Patent · US Expired

Fin tube distribution nozzle

US4050634A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 1976
Grant dateSep 27, 1977
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Expiry dateMay 20, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F25/06
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spray nozzle with a discharge surface defined by the formula X = .+-. 0.875D-t-0.5y- .sqroot.0.75Dy, with D being the outside diameter of a connected heat exchanger tube, and t being the thickness of such heat exchanger tube, does not create sufficient back pressure to destroy the thin film layer of liquid flowing down the inside of such heat exchanger tube.

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