Method for maintaining a vapor blanket in a condensation heating facility
AssigneeWestern Electric Company, Inc.
InventorsTze Yao Chu, George Michael Wenger
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to maintaining a blanket of secondary vapor intermediate a hot primary vapor and the atmosphere, in a condensation heating facility, to prevent losses of the primary vapor to the atmosphere. A secondary liquid is transported through the secondary vapor into the hot primary vapors where the secondary liquid is vaporized to supplement the secondary vapor.
Claims2
A method for maintaining a body of secondary vapor in a condensation heating facility having a vessel, open to the atmosphere, containing a body of hot primary vapor with the body of secondary vapor interposed between the body of primary vapor and the atmosphere, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing a secondary liquid on a wick mounted within the vessel, and
- wicking the secondary liquid through the secondary body of vapor and into contact with the body of hot primary vapor to vaporize the secondary liquid to provide supplemental secondary vapor to maintain the body of secondary vapor.
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