A METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR HEAT RECOVERY

• Main Authors: SLUNGAARD, TORBJORN, MOXNES, BJORN PETTER, NAESS, ERLING, SONJU, OTTO KRISTIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.07.2012
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; FURNACES; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; OVENS; PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY ORREFINING OF METALS; RETORTS; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to a method and equipment for recovering heat from exhaust gas removed from an industrial process, such as an electrolysis process for the production of aluminium. Heat is recovered by means of an extraction/suction system, where the exhaust gas contains dust and/or par...