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Discharge conduits of steam generators and the like

US4166477A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1976
Grant dateSep 4, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 25, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/9464
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides, at the end of a pipe which extends a valve being part of an exhausting device for pressure-relieving a pressurized fluid, a nozzle which is exactly at the input of a hood, the convergent portion of said nozzle reducing its exit section so as to make it substantially double the maximum passageway section through the valve.

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