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Condenser inserts

US3989104A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 1972
Grant dateNov 2, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 13, 1992

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S165/913
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved insert for a vertical tube condenser comprising a trunk having a plurality of upward extending branches of different lengths formed to have a dense uniform pattern of pick-off points over the tube surface so as to effectively pick-off, by capillary action, the great part of the condensate and to maintain a relatively thin average thickness of condensate on the surface.

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