US 2001/0018897 A1 · Separator for a water/steam separating apparatus

Abstract

A separator separates water and steam. The separator has a steam-side outlet conduit, a water-side outlet conduit, and a separating chamber between a number of inlet conduits. A swirl breaker is upstream of the water-side outlet conduit. To achieve the lowest possible pressure loss with a simultaneously high medium throughput and an effective separating action, the length of the separating chamber is at least 5 times the internal diameter (DI) of the chamber. Furthermore, the ratio of the overall flow cross section of the inlet conduits to the square of the internal diameter of the separating chamber is between 0.2 and 0.3. Within a water/steam separating apparatus, the separator is connected to a water-collecting tank such that the top end of the latter is located beneath halfway along the length of the separator—calculated from the water-side, bottom end of the same.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A separator for separating water and steam, comprising:

a number of inlet conduits each having a flow cross section defining an overall flow cross section equaling a sum of said flow cross sections;
a separating chamber between said number of inlet conduits having a length, a separating chamber inner diameter, and a ratio equaling a ratio of said overall flow cross section to a square of said separating chamber internal diameter;
said length being at least five times said separating chamber internal diameter;
and said ratio being between 0.2 and 0.3;
a steam-side outlet conduit connected to said separating chamber;
a water-side outlet conduit connected to said separating chamber;
and
a swirl breaker disposed upstream of said water-side outlet conduit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Separator for a water/steam separating apparatus

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Separator for a water/steam separating apparatus

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Abstract

Claims7