Steam generation system
AssigneeHydram Research
InventorLydur THORGEIRSSON
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Abstract
A method and system for generating vapor or steam are provided, the system including a conduit for receiving a flowing liquid, an initiation valve for closing the conduit, and a gas section of the conduit downstream from the initiation valve. The initiation valve may be arranged to abruptly close and leave a moving liquid column in the gas section, such that the liquid column moves away from the initiation valve and generates a low pressure between the initiation valve and the liquid column that partially vaporizes the liquid column into a vapor. The system may include an extraction valve for collecting the vapor and a heating element for heating the vapor in the gas section.
Claims20
A vapor generation system comprising:
- a conduit configured to receive a flowing liquid,
- an initiation valve provided in the conduit upstream from a gas section of the conduit, and
- an extraction valve provided at the gas section of the conduit,
- wherein the initiation valve is configured to abruptly close, leaving a lower liquid column in the gas section, the lower liquid column moving away from the closed initiation valve and generating a low pressure that partially vaporizes the liquid column into vapor,
- wherein the extraction valve is configured to extract the vapor.
A method for generating vapor, the method comprising:
- providing a flowing liquid to a conduit, the flowing liquid passing through an initiation valve in the conduit and into a gas section of the conduit;
- abruptly closing the initiation valve, leaving a liquid column in the gas section, such that the liquid column moves away from the initiation valve and generates a low pressure in the gas section that partially vaporizes the liquid column into a vapor;
- and
- extracting the vapor from the gas section of the conduit using an extraction valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.