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US 11,047,596 B1Granted
High temperature fluid generator
AssigneeSuperior Boiler, LLC
InventorSundeep Bodapati
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Abstract
Embodiments of a high temperature fluid generator are adapted to heat a fluid to a high temperature using a heat source. The generator employs a forced circulation counter flow design including a furnace section, a convection section and a pair of L-shaped headers connected to tubes in the furnace and convection sections. In various embodiments, the headers are positioned on diagonally opposite corners and convection tubes are positioned at least partially outside of a flue path for the combustion gas.
Claims20
A high temperature fluid generator, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular prism-shaped apparatus comprising a front wall, comprising:
- a substantially L-shaped top header comprising a primary segment and a secondary segment extending substantially perpendicularly from the primary segment, wherein the top header is formed with a fluid inlet and wherein the secondary segment extends along the front wall;
- a substantially L-shaped bottom header comprising a first segment and a second segment extending substantially perpendicularly from the first segment, wherein the first segment of the bottom header is diagonally opposed from the primary segment of the top header within the apparatus, wherein the bottom header is formed with a fluid outlet and wherein the second segment extends along the front wall in substantially parallel relation to the secondary segment;
- a plurality of furnace membrane tubes secured to the top header and the bottom header so as to define an internal furnace area;
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- a plurality of convection tubes secured to the top header and the bottom header;
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- a heat source adapted to generate a combustion gas and direct the combustion gas through the internal furnace area.
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A high temperature fluid generator, comprising:
- a substantially L-shaped top header comprising a primary segment and a secondary segment, wherein the top header is formed with a fluid inlet;
- a substantially L-shaped bottom header comprising a first segment and a second segment, wherein the bottom header is formed with a fluid outlet;
- a plurality of furnace membrane tubes in fluid communication with the top header and the bottom header and arranged so as to define an internal furnace area;
- a plurality of convection tubes in fluid communication with the top header and the bottom header, wherein each of the plurality of convection tubes is formed with a plurality of bends;
- wherein the top header, bottom header, plurality of furnace membrane tubes and plurality of convection tubes form a substantially rectangular prism shape comprising a first side, a second side, a top, a bottom, a front wall and a back wall, and wherein the secondary segment of the top header and the second segment of the bottom header extend along the front wall in substantially parallel relation;
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- a heat source adapted to generate a combustion gas and direct the combustion gas through the generator along a flue path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.