CONDITIONING TOWERS, LYR

Basic data for project planning

Appl i c at i on
Conditioning towers in the cement industry are
used for cooling exhaust gases from the kiln
before they are conveyed to the electrostatic
precipitators. The hot exhaust gases enter the
top section of the vertical, cylindrically-shaped
and insulated tower for cooling by water injec-
tion. The gases are drawn through the condi-
tioning tower by a fan. There are three different
standard inlet types named W, V, and C, the
choice depending on the installation and the
position of the fan. There is a special version of
the W-type with a single inlet, called the L-type.
All inlet types are horizontally adjustable 360.
FLS Conditioning Towers LYR in the cement
industry treat exhaust gases with temperatures
between 300 and 400 C, cooling them down to
150 C. However, conditioning towers capable
of handling gases up to 1000 C are also avail-
able. The conditioning towers are standard de-
signed for an underpressure of 300 mm WG or
800 mm WG. Apart from these, standard condi-
tioning towers designed for higher WG values
are also obtainable.
The freshwater used for the conditioning pro-
cess must be mechanically cleaned in an 0.5
Desi gn and oper at i on
1 Gas inlet
2 Nozzle platform
3 Inspection door
4 Supporting ring
5 Gas outlet
6 Drag chain
7 Inspection and clean out cover
8 Sluice
mm coarse filter. Water containing more than 500
mg CaC0
3
/l H
2
O can give rise to problems.
The water has to be stored in a reservoir from
where it passes through a double fine filter (100
micron mesh) for further purification in order to
reduce the nozzle wear.
The water is pumped to the system of spillback
nozzles in the conditioning tower at a pressure
of 35 bars. All the nozzles, which atomise solely
by water pressure, are fed from the same pres-
sure pipe with a joint return pipe to the reservoir.
Each water spillback nozzle lance is fitted with a
coarse filter to retain impurities from the pipe
system after the fine filter and two non-return
valves to minimise the water dripping from the
nozzles if the pump stops operating. The non-
return valve at inlet has an opening pressure of
approximately 0.5 bar. The nozzle lances are
available with one, three or four nozzles.
The conditioning process is monitored by a
thermosensor at the exhaust gas outlet. The con-
stant temperature is maintained by continuous
regulation of the injected water by a motorised
regulation valve in the return pipe and a
controller.
The water regulation - without changing the
amount of nozzles- is 10:1.
The dust not conveyed to the electrostatic
precipitator via the exhaust gases is collected in
the bottom of the conditioning tower and
extracted by a drag chain conveyor and a double
flap sluice.
As the moisture in this accumulated dust can
cause transport difficulties, a thermosensor
fitted in the bottom hopper registers heat varia-
tions and generates an alarm signal.
Because of the uncomplicated system used in
FLS Conditioning Towers the operation and
maintenance are simple.
The type names given to FLS Conditioning
Towers e.g. LYR 250 x 63 indicate the following:
LYR = vertical/gas-stream downward/ water
spill back nozzle. 250 = effective height
(dm), 63 = diameter (dm).
Di mensi oni ng
Example: 4500 m
3
/min. exhaust gases with a
temperature of 350C to be cooled down to
150C.
Type 300 mm WG or
Type 800 mm WG.
Solution: Conditioning tower, LYR 250 x 63
Height (H): 25 m,
Diameter (D): 6.3 m,
Water consumption: 12 m
3
/h,
Theoretical power consumption: 29 kW,
Minimum motor size, (29x1.1): 32 kW.
Weight: Type 300 mm WG:
30.0+(25x1.12) = 58 t
Type 800 mm WG:
30.0+(25x1.40) = 65 t
Hx32 4000 1800 6340 3200 2480 900 400 4250 2295 1120 4715 2260 2000 3090 2555 800 850 224 13.0 0.58 0.70
Hx40 5000 2240 7950 4000 3100 1120 475 5000 2860 1400 5920 2820 2500 3870 3060 1000 1063 280 16.0 0.70 0.90
Hx50 6300 2800 10050 5000 3900 1400 560 6000 3595 1800 7485 3530 3150 4820 3655 1250 1330 355 20.0 0.90 1.10
Hx63 8000 3550 12650 6300 4856 1800 560 7100 4525 2240 9475 4450 4000 6060 4435 1600 1700 450 30.0 1.12 1.40
Hx80 10000 4500 15900 8000 6200 2240 670 8500 5740 2650 11840 5650 5300 7650 5425 2000 2130 560 45.0 1.80 1.80
Hx95 11800 5300 18950 9500 7345 2650 750 9500 6785 3350 13985 6720 6300 9070 6310 2360 2510 670 60.0 2.12 2.12
TYPE
Dimensions (mm)
A B C D E F G H K L M N P R S T U V Y
Weight
Basic
(t)
Variable (t/m)
Type
300
mm
WG
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Data in this brochure series is only intended for preliminary project planning. Manufacturer reserves the right to modify equipment details and/or specifications without notice.
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