Multi-Spindle Spray Nozzle Assembly
AssigneeControl Components, Inc.
InventorMarco Mastrovito
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a multi-spindle spray nozzle assembly for a steam desuperheating or attemperator device. The nozzle assembly features a nozzle holder which accommodates two small, spring-loaded nozzles, each of which is adapted to produce a spray pattern of reduced cone angle (e.g., approximately 60°) in comparison to currently know nozzle designs. The two nozzles are positioned within the nozzle holder such that they diverge from the axis thereof as allows the spray pattern generated thereby to be effectively tilted into the flow of steam within a desuperheating device having the nozzle assembly interfaced thereto.
Claims20
A multi-spindle spray nozzle assembly for a desuperheating device configured for spraying cooling water into a steam pipe, the nozzle assembly comprising:
- a nozzle holder defining an internal fluid chamber and a holder axis;
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- at least two nozzles attached to the nozzle holder and fluidly communicating with the fluid chamber thereof, each of the nozzles defining a nozzle axis;
- the nozzle holder being sized and configured such the nozzle axes of the nozzles attached thereto extend at prescribed, non-parallel orientations relative to the holder axis and each other.
A multi-spindle spray nozzle assembly for a desuperheating device configured for spraying cooling water into a steam pipe which defines an inner surface and a pipe axis, the nozzle assembly comprising:
- a nozzle holder defining a holder axis;
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- at least two nozzles fluidly connected to the nozzle holder, each of the nozzles defining a nozzle axis;
- the nozzle holder being sized and configured such when attached to the steam pipe:
- the holder axis of the nozzle holder extends in generally perpendicular relation to the pipe axis;
- the nozzle axes of the nozzles extend in non-parallel relation to each other, to the holder axis, and to the pipe axis;
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- the nozzle axes extend in non-perpendicular relation to the holder axis and to the pipe axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.