 34
It is divided into and. In the case of the present embodiment, a low-temperature fluid chamber 6a is formed inside the partition wall 7, and a high-temperature fluid chamber 6b is formed outside the partition wall 7. Reference numeral 14 denotes a low-temperature fluid chamber 6a and a high-temperature fluid chamber 6b.
And a partition that separates

In this embodiment, the switching means 3 is provided so as to rotate independently between the entrance / exit means 6 and the distribution chamber 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a bearing member 15 is interposed between the outer cylindrical portions 13a and 13c of the entrance / exit means 6 and the support ring 25 of the switching means 3 so that fluid does not leak between the switching means 3. Seal members 16 and 17 are provided.

The switching means 3 for making the low-temperature fluid chamber 6a and the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b of the entrance / exit means 6 communicate only with the corresponding chambers / sections of the heat storage element 1 is composed of a disk orthogonal to the flow path. A low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 for communicating one chamber / section with a low-temperature fluid chamber 6a with a high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 for communicating one chamber / section with the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b is a / n /. It has two each. For example, in the case of FIG. 1, n is 2 and a is 1, so that each has one low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 and one high-temperature fluid communication hole 4. The high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 are provided in the same chamber / compartment.
Cannot be present at the same time, the communication holes in the front row occupying the next room / compartment of the vacant room 10 are sequentially shifted one by one to the front room / compartment, the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 and the high-temperature fluid The size of the communication holes 4 must satisfy the three conditions that all the communication holes 4 can be accommodated in one room at the same time when n units are arranged so as not to overlap each other in the radial direction. That is, the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 for communicating the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b with the chamber 11 for flowing the high-temperature fluid of the heat storage body 1 and the low-temperature fluid for communicating the low-temperature fluid chamber 6a with the low-temperature fluid 12 of the heat storage body 1 flowing therethrough. The high-temperature fluid communication holes 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication holes 5 are arranged alternately with n / 2 fluid communication holes 5 and at intervals of an angle α represented by Expression 5,

[0025]

(Equation 5) Furthermore, the size of the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 and the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 is determined by the relationship of the equation (6).

[0026]

(Equation 6) It is necessary to be satisfied. Here, the angle α is α = 3
It is preferable to set to 60 ° / n. At this time, since the communication holes 4 for high-temperature fluid and the communication holes 5 for low-temperature fluid are arranged at equal intervals, the position design of each communication hole and the drilling work become easy.

When a plurality of units are provided, a number of vacant chambers 10 in which a fluid does not always flow out of the total number Z of chambers are formed between the units, and a relationship represented by Expression 7 is satisfied.

[0028]

(Equation 7) The communication hole 4 for high-temperature fluid and the communication hole 5 for low-temperature fluid are arranged at an angle α, and the size of the communication hole 4 for high-temperature fluid and the communication hole 5 for low-temperature fluid is expressed by Equation (8).

[0029]

(Equation 8) Are provided so as to satisfy the relationship indicated by.

[0030] For example, in the case of n = 4, a = 1, as shown in (A) of FIG. 6, the high temperature fluid passage 4 _-1, 4 _-2 and low temperature fluid passage 5 _-1, 5 _{- 2} and ₂ are alternately arranged. The communication hole 4 for high-temperature fluid in the front row in the rotation direction
_Vacant room 1 with no communication hole between _-1 and low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 _-2
0 is formed. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, it is assumed that all the low-temperature communication holes 5 _-1 and 5 _-2 and the high-temperature fluid communication holes 4 _-1 and 4 _-2 are collected in one chamber. Are all accommodated in one room without overlapping in the radial direction.
At this time, the low-temperature fluid communication holes 5 _-1 and 5 _-2 and the high-temperature fluid communication holes _4-1 and 4 _-2 are set to have substantially the same size and shape, but are not particularly limited thereto. Instead, the size and shape of the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 and the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 may be changed, and if necessary, the size and shape of each communication hole may be changed. Is also good.

The communication holes for high temperature fluids 4, 4 _-1 , 4 _-2 ,
The shape of the low-temperature communication holes 5, 5 _-1 , 5 _-2 ,... Is not particularly limited to the circular shape shown in FIG.
It goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented even with an asymmetric shape shown in FIG. Generally, the amount of the low-temperature fluid and the amount of the high-temperature fluid are set so as to substantially balance each other. However, in some cases, one communication hole may be set to be larger than the other communication hole. It should be noted that the relations of the above-described formulas 5 to 8 hold even for communication holes having a shape other than a circle. At this time,
β ₁ is the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 from the rotation center O of the switching means 3.
In a central angle circumscribed, beta ₂ is a central angle circumscribed from the rotation center O of the switching means 3 in the low-temperature fluid passage 5.

Further, the angle α between the high temperature fluid communication hole for example _4-1 and the low-temperature fluid passage 5 _-1 in the context, so as not to communicate at the same time in the same chamber, compartment of the regenerator 1 Is set to Therefore, when based on the high-temperature fluid passage 4 _-1 of the front row, the communicating hole for the front row of the hot fluid 4
_{When -1} is approaching the partition 8, the low-temperature fluid passage 5 _-1 next room is at least the high temperature fluid passage from the partition 8 4
₋₁ , and the high-temperature fluid communication hole _{4-2 in the} next room is at least one minute from the partition 8 of the same room at a high-temperature fluid communication hole _4-1 and a low-temperature fluid communication hole _5-1 . And the low-temperature communication hole _5-2 of the fourth chamber is at least separated from the partition 8 of the same chamber by at least the high-temperature fluid communication hole _4-1 , the low-temperature fluid communication hole _5-1, and the high-temperature fluid communication hole. It is located at a distance of three holes of hole _4-2 . That is, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the high temperature fluid passage 4 _-1 front row ahead of Check 1
When comes to the 0, (chamber one after) the next room sharing 11 _-1 12 _-1 communicating hole 5 _-1 for cryogen to the partition 8 of the has not reached, the communication for the front row of hot fluid only holes _4-1 communicates simultaneously two chambers so as to straddle the check 10 in front. When the front row high-temperature fluid communication hole _4-1 has completely moved to the front room, which was the empty room 10, the front row high-temperature fluid communication hole _4-1 has been present. chamber 11 _-1 becomes Check, there behind the next room 12 _-1 cryogen communicating hole 5 _-1
It is Sashikakari, only the second column of the cryogenic fluid communicating hole 5 _-1 2
The chamber 11 _-1, the chamber 11 _-1 taken empty room as across the 12 _-1
Move in. In this manner, the third-row high-temperature fluid communication holes _4-2 and the fourth-row low-temperature fluid communication holes _5-2 are sequentially moved to the front chamber, and the fluid flow is switched. That is, the high-temperature fluid communication holes 4 _-1 and 4 _-2 are placed in a positional relationship in which the high-temperature fluid and the low-temperature fluid are switched by rotating the cavities 10 relatively in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the switching means 3. And low-temperature fluid communication holes 5 _-1 and 5 _-2 .

In this embodiment, the switching means 3 is rotatably supported by the entrance / exit means 6 and the bearing means 15. And it is provided rotatably continuously or intermittently by a drive mechanism. Although the drive mechanism is not particularly limited, for example, in the case of this embodiment, the switching means 3
, A pinion gear 20 disposed around the switching means 3 and meshing with the gear 24, one shaft 26 connecting the gears 20, 20, and a center of the shaft 26. It comprises a pinion gear 21 that is fixed, a drive gear 22 that meshes with the gear 21, and one motor 23 that rotates the drive gear 22. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and the rotation may be performed by a friction wheel or the like pressed against the periphery of the switching means 3. In addition, sealing materials 18 and 19 are interposed between the casing 13b accommodating the heat storage body 1 and the distribution chamber 2 and the switching means 3 and 3 on both sides, and between the switching means 3 and the distribution chamber 2, and a sealing material is provided. Have been.

Further, the switching means 3 may form each communication hole in almost all regions except for a portion for forming an empty room. 7 to 9 show another embodiment of the switching means 3. FIG. The switching means 3 of this embodiment is configured such that the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 are holes having a size occupying almost the entire area of each chamber of the heat storage body 1 divided into N chambers. The arrangement relationship is such that at least one or more empty chambers 10 can be defined between a chamber 11 in which a combustion exhaust gas flows and a chamber 12 in which a low-temperature fluid (for example, combustion air) flows. That is,
The heat storage element 1 is divided into N sections in the circumferential direction by the division by the distribution chamber 2 or the division of the heat storage element itself as in the above-described embodiment.
(N = n + 2, where n is a positive integer of 2 or more and is the number of chambers where the fluid always flows.) The chambers are equally divided, and the fluid can pass through each chamber in the axial direction. Here, the number of chambers partitioned by the heat storage unit 1 is such that a low-temperature fluid chamber 12 through which a low-temperature fluid flows and a high-temperature fluid chamber 11 through which a high-temperature fluid flows, as one set. Room where no air flows) 10,
10 and 4 rooms / compartments are the minimum number of rooms / compartments. The number of the chambers 11 for the high-temperature fluid and the number of the chambers 12 for the low-temperature fluid need not be the same, and in some cases, as shown in FIG. Can be increased or vice versa. In this case, when the ratio between the amount of the high-temperature fluid and the amount of the low-temperature fluid is different, the heat transfer surface area of the heat storage body to be used can be changed for each ratio, and an appropriate heat balance can be maintained. There are advantages. Further, a plurality of chambers / compartments may be configured so that fluid flows simultaneously through one communication hole. For example, as shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8, two or three or more chambers / compartments may be simultaneously connected to one communication hole. In this case, the size of the vacant room required for switching is reduced, and the switching time can be shortened. Furthermore, it is also possible to form a plurality of units with the N chambers as one unit. That is, the total number Z of rooms is represented by Z = aN (where a is a positive integer excluding 0 indicating the number of units). In this case, the positions of the communication holes 4 and 5 are set such that a group of high temperature fluid chambers 11 and low temperature fluid chambers 12 are alternately arranged with one empty chamber 10 interposed therebetween. This relationship is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9.

The switching means 3 comprises one or more chambers / compartments 12, 12 _-1 , 12 _-2 ,.
Low temperature fluid communication hole 5 for communicating 12- _n with supply chamber 6a
And one or more rooms / compartments 11, 11 _-1 , 1
1 _-2, ..., and a 11 _-n and hot fluid chamber 6b and the high-temperature fluid passage 4 that communicates only the number of units a. For example, in the case of FIG. 7, since the number a of units is one, each of the units has one low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 and one high-temperature fluid communication hole 4. It is necessary that the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 satisfy an arrangement relation such that at least one or more vacant chambers 10 can be defined therebetween. That is, in the case of one unit, the communication hole 5 for the low-temperature fluid and the communication hole 4 for the high-temperature fluid

[0036]

(Equation 9) Are arranged at intervals of an angle C represented by. Here, the angle C is the angle of the vacant space, that is, [360 ° / (n
+2)].
In this case, mixing of the low-temperature fluid and the high-temperature fluid can be completely prevented, and the pressure loss can be minimized. When a plurality of units are provided, the equation (10) is provided between the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5.

[0037]

(Equation 10) Is set, and the high-temperature fluid communication holes 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication holes 5 for the number of units are alternately arranged.

The switching of the fluid flow in the switching means 3 configured as described above is performed by simultaneously switching the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 to the front empty chamber 1 respectively.
This is done by switching to 0,10. And
When the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 completely occupy the inside of the room or section in front of the vacant room, the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 communicate with each other. The rooms / compartments that were used will be vacant. For example, a case of eight units per unit shown in FIG. 7 will be described as an example.
The last rooms / compartments 11 _-3 and 12 _{-3 in the} rotation direction become vacant. At this time, the communication hole 4 for the high-temperature fluid and the communication hole 5 for the low-temperature fluid are newly provided with the chambers / compartments 11 _-1 , 11 _-2 , 11 _-3 and 12 _-1 , 12 _-2 , 12 _-3. Room / compartment 10,1
Although it is straddled at the same time as the four compartments 0 and 0, since it is switched while supplying the fluid to the plurality of compartments at the same time and the vacant space 10 is used, the flow of the fluid is not interrupted as a matter of course. Since the front high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 occupies the section immediately before the section where the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 is approaching, the high-temperature fluid and the low-temperature fluid passing in opposite directions are mixed in the same section. Nothing.

The heat storage type heat exchanger of the present invention configured as described above can be used for a burner system.
Although this embodiment is applied to a burner burning in a furnace, it is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a burner burning in a radiant tube.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a heating furnace to which a regenerative burner system using the regenerative heat exchanger 30 of the present invention is applied. The regenerative heat exchanger 30 is connected to a combustion air system (low-temperature fluid flow path) 33 and a combustion exhaust gas system (high-temperature fluid flow path) 34 of the burner system, and is supplied via the regenerative heat exchanger 30 for combustion. While burning the burner 35 with air, the flue gas is taken out of the furnace 37 and discharged through the regenerative heat exchanger 30, and the combustion air is preheated to a high temperature near the flue gas temperature by the waste heat of the flue gas and supplied. I am trying to do it. This furnace is configured by installing at least one burner 35 on a furnace body 38. The burner 35 is not particularly limited in its structure and combustion method, but is configured to supply combustion air through the heat storage type heat exchanger 30. The combustion exhaust gas in the furnace 37 is taken out by a high-temperature fluid means installed in the furnace body 38, for example, an exhaust pipe 36 connected to the combustion exhaust gas system 34. Reference numeral 31 in the drawing denotes a fan for supplying combustion air, and reference numeral 32 denotes a fan for discharging combustion exhaust gas. Although not shown, the burner 35
Are usually provided with incidental equipment such as ignition means and pilot burners.

The heat storage type heat exchanger 3 configured as described above
0 and the operation of the heat storage type burner system using the same will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when combustion air as a low-temperature fluid is introduced into the low-temperature fluid chamber 6a of the entrance / exit means 6, the combustion air passes through the low-temperature communication hole 5 and is distributed to the distribution chamber. 2 flows into the second chamber 9b, and further flows into the corresponding compartment (room for flowing low-temperature fluid) / compartment 12 of the heat storage body 1. At this time, since the corresponding compartment / chamber of the heat storage element 1 is heated by the heat of the combustion exhaust gas that has passed before switching, the passing combustion air takes away the heat of the heat storage element 1 and has a high temperature, that is, the heat storage element. 1 is set to a high temperature close to the temperature of the combustion exhaust gas heated. Then, it flows into the second chamber 9b of the downstream distribution chamber 2 and is discharged to the supply chamber 6a via the low-temperature communication hole 5 of the switching means 3. Then, the gas is supplied to a use location, for example, a burner 35 via a flow path 33 connected to the supply chamber 6a. On the other hand, the combustion exhaust gas as a high-temperature fluid introduced into the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b of the entrance / exit means 6 is connected to the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4b.
Flows into the first chamber 9a of the distribution chamber 2 via the
(A chamber for flowing a high-temperature fluid). Then, the section 11 of the heat storage body 1 is heated.
The flue gas whose temperature has dropped is supplied to the first chamber 9 of the left distribution chamber 2.
a, and is discharged to the high-temperature fluid chamber 6b through the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4.

Next, when the switching means 3 is rotated continuously or intermittently in the counterclockwise direction from the state shown in FIG.
First, the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 is connected to the third chamber 9 of the distribution chamber on the left.
c, the combustion exhaust gas flows into the first chamber 9a and the third chamber 9c at the same time. Then, the combustion exhaust gas passes through the first compartment and the third compartment (the portion indicated by reference numeral 10 in FIG. 3) of the heat storage body 1 and then passes through the first chamber 9a and the third chamber 9a of the distribution chamber 2 downstream. High-temperature fluid chamber 6b which flows into the two chambers 9a, 9c via the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4.
Supplied to After that, the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 is completely switched to the third chamber 9c (the part which was an empty room indicated by reference numeral 10 in FIG. 3), and then the low-temperature fluid occupied in the second chamber 9b. The fluid communication hole 5 is switched to the first chamber 9a (a chamber portion indicated by reference numeral 11 in FIG. 3), and
The area defined by the room 9b (the room indicated by reference numeral 12 in FIG. 3) is the empty room 10. In other words, the combustion exhaust gas is flown into the vacant chamber 10 where the fluid has not flowed until now,
The combustion air is flowed into the chamber 11 through which the combustion exhaust gas has been flown, and no fluid flows through the chamber 12 through which the combustion air has flown. Accordingly, the heat storage element 1 is heated by the heat of the combustion exhaust gas, and the combustion air passing through the heated heat storage element 1 is heated by the heat of the heat storage element 1. At this time, the region / chamber in which the combustion air and the combustion exhaust gas flow in the heat storage body 1 are sequentially switched. However, since the high temperature fluid chamber 6b and the low temperature fluid chamber 6a of the inlet / outlet means 6 are always in communication with each other, the heat storage type is used. The flow system itself of the fluid before and after the heat exchanger 30 cannot be switched. Further, since the switching of the flow of the fluid is performed while communicating with the respective chambers even when the two chambers are straddled using the empty room 10, the flow of the fluid is not interrupted. Then, the flow is switched successively with the combustion air next to the combustion exhaust gas without interrupting the flow.

Therefore, if the burner 35 is burned, the flue gas generated at that time is exhausted through the flue gas system 34, and the waste heat of the flue gas is recovered by the regenerative heat exchanger 30, it is extremely thermoeconomical. Get better. The burner 35 is supplied with combustion air preheated using waste heat recovered by the heat storage type heat exchanger 30. At this time, the switching cycle of the heat storage unit 1 is preferably switched to a relatively short time in order to increase the thermal efficiency. For example, the switching means 3 is rotated by one room / partition every 10 seconds to 90 seconds, preferably about 10 seconds, or by one room / partition over about 10 seconds. Such short-time switching can be reliably realized by the flow path switching device 30 of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 without causing exhaust gas leakage. When the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 and the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 have substantially the same size, the combustion gas swelled by the combustion is discharged out of the furnace without passing through the regenerator 1, It is preferable that the heat is supplied to a heat treatment facility, a convection heat exchanger, an economizer, a heating facility, or the like to be used as a heat source.

The above embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, a relatively high-temperature gas and a low-temperature gas are mainly described as examples of the two systems of fluids having a temperature difference, but the present invention is not particularly limited thereto.
The present invention can also be used for heat exchange between a fluid having cold energy (cool air) and a fluid having a higher temperature, such as air at room temperature, and heat exchange between different substances. In the heat exchange between a cold fluid and a fluid having a higher temperature (air at room temperature), for example, a refrigeration cycle, the communication holes and chambers / compartments in the next front row of the vacant space, that is, the embodiment shown in FIGS. High temperature fluid communication hole 4 and chamber 11 for flowing high temperature fluid
Is for flowing a cold fluid, and the next communicating hole and chamber / compartment, that is, the communicating hole 5 for the low-temperature fluid and the chamber 12 for flowing the low-temperature fluid in the embodiment shown in FIGS. The arrangement relation is set so as to flow the normal temperature fluid. In other words, in this specification, a high-temperature fluid refers to a fluid from which heat (including cold heat) is to be recovered, and a low-temperature fluid refers to a fluid that is heated (or cooled) by the recovered heat. . It is not necessary that the high-temperature fluid communication hole 4 or the chamber 11 precedes the low-temperature fluid communication hole 5 or the chamber 12, and the positional relationship may be reversed. Further, in this embodiment, the switching means 3 and the entrance / exit means 6 are formed separately and only the switching means 3 is rotated. However, the switching means 3 and the entrance / exit means 6 are integrally formed, and a part of the entrance / exit means 6 is formed. May be rotatably supported to rotate the entrance / exit means 6 together with the switching means 3.

Further, in the present embodiment, the entrance / exit means 6 is formed by a cylindrical member. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and the entrance / exit means 6 may be formed by a double cylindrical body such as a hexagon, a square or a triangle. Further, the above-mentioned embodiment shows the minimum unit of the burner system, and two or more burner systems may be arranged in the furnace body.

[0047]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the fluid flow can be switched only by mechanically rotating the switching means without rotating the heat storage body. The flow is not interrupted, the supply or discharge of the fluid is stabilized, and there are less problems such as damage to the heat storage body and leakage between the fluids as compared with a Jungstrom type heat exchanger or the like. Moreover, since the switching means can be brought into contact and sealed, there is almost no leakage of fluid between the two flow paths, and the heat exchange efficiency is much improved as compared with a Jungstrom type heat exchanger, etc. When it is used in a burner system, the supply amount of combustion air preheated to a high temperature close to the combustion exhaust gas temperature can be controlled accurately.

Further, in the case of the first and second aspects of the present invention, since the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole can obtain the maximum opening area, there is an advantage that the pressure loss can be reduced.

According to the regenerative heat exchanger of the present invention,
The equipment cost can be made much lower than when using a solenoid valve, a four-way valve, or the like, and the device can be used stably for a long time.

Furthermore, according to the regenerative burner system using the regenerative heat exchanger of the present invention, the supply of combustion air is instantaneously reduced when the flow is switched, and the flame may become unstable. And a stable flame can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a basic configuration of a heat storage type heat exchanger of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the heat storage type heat exchanger of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a communication hole for high-temperature fluid and a communication hole for low-temperature fluid.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another example of the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole.

FIG. 5 shows the number of chambers n in which fluid flows through the number of chambers N of the heat storage type heat exchanger
FIG. 4 is a list diagram showing a relationship between a number of units and a.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing a relationship between a high-temperature fluid communication hole and a low-temperature fluid communication hole when n = 4 and a = 1, wherein FIG. 6A is a layout diagram of all communication holes, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the state which collected all the holes in the chamber.

FIG. 7 is a principle view showing another embodiment of the switching means of the regenerative heat exchanger of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a list showing the arrangement of the chambers in relation to the number of chambers n through which the fluid flows and the number of units a.

FIG. 9 is a list showing the arrangement of the chambers in a case where the number of communication holes for high-temperature fluid and the number of communication holes for low-temperature fluid are different from each other in relation to the number n of chambers and the number a of units in which fluid flows.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the heat storage body, and FIG.
Is a radially arranged plate, (B) is a radially arranged corrugated plate, (C) is a bundled pipe,
(D) shows a type in which a heat storage material is filled in a casing partitioned into N chambers.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing an example of a heat storage type burner system to which the heat storage type heat exchanger of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of a Jungstrom-type air preheater which is a conventional heat exchanger for recovering waste heat.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing an example of a regenerative radiant tube burner incorporating a conventional electromagnetic switching valve.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a regenerative radiant tube burner incorporating a conventional four-way switching valve.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 heat storage element 2 distribution chamber 3 switching means 4 high-temperature fluid communication hole 5 low-temperature fluid communication hole 6 inlet / outlet means 6 a low-temperature fluid chamber 6 b high-temperature fluid chamber 7 partition wall 9 a, 9 b, 9 c chamber of distribution chamber 10 empty chamber of heat storage element -Section 11 A chamber for flowing the high-temperature fluid of the heat storage element-Section 12 A chamber for flowing the low-temperature fluid of the heat storage element-Sections 13a, 13b, 13c Casing

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] In the circumferential direction, N is uniformly divided into N (N = n + 2, where n is a positive integer of 2 or more and the number of chambers in which a fluid always flows), and the fluid flows in each chamber in the axial direction. A regenerator that can pass through, a low-temperature fluid chamber connected to one low-temperature fluid system of one of two flow paths that are connected to both open ends of the regenerator and flow a fluid having a temperature difference, and the other high-temperature fluid A double-walled entrance / exit means partitioned by an annular partition wall with a high-temperature fluid chamber connected to a system; and a heat exchanger and an entrance / exit means interposed between the heat storage body and the entrance / exit means, respectively. The low-temperature fluid communication hole for communicating the low-temperature fluid chamber and the heat storage body and the high-temperature fluid communication hole for communicating the high-temperature fluid chamber and the heat storage body while blocking each other have an angle C represented by Formula 1. They are arranged at intervals, and Switching means for continuously or intermittently rotating and sequentially communicating the high-temperature fluid chamber and the low-temperature fluid chamber of the entrance / exit means with any of the heat storage chambers divided into N chambers. Storage heat exchanger. 2. N (where N = n + 2, where n is a positive integer of 2 or more and indicates the number of chambers in which a fluid always flows), and the total number of chambers Z (where Z = a N, a is a positive integer excluding 0, which indicates the number of units), and a plurality of units are formed in the heat storage body, and a formula is provided between the high-temperature fluid communication hole and the low-temperature fluid communication hole. 2 The heat storage type heat exchanger according to claim 1, wherein an interval of an angle C represented by: is set. 3. The heat storage element is divided into aN (where a is the number of units) chambers in the circumferential direction between the heat storage element and the switching means, and fluid can pass in the axial direction. The heat storage type heat exchanger according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the heat storage type heat exchanger is divided into a · N chambers by providing a distribution chamber. 4. The heat storage type heat exchanger according to claim 1, wherein the heat storage body has a honeycomb shape having a large number of cell holes penetrating in the axial direction. 5. The heat storage body according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of heat storage materials are arranged in a pipe shape in a radial direction so that a fluid passes in an axial direction. Storage heat exchanger. 6. The heat storage type heat exchanger according to claim 1, wherein the heat storage body is composed of a large number of flat or corrugated heat storage materials arranged radially. 7. The heat storage element is formed by filling a block or a small piece of a heat storage material in a casing which is divided into a · N chambers independently of each other and is capable of passing a fluid in an axial direction. 3. The heat storage type heat exchanger according to 1 or 2. 8. Combustion air supplied to the regenerative heat exchanger according to claim 1 connected to a combustion air system and a flue gas system of a burner system, and supplied via the regenerative heat exchange system. A heat storage type characterized in that, while burning the burner, the combustion exhaust gas is discharged through the heat storage type heat exchange system, and the combustion air is preheated to a high temperature near the combustion exhaust gas by the waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas and supplied. Burner system.