Patent · US Expired

Blowdown device for steam power plants

US4399082A · kind A · utility

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14References

8Claims

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Assignee

Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Manfred Becker · Leverkusen, DE
Klaus Melchior · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leonhard Slegers · Bethesda, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 1981
Grant date	Aug 16, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S261/10
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Blowdown device for steam power plants includes a tube extending into a volume of water, the tube being formed with a multiplicity of holes having a substantially uniform diameter for introducing, into the water, steam that is flowing in the tube, the holes being disposed in rows spaced one from another a distance equal to at least 2.5 times the diameter of the holes.

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