Moisture separator/heater
US8657911B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF22G3/006
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A moisture separator/heater, including a cylindrical main shell, a moisture separator that removes moisture in steam to be heated that flows in through the bottom of the main shell, a heater disposed above the moisture separator in the main shell, and restricting members disposed in a heating space to sandwich a tube bundle side plate with an outer rail to restrict rounded-back deformation thereof and satisfy an expression of 0.2≦L1/L and L2/L≦0.4, L represents total length of a straight tube portion, L1 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a steam heating header to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the steam heating header is present, and L2 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a curved tube portion to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the curved tube portion is present.
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