Patents by Inventor Johann Plotz

Johann Plotz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3932212
    Abstract: Apparatus for depressurizing, degassing and affording decay of weakly radioactive condensates in nuclear power plants having a turbine, and a main condenser turbine wherein exhaust steam of the turbine is condensed and forms a main condensate, and includes a collecting tank for the condensate situated below the condenser. A plurality of horizontal degassing channels, each having a lateral overflow, are disposed in the upper part of the condensate collecting tank and are filled with the main condensate up to the level of the overflow. At least one feedwater preheater which is heated by bleeder steam from the turbine provides a secondary condensate. Below the overflow height of the degassing channels extend horizontal feed pipes for the secondary condensate. The feed pipes are connected to the output of pressure relieving expanding devices and are provided on their underside with discharge openings for the bubbling of the secondary condensate into the main condensate to thereby degass the main condensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: Kraftwerke Union Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Gross, Johann Plotz