US 12,092,322 B2 · Steam generation system with submerged superheater coil

Abstract

A steam supply system includes a steam generator disposed to produce wet steam for introduction into a steam separator. The steam separator includes a saturated condensate outlet. A superheater receives dry saturated steam from the steam separator and produces superheated steam. An evaporator with an evaporator vessel having a saturated condensate inlet, a soluble solids slurry outlet and a dry steam outlet is in fluid communication with the saturated condensate outlet of the steam separator. Disposed within the evaporator vessel is a superheated steam heat exchanger having a superheated steam outlet and a superheated steam inlet which superheated steam inlet is in fluid communication with the superheater to receive superheated steam. The dry steam outlet of the evaporator is in fluid communication with a steam mixing vessel where the dry steam is mixed with superheated steam from the superheated steam outlet of the heat exchanger.

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Dependent claims

A method for supplying steam comprising

separating wet steam into a dry saturated steam and saturated condensate;
heating the dry saturated steam to produce superheated steam;
utilizing at least a portion of the superheated steam to evaporate a portion of the saturated condensate to produced dry steam;
and
mixing the dry steam with superheated steam to produce process steam.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Steam generation system with submerged superheater coil

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Steam generation system with submerged superheater coil

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Abstract

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