Boiler structure embodying a plurality of heat exchange units
AssigneeSea Solar Power
InventorJ. Hilbert Anderson
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Abstract
An assembly of a plurality of heat exchange units arranged in stacked formation in separate banks with a plurality of vapor and liquid manifold elements interposed between said banks and connected thereto by suitable conduits. The various layers of each stacked bank includes a plurality of heat exchange units arranged in a common horizontal plane with the manifold elements connected to each unit.
Claims7
A boiler structure comprising a plurality of heat exchange units arranged as a horizontal bank of units with a plurality of said banks of units arranged in tier formation, each heat exchanger unit having a plurality of plates arranged in pairs in vertical planes and in spaced parallel relation to one another, each pair of plates defining a passageway therebetween and each pair of plates defining a passage between adjacent pairs of plates, a top cover member for each unit with certain of said top cover members constituting bottom cover members for a superjacent unit, said cover members defining compartments with which said passageways communicate, for delivering a vapor thereto, a vapor exhaust manifold, conduits connecting each of said compartments to said manifold, each of said top cover members having an eliminator screen provided therein to remove liquid droplets from the vapor moving through the compartments to the exhaust manifold.
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