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US 2009/0022484 A1Published application
Steam generator
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYoshiyuki Kondo, Jiro Kasahara
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Abstract
A steam generator includes a tank having an inlet in a lower part for feeding a fluid, and an outlet in an upper part for discharging a vapor-liquid two phase flow. A heating unit heats the fluid in the tank thereby producing the vapor-liquid two phase flow. A porous cylindrical member projects from the outlet into an inside of the tank and functions as a rectifying unit that homogenizes vapor-liquid distribution in the vapor-liquid two phase flow before the vapor-liquid two phase flow is discharged from the outlet.
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A steam generator comprising:
- a tank having an inlet in a lower part for feeding a fluid, and an outlet in an upper part for discharging a vapor-liquid two phase flow;
- a heating unit that heats the fluid in the tank thereby producing the vapor-liquid two phase flow;
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- a rectifying unit that homogenizes vapor-liquid distribution in the vapor-liquid two phase flow before the vapor-liquid two phase flow discharged from the outlet.
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