Heat exchange – With first fluid holder or collector open to second fluid
Patent
1981-04-27
1983-05-03
Davis, Jr., Albert W.
Heat exchange
With first fluid holder or collector open to second fluid
62305, 62310, 165DIG1, F28B 102, F28B 106
Patent
active
043818170
ABSTRACT:
A wet/dry steam condenser in accordance with the present invention includes two spaced-apart, vertically aligned groups of heat pipes with each group having the lower, evaporator sections of their respective heat pipes exposed to the interior of an associated, longitudinally extending steam-receiving plenum. The upper, condensing section of each heat pipe is provided with fin structures and can be selectively cooled by a fan-induced air flow and/or deluge water supplied from either a flood water trough and/or a spray-head assembly.
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patent: 3885936 (1975-05-01), Limebeer
patent: 3887666 (1975-06-01), Heller et al.
patent: 4149588 (1979-04-01), Waters
patent: 4226282 (1980-10-01), Kunzagi et al.
Bow William J.
Brigida Carlo J.
Davis Jr. Albert W.
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation
Kice Warren B.
Naigur Marvin A.
Wilson John E.
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