Direct contact liquid heater and heating method
US4527514A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S60/915
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A direct contact water heater for heating water by the hot exhaust gases from a torpedo propulsion engine by imparting a swirl velocity to the exhaust gases and injecting water into the swirling exhaust gases to form the water into droplets which by the swirl velocity are centrifuged into a liquid annulus in a mixing chamber and with the exhaust gases flowing centrally thereof to an outlet. Structure at an end of the mixing chamber withdraws water from the liquid annulus for use.
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