FURNACE FOR BURNING SOLID FUEL Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: heat-power engineering; furnaces for burning solid fuel at release of chemically bound energy. SUBSTANCE: proposed furnace includes furnace chamber, fixed fire grate located in this chamber, slag bin located in lower portion of furnace chamber, unit intended for delivery of solid fuel and connected with furnace chamber and vertical fuel bin connected with fuel supply unit; unit for delivery of fuel to furnace chamber is made in form of rod provided with drive for performing reciprocating motion along its axis; fuel supply unit is connected with furnace chamber through metering device; fire grate is provided with unit for forced mixing of fuel and removal of slag; cross section of fuel bin is widening downwards. EFFECT: possibility of automatic control and maintenance of optimal characteristics of fuel burning process; enhanced efficiency. 5 cl, 2 dwg