Kablitz Grate Systems
Kablitz Grate Systems
Kablitz Grate Systems
for a
Clean Environment
for the
Future
Reciprocating grates
Overthrust grates
Post-combustion grates
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Richard Kablitz
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Reciprocating grates
The universal grate system for virtually all fuel types is insensitive to foreign matter
and provides cost-efficient operation and maintenance.
As fuel costs rise, the economic efficiency of energy production becomes increasingly important. The focus is on
resource-efficient firing concepts which are not only able to adapt to the available fuels but which, at the same
Ideal for:
time, convert the fuel energy into useful heat as efficiently as possible.
KABLITZ reciprocating grates ensure excellent and versatile stoking. This is achieved with the staircase-like
sectional layout and movement of the grate bars. In the special grate types both the grate bar design and the
control of grate movement in the individual grate sections are adapted to the designated fuel properties.
P Wood chips
P Bark
P Waste wood (MDF, OSB, chipboards)
P Used wood (A I - A IV)
P Rice husks
P Olive pits
P Lignite
P Milled peat, Block peat
separately
Advantages:
21,000 kJ/kg
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2
minute is possible
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Reciprocating grates
Reference project
Ideal for:
P Barks
P Sawdust
P Briquettes
P Organic waste
P Lignite
P Milled peat
P Brown coal
The grate bars of the consecutive rows rise in the direction of fuel flow and are
arranged like overlapping scales. The grate bars in each row are close together and are equipped with self-cleaning air nozzles. Depending on the over-
Technical data:
all length of the grate, the moving grate bar rows are driven either simultane-
ously or in sections. The number and the length of the strokes in each grate
Given the high moisture level of the fuel and the spatial restrictions in the
above example, the Type 400 system is used as a drying grate. Due to the
horizontal alignment, the fuel spends a relatively long period of time on this
flat grate, which also explains why it is dried so effectively. The additional drop
edge downstream of the horizontal section turns the fuel again so that complete burn-out is achieved on the subsequent sloping grate.
In order to supply the Thai province Udon Thani with green energy in the future, our
customer planned and constructed a power station to use the energy from rice husks
and wood chippings.
For maximum flexibility in terms of fuel type, the top third of the robust and versatile
Type 415 solution was modified by altering the angle of inclination. With this change in
inclination, particularly dry and easy-to-ignite fuel can be transported faster into the
main combustion zone. This effect is enhanced by the use of grate bars with a new
geometrical design to improve stoking and to enable transport of the necessary volume of fuel.
By combining both firing concepts, we achieved an ideal result for the customer: moist
fuel has enough time to dry, degas and burn out on the long grate. With the optimised
grate geometry, dry fuels are quickly transported to the main combustion zone where
they are completely combusted.
Overthrust grates
Type 116 SW/SL The sloping grate with air or water cooling
The standardised grate system for fuels with low heat values
unique by its stoking effect.
Richard Kablitz developed the first overthrust grate, the universal high-performance furnace back in 1921. This
product, a replacement for the then common travelling grate, was designed for fuels with particularly low heat
values, such as brown coal, peat and waste wood. The key advantage of this system was the mechanical stoking
effect of the grate. The overthrust motion of the individual grate bars allows more air to reach the fuel bed, thus
considerably improving drying, degassing and burn-out. This ensures optimum combustion of even coarse and
very moist fuels, which ultimately helps to cut fuel costs in the long term.
The stoking principle differs from that of the reciprocating grate. Every parallel position of grate bars forms an
Ideal for:
approx. 1 m long grate section. In every section row, one fixed and one horizontally movable grate bar are
P Block peat
P Brown coal
P Pellets made from a variety
of base materials
P Oil shale
P Bagasse
P Empty fruit bunches (EFB),
Palm shells
arranged side by side in pairs. As with the reciprocating grate, the horizontal moving grate bars are driven by
front-arranged hydraulic cylinders via a carrier frame system mounted on roller bearings. The first sections have
a drive that is separate from the other sections. Movement of the grate can be individually controlled by altering
cylinder, and the primary air can be regulated in sections. In combination with
the good stoking effect, this ensures
separately
post-combustion grate.
separately
Advantages:
u Wide field of application for a heat value of
This drawing shows a cast-iron, watercooled grate beam with teeth to support and guide the grate bars. The
inserted, exchangeable sliding plates
default
minute is possible
max. 65%
Overthrust grates
Reference Project
Post-combustion grates
This downstream grate section improves the efficiency by ensuring complete combustion of the fuels.
The flat grate bars, 560 or 660 mm in length, mounted on rollers on a cast-iron frame system, are hydraulically
extended at the necessary intervals to discharge the ash. The time intervals can be regulated manually following
inspection of the burn-out or set automatically in case of homogenous fuels.
Type 116 SW-200 Overthrust firing system for Empty Fruit Bunches
from the palm oil industry (EFB)
The owner of the worlds largest plantation of oil palms set up a biomass power station
in Pahang in Malaysia to generate an electrical output of 12.5 MW. Of this, 10.0 MW
is fed into the national power grid and the rest is used to meet the operators
production requirements. Each year 32,000 t of biomass is to be converted into
electrical energy. The raw material comes from the nearby palm oil factories.
In order to burn the moist EFB, the water-cooled grate uses primary air heated
to 220C to evaporate the water in the fuel. The grate bars are prevented from
overheating by water cooling. The fuel is turned over and stoked by the overthrust
motion. Together with the 4 primary air zones, which can be controlled independently of each other, the air supply can be optimally adapted to the fuel properties.
Depending on the moisture content, the time spent on the grate can be regulated
by changing the number of strokes.
The overthrust grate together with the secondary combustion grate provides an
ideal solution for the agricultural fuel, EFB. The moist fuel is pre-dried by the hot
primary air and continually turned over via the stoking movement. Should extremely
wet fuel fractions not burn completely on the inclined section of the grate, they
remain on the secondary combustion grate until they have burnt out, too.
A firing efficiency of > 97 % is achieved for the entire fuel feedstock.
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as versatile as nature!
Untreated wood
Industrial wood
A I - A IV waste wood
Rice husks
Energy crops
Exotic biomass
Service
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plant:
Boiler plants
Heat recovery
Cast-iron gilled heat exchangers
Glass tube heat exchangers
Commissioning and commissioning
support
Plant optimization
Emission measurements
Service
Customized casting
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