Pneumatic Vacuum Conveying System

Ash is conveyed pneumatically under negative pressure through specially designed valves and pipelines from Fly Ash Hoppers to –

The Wetting Unit System can be a standby for the preceding dry systems. The slurry can be Mechanical Exhausters / Vacuum Pumps are generally need for creating the vacuum. Hydraulic Exhausters, though available, are seldom need nowadays.

Ash is conveyed pneumatically under positive pressure through feeder valves / Ash Transmitters and pipelines from Fly Ash Hoppers or Intermediate Surge tank to Silo for dry ash storage and onward disposal in dry or semi dry condition through tankers or open trucks.

Combined Vacuum & Pressure Conveying System

Ash is first conveyed pneumatically under negative pressure through specially designed valves and pipeline from various Fly Ash Hoppers to an Intermediate Surge Tank located near Electrostatic Precipitator. Cyclone Dust Collectors or Bag Fitters are used for separating ash from the vacuum air stream and transferring it to Surge Tank from Surge Tank is then transported pneumatically under positive pressure through separate valves, transmitter vessels and pipeline to a distant Silo for temporary storage of dry ash.

When Dry or Semi-dry Fly Ash disposal is desired, Silos of RCC or Steel construction collect the dry ash from Conveying System either directly or through Dust Separator. Silos are provided with fluidising arrangement for easy discharge of Ash through the bottom outlets.

Ash Unloading System options from silo are :-

Ash and clinkers produced inside boiler furnace are quenched and stored in water impounded hopper having refractory lining. Clinkers are crushed to small places by specially designed CRUSHERS and then pumped by Jet Pulsion Pumps through pipelines directly to ash disposal area or to ash slurry sump for onward disposal through ash slurry pumps. Where Bottom Ash is required in semi-dry condition for open Truck Transportation, De-watering Bins are used for storing the Ash and taking out the conveying water from the stored ash.

Bottom Ash Disposal System with Closed Loop Water Recirculation System

DCIPS offers system suitable for generating commercially acceptable dry ash with water recirculation  features which enable re-use of the transport water in repeated cycle. In this system, the ash is transported by pipeline from water impounded hopper through Crusher and Jet Pump into a dewatering tank for storage. The overflow and the drain water from the dewatering tank is taken to a settling tank and thereafter to a surge tank where relatively clean water is stored for reuse. At predetermined intervals, the dewatering tank is drained to remove all the sater from stored ash.

These systems employ continuously operating scraper conveyor or submerged belt conveyor running below boiler furnace. The trough containing the conveyor is filled with water for quenching of bottom ash. Bottom ash is discharged into a sluice trench for transportation to slurry sump or to a conveyor for storage in silo for subsequent truck transportation.

Submerged Scraper Conveyor / Belt Conveyor System

Lean Slurry Disposal System

• With water-powered Jet Pumps for short distances
• With Centrifugal Slurry Pumps for longer distances

Water Recovery System (for lean slurry disposal)

• With collection wells, recovery water pumps, Clariflocculator, sludge pumps & clear water pumps
• Burge-mounted recovery pumps are used where appropriate

DCIPS offers Turnkey High Concentration Slurry disposal system (HCSD) for removal of Fly Ash and Bottom Ash in Slurry form but in a very thick mixture with water, employing imported piston diaphragm type of cylinder – piston  type  positive  displacement pumps for removal of thick slurry ( 60 – 70% concentration ) through long distance pipeline. Advantage of the system is very low water consumption and much increased ash storage level in ash dyke requiring much less ash dump area for ash disposal. Also, construction of earthen Ash Dyke is eliminated except for a low height starter dyke.