Magaldi Power S.p.a.

Magaldi Industrie S.r.l.

Magaldi Ricerche E Brevetti S.r.l.

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Magaldi Industries S.r.l.

Mario Magaldi

Alberto Carrea

Fulvio Bassetti

Piero Salatino

Rocco Sorrenti

Domenico Casillo

Gennaro De Michele

Roberto Solimene

Giancarlo Cattaneo

Paolo Magaldi

Riccardo Chirone

Gennaro Somma

Paola Ammendola

Daniele Ricci

Franco Donatini

A transport system for high temperature bulk materials in industrial plants, having a plurality of volumetric containers arranged in sequence along a direction of transport and fastened to a movable conveyor belt, which containers have lateral walls which engage mutually to form a continuous transport region.

Belt transport system for high flows of bulk material

A plant for the accumulation and transfer of thermal energy, which plant has an accumulation device of the kind with a bed of fluidizable solid particles. The plant further has for each accumulation device

Plant and method for accumulation of energy in thermal form

A device is disclosed for the storage and transfer of solar thermal energy which includes a casing having a irradiation opening for the entry of incident solar radiation in a irradiation region of the casing. a bed of fluidizable solid particles received within the casing, and a plurality of reflecting and radiating surfaces arranged within the irradiation region and configured to convey the solar radiation entering through the irradiation opening, after multiple reflections, on the bed of particles.

Device for the storage of thermal energy of solar origin based upon multiple reflections

An apparatus for the accumulation and transfer of thermal energy is disclosed including a thermal energy charging device having a bed of fluidizable solid particles received within a casing and acting as heat accumulation means by being exposed to a thermal energy source, heat exchange means operating in counter-current, configured for an exchange of thermal energy between a heated vector mass of the bed particles and an operative fluid, transport means configured for feeding the vector mass of the bed particles from the device to the heat exchange means and for returning part of the vector mass, downstream the heat exchange means, to the device, and a control unit associated with parameter detecting means arranged selected locations of the apparatus to control the flow of the vector mass within the apparatus.

Fluidized bed heat exchanger and method

A device for accumulation and exchange of thermal energy of solar origin is provided. The device includes: a casing which defines an internal compartment and has an irradiation opening configured to allow the entry of concentrated solar radiation, the opening puts in direct communication the inner compartment with the external environment being devoid, in use, of closure or screen means; a bed of fluidizable solid particles, received within the inner compartment of the casing, the bed has an operative region directly exposed to the concentrated solar radiation that enters through the opening, in such a way that the particles of the operative region absorb thermal energy from solar radiation; and fluidization means of the bed of particles, configured to adduce a fluidizing gas into the compartment at the operative region.

High energy-efficient device, system and method for the use of thermal energy of solar origin

A conveyor belt () of closed-path type comprising a plurality of transport plates (), defining a transport surface for the material in a forward run of the conveyor belt itself, which plates are arranged in sequence along a longitudinal transport direction (L), wherein each plate bears a first () and a second () longitudinal end portion thereat, in said forward run, it is respectively superimposed on an adjacent plate arranged upstream of the sequence with respect to the longitudinal transport direction and placed under an adjacent plate arranged downstream in such sequence, or vice versa; and an annular structure () for connecting said plates being arranged, in said forward run, below said plates, wherein at least one of said plates, at said first or second longitudinal portion of superimposing or placing under an adjacent plate, has a cross section with thickness (s) decreased with respect to a remaining portion of the plate itself.

Belt transportation system

A device for storage and exchange of thermal energy of solar origin, which device is configured to receive a concentrated solar radiation using an optical system of 'beam down' type, which device comprises: &#x2014;a containment casing which defines an internal compartment and has an upper opening configured to allow entry of the concentrated solar radiation, which opening puts in direct communication the internal compartment with the external environment having no closure or screen means; &#x2014;a bed of fluidizable solid particles, received within the internal compartment, which bed has an irradiated operative region directly exposed, in use, to the concentrated solar radiation that enters through said opening and a heat accumulation region adjacent to said operative region; &#x2014;fluidization elements of the bed of particles, configured to feed fluidization air within the compartment, which fluidization means is configured to determine different fluid-dynamic regimens in the operative region and in the accumulation region, based upon different fluidization speeds, wherein, in use, the particles of the operative region absorb thermal energy from the solar radiation and they give it to the particles of the accumulation region.

Energy-efficient high level device, plant and method for the use of thermal energy of solar origin

A transport system for the transport of combustion waste, comprising:&#x2014;a belt conveyor for transporting the waste, arranged at the bottom of a combustion chamber and apt to transport the waste onto a transport surface () movable along a longitudinal direction of advancement; and&#x2014;side boards () for containing the waste in a transport region (), arranged above said transport surface, ratably connected to a casing of the conveyor and bearing wearable members () apt to establish a sliding seal with lateral fins () of the movable transport surface of the conveyor belt, so that the transported material be confined in the transport region defined by said movable transport surface and by said boards bearing the wearable members.

Plant for dry conveying of slag and / or heterogenous materials

A secondary optical system to increase efficiency in collecting solar radiation concentrated by primary mirrors in 'beam-down' plant configurations is described. Such secondary optical system is formed at least by two reflectors&#x2014;preferably in form of plane mirrors arranged at different heights&#x2014;oriented to associate to each of them a sub-section of a primary field of heliostats. The secondary reflectors&#x2014;each one associated to a different primary focus F(i=1, . . . , n) corresponding to a sub-set of primary concentrators&#x2014;allow concentration of solar rays towards a single secondary focus F

System of secondary reflectors with high level of efficiency for storage and use of energy from a solar source

A device for storage and conveyance of thermal energy for an energy production system apt to receive solar radiation and based on the use of a modular fluidizable granular bed and a heat exchanger associated thereto is described.

Device and method for storage and transfer of thermal energy originated from solar radiation based on fluidization of a bed of particles

The present invention relates to a cooling system for dry extraction of heavy bottom ash output from furnaces for solid fuel during storing step at hopper, characterized by suitable air intakes (), placed on the sidewalls of the hopper () at the hopper bottom, through which a controlled amount of cooling air passes sucked up in the combustion chamber () by the depression value therein, capable to achieve an uniform and balanced distribution system for such air during storing step at hopper () which optimizes the cooling of the falling ash, leaving the total amount of the air entering the furnace unchanged. The distribution header of the intakes () is connected to the extractor environment () by the lid () through a suitable conduit () provided with automated valve () being open during the storing step allowing the cooling air through to pass said intakes () placed on the sidewalls of the hopper (). A more efficient cooling may be obtained by any addition of water input by nozzles () suitably placed within the hopper (). The water amount may be adjusted such that the ash cooling improvement function is actuated without humidifying it.

Cooling system for dry extraction of heavy bottom ash for furnaces during the storing step at the hopper

Device for recovering fines constituted by a dragging conveyor/loop elevator equipped with scrapers/collecting cups () moved by a catenary link according to a closed path and associated to a plate conveyor supported by chains or metallic belt, which conveyor is equipped with pendula/pushers hinged to the transport plates themselves.

Device for recovering fines and related method

The present invention is about a conveyor plant for pyrites, other foreign materials like metal parts and occasionally ground solid fossil fuel, coming from the grinding mills of the solid fossil fuel, substantially comprising an open or enclosed metal container () inside which a metal conveyor belt () is disposed. The conveyor receives the material to be conveyed from the pyrites storage tanks () of each mill, through interception valves () and vibrating feeders () or directly from gravity discharge channels. Any spontaneous ignition of the conveyed material is controlled by a putting out system with water nozzles () or inert gas or steam admission nozzles () according to the plant configurations. The pyrites and the ground solid fossil fuel are collected in a stockage silo (), it too provided with an inert gas or steam putting out system. For the storage tanks () a gas or steam inertization system is provided as well.

Dry mechanical conveyor plant for pyrites and coal dust

The present invention discloses an automatic plant and a method of stockage in a covered yard of petcoke fuel with high humidity-contents, natural dehumidification up to set humidity values and subsequent reuptake for conveyance to the silos feeding a thermal unit.

Automatic system of storage, dehumidification and reuptake of petcoke in a covered yard

The present invention is about a process for treating all the ashes produced by a coal dust boiler (), able to reduce the total unburnt matter content, to increase the combustion efficiency of the boiler (), and to have the light ashes as the only waste arising from the coal combustion. In particular, said process provides for the extraction of the heavy ashes () from the boiler bottom (), the ashes coming from the hoppers of the economizers () and the fraction of light ash richer of unburnt matter coming from the filters () used to collect the dust from the flue gas; said ashes are mixed in a silo (), proportioned and transferred in one or more feeders () of the coal mills (), and reintroduced in the boiler () after being mixed with the coal through the burners ().

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Salerno, Italy

Mario Magaldi