Abstract: A device enabling a mass (1) cantilevered from an element (2) which is vertically moveable under the effect of thermal expansions and contractions to rest against a fixed framework (9). The device comprises a first arm (7) articulated on a point (C) of the vertically moveable element, a second arm (6) articulated firstly to one end (B) of the first arm adjacent to the mass and slidably placed on this junction, and secondly to the fixed framework, and a third arm (8) articulated firstly to one end (2) of the first arm adjacent to the vertically moveable element, and secondly to the fixed framework (9) at a point (D) at a level different from that of the point (E) at which the second articulated arm is articulated thereto. The invention is applicable to the manifolds of boilers or steam generators.

Abstract: Device for the protection of boiler screens, in particular for garbage incinerators, and manufacturing process for this device. Device for protection of screens used for heat-recovery boilers, composed of vertical tubes 1, 14 joined together using welded ribs (17) installed between fireproof bricks and fitted with means for fastening them, these tubes being equipped with vertical auxiliary fastening ribs 2, 11; 3, 13 forming an angle of between 30.degree. and 60.degree. with the plane of the ribs 17, and made discontinuous at intervals on the vertical sections of the tubes. A first series of bricks in fastened on the upper portion of the auxiliary ribs. A second series of bricks 6, 18, alternating with the bricks of the first series, has a general dovetail shape and is fixed in position between recesses 7, 8 in the bricks of the first series. Process for the manufacture of this device.

Abstract: A device for suspending a horizontal heat exchange tube on a vertical support tube is provided comprising:(a) an element for securing the horizontal tube, in the general form of a cradle, consisting of two symmetrical cylindrical cross-bars and two connecting members for the cross-bars in an arc of a circle;(b) two elements for securing the vertical tube, each comprising a plane portion provided on their side facing the vertical tube with two lateral edges and an oblique portion forming a folded-over part; these elements interlocking by engagement of their recesses with the wedge-shaped parts of the cross-bars of the securing element for the horizontal tube, and being welded to the vertical tube along the lateral edges of their plane portion.

Abstract: A device for suspending horizontal heat exchange tubes (7, 8) on a vertical carrier tube (1) comprises a bottom support sleeve (2) welded at its bottom edge around the support tube, a top support sleeve (4) having its bottom edge resting on the top edge of the bottom support sleeve, said top support sleeve being provided on its sides with two half-shells (5, 6) of radius of curvature slightly greater than that of the horizontal tubes, and add-on half-shells (9, 10) of radius of curvature slightly greater than that of the horizontal tubes, welded edge-to-edge (19, 21; 20, 22) to the half-shells fixed to the top sleeve, thereby forming collars which clamp the horizontal heat exchange tubes on either side of the vertical carrier tubes. A method of manufacturing the device.

Abstract: A system for protecting a heat-recovery boiler screen, in particular for waste incineration furnaces, said screen being formed by vertical tubes (1, 2) interconnected by welded fixing fins (3, 4, 5) disposed in cavities in refractory bricks (7) and provided with hooking means for refractory bricks. The screen includes windows (6) going through the fixing fins, each brick is provided with at least one hooking lug (8) whose axis is at an angle to the horizontal such that each brick is held suspended by its own weight in one or more windows of the corresponding screen, and the gaps remaining between the bricks, their hooking lugs, and the screen are filled with a refractory cement (9).

Abstract: A device for forming a closed chamber inside a set of two metal pieces of pipework (1) to be interconnected by arc welding under a protective gas, the device comprising a first hollow element made of elastomer disposed inside the first piece of pipework and a second hollow element made of elastomer disposed inside the second piece of pipework, both hollow elements being inflatable to close the corresponding piece of pipework. Each of the hollow elastomer elements comprises a toroidal inflatable tube (2) having a disk (3) fixed to the internal equatorial meridian thereof by gluing, said disk withstanding the pressure difference between the ambient atmosphere and the desired internal pressure inside the closed chamber, said disk being of a proper diameter necessary to cause the zone of the inflatable tube adjacent to said internal equatorial meridian to be concave.

Abstract: A device for sealing and absorbing differential expansion between a cooling chamber for cooling particles in suspension and a recycling duct comprises a tubular expansion joint part (2) interconnecting the wall (1) of the cooling chamber and the recycling duct (3), with guide plates (7) for guiding the tubular part being fixed to the outside wall of the chamber and being distributed around the tubular part and bearing thereagainst by means of rolls (8, 9), a flat gasket (6) being interposed between the ends of the tubular part and the recycling duct, and controlled clamping flanges (10, 11) being disposed on the ends and being provided with oblong holes (16, 17) for passing clamping bolts (18), one of the flanges being provided with pebble-shaped parts (20) bearing against corresponding clamping adjustment shoes (22) on the other.

Abstract: A plug for an opening providing an inspection X-ray source with access to pipework or to an apparatus made of a high strength steel alloy which is fragile in welding, the plug comprising an open ended cylindrical component (6) which is welded (8) to the wall of the pipework or the apparatus, and which projects therefrom, said component being made of the same steel as the pipework or the apparatus, and a second cylindrical component (9) for closing the bore through the first component. The second cylindrical component is fixed to the outer end of the first component and in line therewith by means of a butt weld (10).

Abstract: Assembly device of tubes in low carbon ferritic stainless steel having 17 to 18.5% by weight of chromium on a tube-plate of carbon steel. It includes at least one overlay of low carbon steel on the surface of the tube-plate opposite the plurality of tubes, of such thickness that the ends of the tubes are located at an intermediate level of the overlay, and weld beads between the ends of the tubes and the overlay.

Abstract: A device for fixing loops in a component (1) of a heat exchanger constituted by tubes (10) in which a fluid flows, the loops being situated in the plane of the heat exchanger and being formed by bends and by mutually parallel vertical lengths (11), at least one tube forms an additional loop (12, 14) leaving the plane of the heat exchanger component and surrounding the vertical lengths (11), the device being characterized in that a notched flat (2) is installed level with the additional loop, said flat being provided with semicircular openings each of which receives a vertical length.

Abstract: Vertical tubes joined to each other by means of welded coupling fins and forming boiler baffles for refuse incinerators are placed between refractory bricks and provided with vertical auxiliary anchoring fins which make an angle of 30.degree. to 60.degree. with the plane of the coupling fins and are interrupted at intervals over vertical sections of the tubes. One portion of the bricks is provided with vertical recesses corresponding to the auxiliary fins over a fraction of their height from the bottom and the other portion of the bricks is provided with vertical recesses up to their full height. The bricks of the first portion are anchored to the top portion of the auxiliary fins and the bricks of the other portion are engaged on these fins above a brick of the first portion.

Abstract: The flow control device for a steam circulating heat exchanger tube (2) comprises an insert (4), secured in the tube by expansion in a zone (9) near the end of the exchanger tube or of the tube sheet (1) orifice provided in lieu of said tube, and an orifice plate (7) made from an erosion-corrosion resistant metal and secured inside the insert upstream from the bulged zone (9) created by expansion, from the standpoint of fluid flow, said insert extending for a considerable length downstream from the orifice plate. The insert includes an upstream tubular member (5) made from a metal having a low yield strength but a high elastic elongation ratio and a downstream tubular member (6) made from a metal resistant to erosion-corrosion and at least as long as ten times its inside diameter, ending in a bevel (12) tapering outwardly at an angle of less than 15.degree..

Abstract: A boiler furnace normally used for firing natural gas and designed for temporary operation with an emergency fuel consisting of fuel oil is equipped with a device which makes use of blowers for delivering air to the burners. The device includes in particular an auxiliary blower for delivering a supplemental air flow to the burners while they are being used for firing fuel oil. No provision is made for recycling of flue gases in the flue-gas removal circuit and the burners are preferably of a tiltable type.

Abstract: A device for suspending a bundle of horizontal tubes in a vertical plane (1), the device comprising pairs (4, 5, 6) of vertical tubes (7, 8) provided with half-fins on their facing sides. The half-fins have a profile including notches of circular shape, having a radius slightly larger than the radius of the tubes in the bundle and being at the same spacing as said tubes, the notches being separated by tongues (16, 18, 20, 17, 19, 21) which project from the vertical tubes by a distance which is long enough to provide good support for the tubes of the bundle and which is short enough to ensure good thermal conduction from their projecting ends to their weld zones on the corresponding vertical tubes.

Abstract: A device for fixing a perforated sheet (8) against the perforated tube plate (1) of a heat exchanger having a bundle of tubes (4, 5), the perforated sheet (8) controlling the rate of fluid flow along the tubes, and the device comprising hollow pins (10) inserted in the ends of some of the tubes (4) and expanded therein, the hollow pins terminating outside the tubes with threaded ends (12) onto which respective nuts (15) are screwed for clamping the perforated sheet against the perforated tube plate, the nuts having heads including respective axial fluid-flow controlling bores (17).

Abstract: An ignition and combustion supporting burner for pulverized solid fossil fuel comprises an axial conduit for feeding the pulverized fuel in a primary combustion supporting gas. The shape of a refractory tap-hole enables the initial part of the flame to be confined. A conduit for feeding tertiary combustion supporting gas is concentric with the tap-hole and partially or totally surrounds it. The burner also incorporates a flame detector device and an igniter in the refractory tap-hole or in the axial conduit. The axial conduit is provided with translation means providing for adjustment of the length of a chamber for preliminary mixing of the fuel and part of the combustion supporting gas comprised between the end of this conduit and the inlet of the tap-hole.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for bending thick metal tubes is disclosed and is characterized in that thermal insulation is disposed inside the heated zone of the tube being bent, and that the thickness of said thermal insulation is great enough to considerably reduce the temperature gradient between the inside and outside surfaces of the tube in said heated zone.

Abstract: A support or fixing device for pipework having walls which are thin relative to its diameter and subjected to large temperature variations and to radial forces. The device comprises: (a) support cradles (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) having an internal profile whose radius of curvature is close to that of the pipework; (b) a rigid half-collar (7) disposed around and spaced from the periphery of the pipework, and having some of the cradles fixed thereto; (c) two arms (5A, 5B) hinged at their ends to the half-collar and having others of the cradles fixed thereto; and (d) a flexible arm clamping device (9) resiliently applying the cradles against the pipework, independently of expansions and radial forces applied to the pipework.

Abstract: This steam separator superheater comprises a horizontal axis cylindrical shell (1) enclosing in its lower portion a steam and moisture separator and in its upper portion a two-stage steam superheater resting on running paths supported half way up the shell by a frame (5). Each stage of the steam superheater is constituted by two bundles of hair-pin bent tubes (15, 16 and 17, 18) supplied with superheat steam from steam chests (43, 44, 45, 46). The upper stage rests on the lower stage. Both stages are inserted into the shell via sleeves (47, 48) outside the shell and extending loading openings made through an end plate (2) of the shell. The upper stage is lifted into position by lifting gear outside the shell (1) acting by means of lifting lines passing through passages (49) in the shell. The passages are closed by caps (51) when the separator superheater is in use.

Abstract: A heat exchanger device for drying and then superheating steam, has a cylindrical casing about a horizontal axis. The casing contains:(a) a bottom admission chamber for wet steam;(b) intermediate separator members (7, 8, 9, 10, 21) for removing water from the wet steam;(c) a top bundle of superheater tubes (11); and(d) wet steam flow channels (15, 17) located on either side of the bundles of superheater tubes. These channels are separated from the admission chamber by a partition (19) extending from one only of the sides of the superheaters in such a manner as to ensure that the wet steam rises in the vicinity of the inside surface of the casing round one side only of the superheaters and then descends round the other side towards the inlet to the separator members (21).