For Plural Fluids Patents (Class 122/235.16)
  • Patent number: 9476585
    Abstract: A water-cooling U-valve is composed of a downcomer (1), a riser (2), and a return chute (3), which are sequentially connected. An intermediate partition (4) is disposed between the downcomer (1) and the riser (2), the lower parts of the downcomer (1) and the riser (2) are interconnected. A material returning partition (5) is disposed between the riser (2) and the return chute (3), the upper parts of the riser (2) and the return chute (3) are interconnected. The casing of U-valve comprises membrane walls, the inside of the membrane walls are laid with refractory. Some water-cooling tubes of the membrane walls extend into the inside of the U-valve, forming the water cooing intermediate partition (4) and material returning partition (5). The headers (40, 50) are connected with the headers (33, 13) formed by some water-cooling tubes of membrane walls by connecting tubes (7, 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qinggang Lu, Yunkai Sun, Ming Gao, Shaolin Bao, Shiyuan Li, Dongyu Wang, Yongjie Na
  • Patent number: 8220529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a condensing boiler supplying both heating water and hot water, which can use a double pipe as a sensible heat exchanger, instead of the use of an indirect heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes: a sensible heat exchanger; and a latent heat exchanger made by connecting a plurality of unit heat exchangers to define exhaust gas pathway, each unit heat exchanger being manufactured in such a manner that three plates having a convexo-concave shape are stacked on one another to define a heating water pathway and a hot water pathway to be adjacent to each other in order to increase a heat transfer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 8113153
    Abstract: A return temperature stabilizer assembly or metering means is provided for a boiler that facilitates the mixing of cooler, inlet return fluid with the heated fluid within the boiler chamber whereby the temperature striations within the boiler chamber are reduced or eliminated, and wherein the temperature stabilizer assembly is modular in design, and therefore capable of easily accommodating boilers of differing sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mestek, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Holt, Thomas Neill
  • Publication number: 20100077968
    Abstract: A heat transfer system having a a radiant source, a first heat exchanger configured to permit a first fluid to flow therethrough, and a thermal shield configured to provide controlled radiative heat from the radiant source to the first exchanger. The radiant source is a flame. The thermal shield is a second heat exchanger configured to permit a second fluid to flow therethrough or a non-contact thermal shield fabricated from a material arranged to provide controlled radiative heat exposure from the radiant source to the first exchanger. Oxy/coal combustion systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Reed Jacob Hendershot, Xiaoyi He, Jeffrey William Kloosterman, Michael Joseph Hibay, Aleksandar Georgi Slavejkov
  • Patent number: 7017529
    Abstract: A boiler system including a first manifold, a second manifold provided at an elevation above the first manifold, and a heat exchanger conduit fluidly connecting the first and second manifolds. The conduit is provided within a first fluid flow, and the heat exchanger conduit receives a second fluid. A thermocouple is provided within the second manifold to measure a temperature of the second fluid within the second manifold. A control unit is provided to maintain a level of liquid phase of the second fluid such that liquid phase of the second fluid does not enter the second manifold based on the temperature measured by the thermocouple. The boiler system can be provided with first and second conduits, where the second conduit is provided within the first fluid flow downstream of the first conduit, and where the first and second conduits are inclined with respect to a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: H2GEN Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin D. Lomax, Jr., Thomas J. Heffernan, Khalil M. Nasser, John S. Lettow
  • Patent number: 6588379
    Abstract: A steam generator system incorporates multiple processes, either in series or independently and with each process having a process fluid associated therewith, to transfer heat between a common working fluid and the process fluids in order to generate steam from the working fluid. The heat transfer may be controlled by controlling the flow of the working fluid to further regulate and control the generation of steam and/or the individual processes themselves. The generator system includes a vessel and may optionally have baffles located within the vessel to separate the flow of working fluid into a recirculation system to facilitate in the overall operation of the system. The working fluid must be capable of forming steam and preferably consists essentially of water. Straight tubes, plate-type heat exchange surfaces having a common boiling fluid stream, U-tubes, helical tubes, and/or curved tubes may be used as heat exchange means for transferring heat between the working fluid and the process fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: BWX Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Billy E. Bingham, Stephen W. Scoles, Ronald C. Watson
  • Publication number: 20030089317
    Abstract: A bendable hard type water tube includes a first tube with one end installed with a first seat, a second tube having one end installed with a second seat, a first buckle, a second buckle, a rotary shaft installed between the second buckle and the first buckle, a third buckle, an elastic body. The lateral sides of the first buckle, second buckle and third buckle are formed with a plurality of teeth. A resisting portion is installed on the press and resists against the third buckle. When a force is applied to the press, the angle between the first tube and second tube can be changed. When the press is released, the first tube is buckled with the second tube so as to change the direction of water flow to match the requirement of spraying water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Gordon Chih
  • Publication number: 20030024488
    Abstract: A steam generator system incorporates multiple processes, either in series or independently and with each process having a process fluid associated therewith, to transfer heat between a common working fluid and the process fluids in order to generate steam from the working fluid. The heat transfer may be controlled by controlling the flow of the working fluid to further regulate and control the generation of steam and/or the individual processes themselves. The generator system includes a vessel and may optionally have baffles located within the vessel to separate the flow of working fluid into a recirculation system to facilitate in the overall operation of the system. The working fluid must be capable of forming steam and preferably consists essentially of water. Straight tubes, plate-type heat exchange surfaces having a common boiling fluid stream, U-tubes, helical tubes, and/or curved tubes may be used as heat exchange means for transferring heat between the working fluid and the process fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Billy E. Bingham, Stephen W. Scoles, Ronald C. Watson