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Methods and apparatuses for muffling power plant steam exhaust

US5304748A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 1992
Grant dateApr 19, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E20/14
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for muffling steam exhausted from a power plant, in one aspect, the method including flowing the steam into and through a submerged hollow pipe having a plurality of holes spaced apart along it and one or more water eduction tubes through which, due to the effect of the flowing steam, water is sucked into the hollow pipe.

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