Dry Bottom Ash Handling

DRY - one simple word, many advantages DRYCON, our dry bottom ash handling solution, is applied in coal-fired boilers and waste-to-energy plants and enters you into a win-win situation of benefits. These include protection of the environment and improved energy efficiency, while benefiting from a saleable dry ash by-product, allowing you to profit from rising ash demand. Your plant will also benefit from significantly lower operating costs compared to wet ash handling. With environmental protection regulations getting tougher worldwide, the choice for DRYCON is an investment in the future, saving precious water, reducing emissions, and returning heat energy to the boiler, resulting in lower coal usage and lower costs for emission trading. DRYCON can be retrofitted into existing facilities where space is at a premium, giving your power generation facility an extended life span. The principle of operation

DRYCON

Ambient air is induced into the DRYCON at the top end and along the length of the conveyor by the negative pressure in the furnace. Air travels in counter flow direction along the surface of the ash which rests on the steel plate conveyor. A re-burning process of the glowing ash is activated. This reduces the unburned carbon level and frees up additional thermal energy. The additional energy released from the hot ash heats the air and adds additional thermal energy to the steam generating process within the boiler. No more than 1 - 1.5% of the combustion air is added to the boiler - the combustion process and exhaust gas composition are not adversely affected.

Designed for efficiency, environmental protection, low maintenance and cost savings
DRYCON applications: Boilers typically ranging from 5 - 1000 MWe Pulverised coal-fired boilers and waste-to-energy units Hot grit ash handling i.e. economiser ash Retrofit where space and headroom is limited DRYCON max. conveying rate [t/h] max. length [ft] max. range of widths [ft] > 100 theoretically no limit 1.9 to 7.2 Sophisticated construction and valuable features: The modular construction principle allows flexible adaptation of length-width ratio guaranteeing efficient ash cooling at maximum extraction rate. Design of the apron plate conveyor avoids direct heat transfer and dust wear into the drive chain, support idlers and other moving parts. Impacts of large ash lumps are directed onto impact beams - no stress to any important moving parts.

Clearance during normal operation

moving impact beam

fixed impact beam

Your advantage
No precious water wasted for ash cooling and conveying and avoidance of all related water treatment costs. Re-burning effect of heat energy from ash increases boiler efficiency, reduces coal usage and CO2 emissions Dry bottom ash handling means higher ash quality with less carbon realising increased ash sales Low life-cycle costs

POTENTIAL DRYCON SAVINGS

Clyde Bergemann Delta Ducon 33 Sproul Road Malvern, PA 19355 T: (610) 695-9700 F: (610) 695-9724 Website: www.deltaducon.com eMail: sales@deltaducon.com