Curved blade by-pass damper with flow control

• US 6,257,155 B1
• Filed: 10/16/2000
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH (GE Aerospace)
• Original Assignee: ALSTOM Power Inc. (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Greene, Benjamin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferensic, Denise L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RINEHART, KENNETH
• Application Number:
  US09/688,719
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 126/285.R, 137/875, 137/876, 110/163, 110/342, 110/345, 110/147, 110/148, 251/212, 122/479.5
• US Class Current: 110/163
• CPC Class Codes: F23J 15/02 of purifiers, e.g. for removing noxious material traps for solid residues F23J3/04
• CPC Class Codes: F23J 2219/10 Catalytic reduction devices
• CPC Class Codes: F23L 11/00 Arrangements of valves or dampers after the fire
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87812 Pivoted valve or deflector

Abstract

A damper vane assembly for controlling the flow of flue gas between a flue gas pass of a combustion vessel which generates flue gas and a selective catalytic reactor operable to catalytically treat flue gas in a combustion system is provided. The damper vane assembly includes a first turning vane having a curved extent and a second turning vane with a curved extent. The first turning vane is moveable between a blocking position in which it blocks communication between the combustion vessel and the selective catalytic reactor and a flow guiding position in which the curved extent of the first turning vane guides flue gas from the flue outlet to the selective catalytic reactor. The second turning vane is moveable between a blocking position in which it blocks communication between the selective catalytic reactor and the flue gas outlet and a flow guiding position in which the curved extent of the second turning vane guides flue gas from the selective catalytic reactor to the flue gas outlet.

Claims

1. A damper vane assembly for controlling the flow of flue gas between a flue gas pass of a combustion vessel which generates flue gas and a selective catalytic reactor operable to catalytically treat flue gas in a combustion system, comprising:

a first turning vane having a curved extent, the first turning vane being moveable between a blocking position in which it blocks communication between the combustion vessel and the selective catalytic reactor and a flow guiding position in which the curved extent of the first turning vane guides flue gas from the flue outlet to the selective catalytic reactor; and

a second turning vane having a curved extent, the second turning vane being moveable between a blocking position in which it blocks communication between the selective catalytic reactor and the flue gas outlet and a flow guiding position in which the curved extent of the second turning vane guides flue gas from the selective catalytic reactor to the flue gas outlet.

2. A damper vane assembly according to claim 1 wherein the first turning vane and the second turning vane are pivotally mounted for pivoting movement between their respective blocking and flow guiding positions.

3. A damper vane assembly according to claim 1 wherein the combustion system includes an inlet passage communicated with the flue gas pass and the selective catalytic reactor for the flow of flue gas therethrough to the selective catalytic reactor and an outlet passage separate from the inlet passage and communicated with the flue gas pass and the selective catalytic reactor for the passage therethrough of flue gas exiting the selective catalytic reactor, the first turning vane includes a pair of opposed edges, the second turning vane includes a pair of opposed edges,

the first turning vane is mounted relative to the flue gas pass and the inlet passage and is dimensioned relative to the flue gas pass and the inlet passage such that, in the blocking position of the first turning vane, the pair of opposed edges of the first turning vane are in substantially sealing engagement with a surface of the inlet passage to substantially block the flow of flue gas therepast and, in the flow guiding position of the first turning vane, the one opposed edge is in substantially sealing engagement with a surface of the flue gas pass and the other opposed edge is in substantially sealing engagement with the inlet passage so as guide flue gas from the flue gas pass into the inlet passage, and

the second turning vane is mounted relative to the flue gas pass and the outlet passage and is dimensioned relative to the flue gas pass and the outlet passage such that, in the blocking position of the second turning vane, the pair of opposed edges of the second turning vane are in substantially sealing engagement with the outlet passage to substantially block the flow of flue gas therepast and, in the flow guiding position of the second turning vane, the one opposed edge is in substantially sealing engagement with a surface of the flue gas pass and the other opposed edge is in substantially sealing engagement with the outlet passage so as guide flue gas from the outlet passage into the flue gas pass.