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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 1992
Date of Patent:
April 19, 1994
Assignee:
Destec Engineering, Inc.
Inventors:
Marvin L. Hansen, Jr., Jesse D. Frederick