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US 11,473,773 B1Granted
Steam separator for boiler
AssigneeSuperior Boiler Works, Inc.
InventorSundeep Bodapati
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Abstract
A steam separator for a boiler includes an upper support rail assembly and an integrated baffle unit. Rail assembly clips can be secured to the upper support rail assembly for retaining an edge of one or more baffle panels. The integrated baffle unit can include a bottom tray assembly with a bottom baffle panel and one or more side baffle panels. The side baffle panels can be maintained within a bottom tray clip and/or a rail assembly clip.
Claims19
A steam separator assembly for a boiler, comprising:
- an upper support rail assembly comprising a first opposing rail and a second opposing rail, wherein the first opposing rail comprises a first rail inner wall, wherein the second opposing rail comprises a second rail inner wall;
- a bottom tray assembly comprising a bottom baffle panel and at least one bottom tray clip secured to the bottom baffle panel;
- a plurality of rail assembly clips secured to the upper support rail assembly, wherein a first rail assembly clip of the plurality of rail assembly clips is secured to the first rail inner wall and wherein a second rail assembly clip of the plurality of rail assembly clips is secured to the second rail inner wall;
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- a plurality of side baffle panels, wherein each of the plurality of side baffle panels is maintained securely by the at least one bottom tray clip or at least one of the plurality of rail assembly clips, whereupon the plurality of side baffle panels and the bottom baffle panel form an integrated baffle unit.
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A boiler device, comprising:
- a boiler drum comprising an inner surface;
- and
- a steam separator assembly secured within the boiler drum, wherein the steam separator assembly comprises:
- a lower spacer maintained against the inner surface of the boiler drum;
- a bottom tray assembly in mating contact with the lower spacer and maintained atop the lower spacer, wherein the bottom tray assembly comprises a bottom baffle panel and at least one bottom tray clip secured to the bottom baffle panel;
- an upper support rail assembly secured to the inner surface of the boiler drum, wherein the upper support rail assembly comprises a rail comprising a rail inner wall;
- at least one rail assembly clip secured to the rail inner wall;
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- a plurality of side baffle panels, wherein each of the plurality of side baffle panels is maintained securely by the at least one bottom tray clip or the at least one rail assembly clip, whereupon the plurality of side baffle panels and the bottom baffle panel form an integrated baffle unit.
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A steam separator assembly, comprising:
- a lower spacer;
- a bottom tray assembly in mating contact with the lower spacer and maintained atop the lower spacer, wherein the bottom tray assembly comprises a bottom baffle panel and at least one bottom tray clip secured to the bottom baffle panel;
- an upper support rail assembly, wherein the upper support rail assembly comprises a rail comprising a rail inner wall;
- at least one rail assembly clip secured to the rail inner wall;
- and
- a plurality of side baffle panels, wherein each of the plurality of side baffle panels is maintained by the at least one bottom tray clip or the at least one rail assembly clip, whereupon the plurality of side baffle panels and the bottom baffle panel form an integrated baffle unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.