Drum Patents (Class 122/257)
  • Patent number: 5295457
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for use with a heat source for heating a vaporized liquid includes a housing composed of at least two essentially cuboid chambers that lie opposite one another and are connected to one another by at least one inclined pipe and has an arrangement for filling the housing with a vaporized liquid to an adjustable level. Preferably, a plurality of pipes are provided, which are arranged in vertically-extending planes, with the pipes of adjacent planes sloping in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Rational Grosskuechentechnik Service GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Gumienny, Jaroslav Klouda, Franz Koch
  • Patent number: 4262637
    Abstract: A pair of parallel fluid flow connected steam-water drums and associated piping for natural or assisted circulation steam generators including downcomer pipes for receiving water from the drums and being disposed below and in equispaced relationship with the drums. A plurality of supply tubes for connecting the downcomer pipes with each drum, the supply tubes being equally divided between the drums; and a plurality of riser tubes for delivering a steam-water mixture to the drums, the riser tubes being equally divided between the drums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventor: Murray Wiener