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7434546 Steam generator loose parts collector weir  
A loose parts collection weir that is a nearly cylindrical structure that is integrally attached to the lower deck plate or sludge collector top plate of a steam generator to retain loose parts...
7434545 Water heater and method of operating the same  
A gas water heater device includes a combustion chamber for providing a gas flow, a pipe assembly, and a heat exchanger disposed over the combustion chamber including a plurality of thermal...
RE40307 Inlet baffle for water heater  
A baffle for slowing the incoming water flow into a booster heating tank so that the turbulence in the water tank is minimized. The baffle consists of an inner cap and outer cap which are...
7314024 Steam generator comprising an emergency feed water device  
The steam generator ( 1 ) comprises a first normal feed water device ( 8 ) and a second emergency feed water device ( 16 ) of the steam generator, comprising, respectively, a first toroidal header...
7267083 Condensing heat exchanger with double bundle of tubes  
The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a pair of tube bundles ( 21, 31 ) through which the fluid to be heated flows, one primary bundle ( 21 ) surrounding a cylindrical burner ( 40 )...
7232471 Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system comprising the same  
A hydrogen generator comprises a burner for generating a combustion gas, a reformer provided around the burner to generate a reformed gas containing hydrogen by a steam reforming reaction based on...
7140328 Miniature vaporizers for use with chemical converters and energy devices  
A miniature vaporizer for effectively vaporizing a process fluid (e.g., a liquid media) in small energy system applications, such as systems employing chemical reformers and fuel cells. The...
7000571 Heat exchanger, and in particular a steam generator having a convex bottom  
The steam generator ( 1 ) comprises an outer casing ( 2 ) with an axis ( 8 ) that is in a vertical disposition when the heat exchanger is in service, a bundle of tubes having straight portions that...
6971335 Water heater  
A water heater is provided in which neutralization process of drain is not required and an excellent heat efficiency is achieved. A route of exhaust gas which is passing through the main heat...
6948453 Hydrocarbon cracking  
A method for controlling fouling of a heat exchanger that operates downstream of a cracking furnace by injecting liquid water upstream of the heat exchanger.
6914955 Heat exchanger tube support structure  
A support plate for retaining tube array spacing within a heat exchanger tube and shell structure. The support plate having a plurality of individual tube receiving apertures formed therein. Each...
6907846 Condensing gas boiler having structure of preventing corrosion caused by using heterogeneous metal  
A condensing gas boiler having a corrosion prevention structure of preventing corrosion caused by using heterogeneous metal is provided, which includes a casing provided with a combustion chamber...
6810837 Apparatus and methods for controlling flow in BWR steam dryers  
A flow control apparatus for a boiling water nuclear reactor steam dryer is provided. The steam dryer includes at least one discharge plenum. In an exemplary embodiment, the flow control apparatus...
6604492 Vaporizer  
A vaporizer is provided for delivering vapor streams such as high purity streams to a processing destination, such as a wafer processing chamber. The vaporizer includes a heated base having one or...
6516754 Convective heating system for liquid storage tank  
A heating system for heating liquids, stored in a tank at low ambient temperature, has a heating chamber with an inlet and an outlet for convectively flowing liquid past a flameless heater. Cold...
6494169 Evaporator and method for manufacturing same  
An evaporator which is small, light and whose activating time is short. The evaporator has an atomizer for atomizing a fluid being supplied into a conduit for the fluid to be heated in a plate type...
6435139 Waste heat boiler for cooling hot syngas  
A waste heat boiler for cooling hot syngas in heat exchange with water under boiling pressure, consists of an outer pressure shell ( 1 ) having a water space ( 2 ) filled with boiling water up to a...
6394042 Gas fired tube and shell heat exchanger  
A gas fired tube and shell heat exchanger directs a flame directly into an inlet end of the tube bundle and the flame and exhaust are drawn through the tube bundle by an induced draft blower...
6283068 Air-heated/hot-water type vaporizer and air-heated/hot-water type gas producing plant  
The present invention provides an air-heated/hot-water vaporizer having a very high thermal efficiency and which is easy to handle for a long period of time. Hot water supplied to the inner tube 24...
6235235 System for extracting sodium metal from sodium hydroxide and a reductant of natural gas  
An apparatus and system for its use for a continuous production on an alkali metal, preferably sodium metal, by a reduction of the metal hydroxide with methane or natural gas as a reductant. The...
6199515 Baffles for water heaters  
A water heater baffle having an inlet and an outlet for the passage of water therethrough, the baffle being arranged to force the water entering the baffle through a labyrinth before exiting the...
6173680 Steam generator comprising an improved feedwater supply device  
The steam generator comprises a cylindrical outer jacket (2) arranged with its axis vertical, a bundle wrapper (4) arranged coaxially with respect to the outer jacket and a space (9) in which feed...
6032616 Rapid response hot water heater  
A hot water heater for generating substantial instantaneous hot water by positioning a plurality of burners adjacent one end of a heat transfer section. The heat transfer section includes an...
5975030 Low-pressure feedwater preheater  
A low-pressure feedwater preheater or heater in power station plants, heated with bleed steam and having a two-pass tube bundle of the tube sheet type of construction, has a carrier design for the...
5838083 Device for breaking eddies at a surface submerged by a turbulent flow  
A device for use with surfaces submerged in and moving in relation to a gas or liquid to eliminate surface flutter. Such flutter is caused by turbulence in the form of eddies formed in the gas or...
5711257 Sleeved boiler-reactor  
A sleeved boiler-reactor provides enhanced nucleate boiling and reduced risk of film-boiling within boiling tubes of the boiler-reactor, in the same manner as prior boiler-reactors of seam-welded...
5687675 Device for vaporizing the diphasic mixture of a cooling circuit during a depressurizing procedure  
Vaporizing device connected to a cooling circuit. In particular, it includes a receptacle (28) traversed by heat exchange tubes (26) which unite two pipes connected to a hot branch (3) and a cold...
5549078 Device for superheating steam  
The present invention relates to a heating device for submersion within a tank of water to boil the water to produce steam, and for superheating the steam, comprising an outer sleeve; an inner...
5419391 Steam generator with axial flow preheater  
An improved heat exchanger utilizing a primary heated fluid to vaporize a secondary fluid flowing axially therethrough including a preheater assembly located within a cold leg side of the heat...
5396948 Heat exchanger, in which the supply of secondary fluid takes place in the upper part by means of an overflow  
In a heat exchanger such as a steam generator equipping a nuclear power station the secondary fluid is injected into the upper part of an annular space (30) formed between an outer envelope (10)...
5357906 Submersible liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger  
A single port, internal liquid heat exchange assembly for heating domestic water from a free-standing, low pressure wood fired boiler. A threaded manifold fastener retains the assembly in...
5347959 Steam generator supplied with secondary water from the bottom part  
The secondary water supply for a steam generator is provided by a toroidal or semitoroidal collector (38) placed in the bottom of the annular recirculation space (32) of the generator, in a larger...
5335629 Preheating steam generator  
In a preheating steam generator, the secondary water is introduced into a preheating space (34) by deformable extensions (52) from inverted J tubes (50) fixed to a semi-torroidal supply collector...
5329886 Steam generator  
This patent discloses a secondary fluid supply system for a steam generator used in nuclear reactor power plants. The secondary fluid supply system comprises a secondary fluid (feedwater) inlet...
5323736 Steam generator with device for the distribution of feed water and recirculation water in the secondary part  
In a steam generator or boiler used in a nuclear reactor, the secondary water is supplied via at least one pipe (48) issuing directly into the bottom of an annular recirculation space (32) formed...
5307802 High efficiency steam generator  
A steam generator having two vaporization chambers filled with molten metal salts for sequential flash evaporation of preheated atomized water through multiple vaporization tubes in said respective...
5259341 Hydro injection steam generator  
A hydro injection system for generating steam from the heat exchanged between a stream of hot combustion gases and a countercurrent flow of warm water sprays which contact hot tubes transporting...
5251575 Installation for cooling hot, dust-charged gas in a steam generator, and a process for operating said installation  
The installation comprises a steam generator, which consists of a first heat exchanger (50) and two second heat generators (53, 54). The first heat exchanger (50) is a radiant heat exchanger, in...
5199486 Coated heat exchanger for humidifier  
A heat exchange humidifier for generation of steam-to-steam or fluid-to-steam humidity may include at least one steam tube in a heat exchanger array which may be coated with a non-stick surface...
5110538 Preheating steam generator  
In a preheating steam generator, the feed water is distributed in a feed space (34) by inverted J-shaped tubes (50), so as to mix with the recirculation water passing out of the water-steam...
5094803 Steam generator  
A steam generator utilized for a liquid-metal coolant reactor comprises an outer shell body in which an electromagnetic pump is arranged. The electromagnetic pump comprises a hollow cylindrical...
5083529 Steam generator with ring header, particularly for a nuclear power station  
A steam generator for a PWR comprise a pressure vessel having an upper portion forming a steam chamber and a bundle of U-shaped exchange tubes within the vessel. A feed-water ring header is located...
5067446 Apparatus for degassing and heating water  
An apparatus for degassing and heating water by means of steam comprises a column (1) with packing bodies (2) arranged therein, with a distributor (12) arranged at the column head for the water to...
5046436 Apparatus and method for the preheating of liquid wastes in a waste disposal process  
An apparatus for the preheating of liquid waste having a heated sealed container, a liquid waste tank, a jacket positioned around the sealed container so as to form a heat exchange region between...
5042433 Device for stabilizing the tubes of the bundle of a steam generator having anti-vibration bars  
Arranged on the hemispherical dome forming the upper part of the bundle of the steam generator is a structure consisting of bows (16) in the form of a portion of a ring and connecting hoops (18)....
4983353 Novel passive approach to protecting the primary containment barrier formed by the intermediate heat exchanger from the effects of an uncontrolled sodium water reaction  
In a steam generator utilized with a liquid sodium cooled nuclear reactor, provision is made to vent the violent sodium water reaction emanating from a tube rupture casualty. The steam generator...
4967699 Steam generator  
Steam generators are used in pressurized water-cooled nuclear reactors for generating steam which issues from the generator through a large bore steam outlet. Heat-exchange tubes through which feed...
4905630 Method and apparatus for renewing a vertically disposed steam generator, in particular in nuclear power plants  
A vertically disposed steam generator includes a pressure vessel containing: a tube plate, chambers, a bundle of U-shaped bent heating tubes with supporting anchors, a steam trap above the heating...
4864970 Clean steam generator and method  
A process and apparatus for producing clean steam by placing impure steam in heat exchange relationship with clean water but physically separated therefrom to produce superheated clean water and...
4852524 Gas fired water heater  
A novel semi-instantaneous, modulating and condensing gas fired water heating system having a very high dynamic response for supplying potable water on demand at a substantially constant,...