# US 2018/0023902 A1 · Condenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0023902 A1 - Document ID: US20180023902A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/546,117 - Filed: 2016-03-08 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-10 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. - Applicants: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Motoyuki FUJII; Mitsuru UCHIYAMA; Jun MANABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180023902A1 ## CPC - F28F 9/007: Auxiliary supports for elements - F16F 15/067: using only wound springs - F25B 39/00: Evaporators; Condensers - F28D 7/163: {with conduit assemblies having a particular shape, e.g. square or annular; with assemblies of conduits having different geometrical features; with multiple groups of conduits connected in series or parallel and arranged inside common casing (F28D7/1615 takes precedence)} - F28F 9/013: for tubes or tube-assemblies - F28F 9/22: Arrangements for directing heat-exchange media into successive compartments, e.g. arrangements of guide plates - F25B 39/04: Condensers - F28B 1/02: using water or other liquid as the cooling medium - F28F 2265/30: for preventing vibrations - F28F 2265/32: for limiting movements, e.g. stops, locking means - F28F 2280/10: Movable elements, e.g. being pivotable - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION - F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) - F28B: STEAM OR VAPOUR CONDENSERS (condensation of vapours B01D5/00; steam engine plants having condensers F01K; liquefaction of gases F25J; details of heat-exchange and heat-transfer arrangements of general application F28F) ## Abstract To provide a condenser including a housing formed in a hollow shape and provided with a steam inlet and a condensate outlet, inlet water chambers and outlet water chambers provided at respective ends of the housing, a large number of heat-transfer tubes that connect the inlet water chambers and the outlet water chambers to each other inside the housing, in which cooling water flows, and intake pipes and drainpipes respectively coupled to the inlet water chambers and outlet water chambers via expansion joints. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A condenser comprising: a housing formed in a hollow shape and provided with an inlet of steam and an outlet of condensate; an inlet water chamber and an outlet water chamber provided at respective ends of the housing; a large number of heat-transfer tubes that connect the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber to each other inside the housing, in which a cooling medium flows; intake pipes and drainpipes respectively coupled to the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber via an expansion joint; a damping member that damps displacement of the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber; and a restoration member that restores positions of the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber, wherein the housing, the intake pipes, and the drainpipes are supported on an installation surface, a support structure having predetermined stiffness set in advance is placed on the installation surface, and the damping member and the restoration member are interposed respectively between the inlet water chamber and the support structure, and between the outlet water chamber and the support structure. ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The condenser according to claim 2, wherein a concrete structure is installed on the installation surface, and the housing and the support structure are supported by the concrete structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The condenser according to claim 2, wherein the support structure is placed so as to surround the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The condenser according to claim 1, wherein the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber are provided in a plurality of sets with respect to the one housing, adjacent to ends of the housing, and the damping member and the restoration member are interposed between the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber adjacent to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The condenser according to claim 1, wherein the damping member and the restoration member are interposed between the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber in the respective housings adjacent to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The condenser according to claim 1, wherein end portions of the damping member and the restoration member are rotatably supported. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The condenser according to claim 1, wherein the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber are formed to be long along a vertical direction, an inlet nozzle and an outlet nozzle provided at a lower part thereof are coupled to an intake pipe and a drainpipe via the expansion joint, and end portions of the damping member and the restoration member are coupled to the vicinity of the expansion joint in the inlet water chamber and the outlet water chamber.