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Natural draft air cooled steam condenser and method

US8235365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Hans-Georg Schrey · Ratingen, DE
Richard Leitz · Hilden, DE
Michel Vouche · Marbais, BE
Philippe Nagel · Wemmel, BE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2009
Grant date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S261/11
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air cooled condenser apparatus has a tubular shell having an open upper end and an open lower end, a ring of tube bundle panels disposed generally vertically and at an angle to each other, with each of the tube bundles having a primary condenser region and a secondary condenser region, and adapted for air flow therethrough to condense fluid in the panels, and configured so that air flow through the panels passes through and exits the open upper end of the shell, and a duct disposed at the ground level of the shell, and a non-condensable extraction system with active or passive devices to control the local rate of the evacuated mixture of non-condensables and attached steam.

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