EP3710768C0 - WEAR-RESISTANT SINGLE-PENETRATION STAVE COOLERS - Google Patents

WEAR-RESISTANT SINGLE-PENETRATION STAVE COOLERS

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Publication number: EP3710768C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: penetration; wear; resistant single; stave coolers; stave
Prior art date: 2017-11-16
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP18879480.4A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP3710768A4 (en

EP3710768B1 (en

EP3710768A1 (en

Inventor

Allan J Macrae

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Individual

Original Assignee

Individual

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2017-11-16

Filing date

2018-09-14

Publication date

2023-10-04

2017-11-16 Priority claimed from US15/815,343 external-priority patent/US9963754B2/en

2018-05-01 Priority claimed from US15/968,272 external-priority patent/US20180245171A1/en

2018-08-11 Priority claimed from US16/101,418 external-priority patent/US10364475B2/en

2018-09-14 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

2020-09-23 Publication of EP3710768A1 publication Critical patent/EP3710768A1/en

2021-08-18 Publication of EP3710768A4 publication Critical patent/EP3710768A4/en

2023-10-04 Application granted granted Critical

2023-10-04 Publication of EP3710768C0 publication Critical patent/EP3710768C0/en

2023-10-04 Publication of EP3710768B1 publication Critical patent/EP3710768B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2038-09-14 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
- F27D1/12—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs incorporating cooling arrangements
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B1/00—Shaft or like vertical or substantially vertical furnaces
- F27B1/10—Details, accessories or equipment specially adapted for furnaces of these types
- F27B1/24—Cooling arrangements
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
- F27D2009/0002—Cooling of furnaces
- F27D2009/0018—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing through a pattern of tubes
- F27D2009/0021—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing through a pattern of tubes with the parallel tube parts close to each other, e.g. a serpentine
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
- F27D2009/0002—Cooling of furnaces
- F27D2009/0056—Use of high thermoconductive elements
- F27D2009/0062—Use of high thermoconductive elements made from copper or copper alloy
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
- F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
- F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
- F28D1/047—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
- F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
- F28D2021/0056—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for ovens or furnaces
- F28D2021/0057—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for ovens or furnaces for melting materials

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Thermal Sciences (AREA)
Furnace Housings, Linings, Walls, And Ceilings (AREA)
Blast Furnaces (AREA)

EP18879480.4A 2017-11-16 2018-09-14 Wear resistant single penetration stave coolers Active EP3710768B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US15/815,343 US9963754B2 (en)	2017-11-16	2017-11-16	Long campaign life stave coolers for circular furnaces with containment shells
US15/968,272 US20180245171A1 (en)	2018-05-01	2018-05-01	Water-based heat transfer fluid cooling systems intrinsically safe from boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (bleve)in various pyrometallurgical furnace applications
US16/101,418 US10364475B2 (en)	2011-03-30	2018-08-11	Wear-resistant, single penetration stave coolers
PCT/US2018/051231 WO2019099097A1 (en)	2017-11-16	2018-09-14	Wear resistant single penetration stave coolers

Publications (4)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3710768A1 EP3710768A1 (en)	2020-09-23
EP3710768A4 EP3710768A4 (en)	2021-08-18
EP3710768C0 true EP3710768C0 (en)	2023-10-04
EP3710768B1 EP3710768B1 (en)	2023-10-04

Family

ID=66539854

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP18879480.4A Active EP3710768B1 (en)	2017-11-16	2018-09-14	Wear resistant single penetration stave coolers

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP3710768B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR102304132B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN111373218A (en)
BR (1)	BR112020009777A2 (en)
CA (1)	CA3081995C (en)
ES (1)	ES2963946T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019099097A1 (en)
ZA (1)	ZA202002477B (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

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2018
- 2018-09-14 EP EP18879480.4A patent/EP3710768B1/en active Active
- 2018-09-14 KR KR1020207015947A patent/KR102304132B1/en active Active
- 2018-09-14 CA CA3081995A patent/CA3081995C/en active Active
- 2018-09-14 ES ES18879480T patent/ES2963946T3/en active Active
- 2018-09-14 WO PCT/US2018/051231 patent/WO2019099097A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2018-09-14 CN CN201880074668.7A patent/CN111373218A/en active Pending
- 2018-09-14 BR BR112020009777-2A patent/BR112020009777A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
2020
- 2020-05-06 ZA ZA2020/02477A patent/ZA202002477B/en unknown

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WO2019099097A1 (en)	2019-05-23
CN111373218A (en)	2020-07-03
ES2963946T3 (en)	2024-04-03
CA3081995C (en)	2020-08-18
WO2019099097A8 (en)	2019-09-12
CA3081995A1 (en)	2019-05-23
ZA202002477B (en)	2021-04-28
KR20200075874A (en)	2020-06-26
BR112020009777A2 (en)	2020-08-18
EP3710768A4 (en)	2021-08-18
EP3710768B1 (en)	2023-10-04
KR102304132B1 (en)	2021-09-17
EP3710768A1 (en)	2020-09-23

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