In a WALKING BEAM FURNACE (Fuel: Natural Gas), HOT AIR should
enter the furnace at Temp. = 450 ˚C.
There's a safety that if the incoming air Temp. is higher than 450 ˚C, the BLEEDING
VALVE opens and releases all the hot air out before it enters to furnace zones.
The problem is: That bleeding system doesn't work properly
although the bleeding valve is 95% open. After analyzing this problem, we found
that there's a poor design for the piping after the bleeding valve downstream
the chimney. Poor design is represented in sharp bending angles at two positions
of the piping system (Bend angle = 90 ˚) which may obstacle the hot air flow to
the chimney.
There's a suggestion to remove the welding at the two positions
and re-weld again after correcting the bend angle.
Another suggestion is to install a small suction unit at the chimney to suck
the hot air out.
Which of the two suggestions
do you recommend? Why?
New suggestions are warmly Welcomed
Thank you.