F22B 37/26
Steam-separating arrangements
F22B37/26 (Steam-separating arrangements) appears on 208 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F22B- Granted patents
- 208
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 432
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F22B 37/32Using centrifugal force71
- F22B 37/266Separator reheaters41
- F22B 37/30Using impingement against baffle separators25
- F22B 37/28Involving reversal of direction of flow21
- F22B 37/268Specially adapted for steam generators of nuclear power plants17
- F22B 37/261Specially adapted for boiler drums13
- F22B 37/263Valves with water separators7
- F22B 37/265Apparatus for washing and purifying steam6
Recent patents
- Continuous flow steam boiler utilising seawater as feedstock13 Jan 2026US 12,523,370 B2
- Steam generator, in particular for ovens12 Aug 2025US 12,385,634 B2I.R.C.A. S.P.A. Industria Resistenze Corazzate E Affini
- Steam generator24 Jun 2025US 12,338,990 B2Otter Controls Limited
- Steam boiler liquid separator and method for the production thereof11 Mar 2025US 12,247,732 B2Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH
- Vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology18 Feb 2025US 12,228,280 B2Dalian Ocean University
- Moisture separation heater module and method for installing moisture separation heater3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258940 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Steam Generation Device and Steam Generation Method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185698 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Vapor generation system and apparatus11 Sep 2025US 2025/0283594 A1General Electric Company
- Flow conditioning device for steam generator19 Jun 2025US 2025/0201431 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Steam Generator8 May 2025US 2025/0146660 A1OhmlQ, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low pressure drop modular centrifugal moisture separator40US 4,629,481 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1986
- Attemperator-deaerator condenser39US 4,391,101 AGeneral Electric Company · 1983
- Gas-liquid separating apparatus39US 5,500,039 AMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Steam/water conical cyclone separator32US 7,637,699 B2Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. · 2009
- Moisture separator-reheater29US 4,016,835 ASouthwestern Engineering Company · 1977