Apparatus for desuperheating high temperature, high velocity steam
US11401891B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF22G5/123
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A desuperheating spray chamber for use in a rocket exhaust recovery system for a nuclear thermal propulsion rocket, including a substantially-cylindrical outer tank with an upper end including an entrance port and two exhaust ports, a substantially-cylindrical shroud extending downwardly from an inner surface of the upper end of the tank, an annular inner spray ring that is both disposed within and concentric with the shroud; and an annular outer spray ring that is disposed between a side wall of the outer tank and the shroud, the annular outer ring being concentric with the shroud.
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