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Steam generator on-line efficiency monitor

US4685072A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 2, 1985
Grant dateAug 4, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23N5/003
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for the automatic and continuous determination of the efficiency of a fossil fuel-fired vapor generator for utilization by an automatic load control (88) to control the distribution of the system load among a plurality of generators, wherein various heat losses from various combustion sources are separately determined, the individual losses summed (80) and subtracted (86) from 100 percent to obtain a measure of the vapor generator efficiency.

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