Incineration plant with heat insulating layer on the wet slag

Abstract

An incinerator including a wet slag remover for discharging combustion residues that includes a tank configured to provide a water bath having a water surface adapted to receive the combustion residues. A heat insulation layer is configured to float on the water surface. The heat insulation layer includes a plurality floating bodies that are movable relative to one another.

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         17 . An incinerator comprising a wet slag remover for discharging combustion residues, the wet slag remover comprising:
 a tank configured to provide a water bath with a water surface adapted to receive the combustion residues; and   a heat insulation layer configured to float on the water surface, the heat insulation layer including a plurality floating bodies that are movable relative to one another.   
     
     
         18 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17  wherein each of the floating bodies are rotatable about at least one axis of rotation. 
     
     
         19 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17  wherein the floating bodies include a thermal emissivity E between 0 and 0.96. 
     
     
         20 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17  wherein the floating bodies include refractory materials. 
     
     
         21 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17  wherein the floating bodies are hollow bodies. 
     
     
         22 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies include porous material. 
     
     
         23 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies include metal. 
     
     
         24 . The incinerator recited in  claim 23 , wherein the floating bodies include high-grade steel. 
     
     
         25 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies include ceramic. 
     
     
         26 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies include temperature resistant plastics material. 
     
     
         27 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies include glass. 
     
     
         28 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies have an outside surface and include a reflective coating disposed on the outside surface. 
     
     
         29 . The incinerator recited in  claim 17 , wherein the floating bodies are spherical. 
     
     
         30 . A method of discharging combustion materials from an incinerator into a wet slag remover, the method comprising:
 providing an incinerator including a wet slag remover including a tank providing a water bath having a water surface adapted to receive combustion residues;   providing a plurality of floating bodies on the water surface so as to form a heat insulation layer on the water surface, the floating bodies being movable relative to one another;   burning solids so as to form the combustion residues;   discharging the combustion residues into the wet slag remover such that the combustion residues penetrate the heat insulation layer before entering the water bath.   
     
     
         31 . The method recited in  claim 30 , wherein each of the floating bodies are rotatable about at least one axis of rotation. 
     
     
         32 . The method recited in  claim 30 , wherein the floating bodies are moved as the combustion residue penetrates the heat insulation layer. 
     
     
         33 . The method recited in  claim 32 , wherein after penetration of the combustion residue, the floating bodies move so as to reform the heat insulation layer on the water surface.