Downdraft boiler with turbulators
US7013843B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F1/40
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A downdraft boiler has a ceramic burner plate overlying a horizontal-tube heat exchanger at least the upper tubes of which each have an internal turbulator preventing premature vaporization of the water traversing the heat exchanger. The turbulator can consist of a twisted metal strip whose edges lie along helices.
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