Steam generator
AssigneeCeramic Fuel Cells Limited
InventorsMichael Kah, Khaliq Ahmed, Geoffrey James Mentink, Nicholas Victor Orr, Brian Parris, Richard James Payne, Daniel Michael Xerri
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Abstract
A method of generating steam by heating water in a steam generator comprising a plurality of steam generating channels, wherein water is supplied at a constant rate to each steam generating channel through respective water supply lines, and wherein a sufficient pressure drop is provided across each water supply line in order to prevent flow reversal in the plurality of steam generating channels.
Claims17
A method of generating steam by heating water in a steam generator comprising a plurality of steam generating channels, wherein water is supplied at a constant rate to each steam generating channel through respective water supply lines, and wherein a sufficient pressure drop is provided across each water supply line in order to prevent flow reversal in the plurality of steam generating channels.
A steam generator system comprising:
- a steam generator comprising a plurality of steam generating channels;
- and
- water supply lines in communication with respective steam generating channels for supplying water to the steam generating channels,
- wherein each water supply line includes means for providing a pressure drop across each water supply line in order to prevent flow reversal in the plurality of steam generating channels during operation of the steam generator.
A steam generator comprising:
- a steam receiving vessel;
- a plurality of steam generating channels that are in communication with the steam receiving vessel and that are adapted to deliver steam into the steam receiving vessel;
- and
- a steam outlet extending from the steam receiving vessel,
- wherein the steam receiving vessel is adapted to equilibrate fluctuations in the pressure of steam delivered into the vessel by the plurality of steam generating channels so as to provide a uniform steam pressure at the steam outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.