Tray electrode arrangement for an electrical steam or hot water generator

Abstract

The electrical steam generator has a pressure vessel in which pairs of trays are disposed one above the other on a vertical riser. The bottom tray of each pair of trays is electrically insulated from the pressure vessel wall and is connected to a power supply while the top trays of each tray pair are electrically connected to the pressure vessel wall through the riser. The trays each have a peripheral overflow edge and are disposed so that water flows over the overflow edge in the form of a film or curtain from the uppermost tray to the tray therebeneath in an alternating manner from the outer peripheral edge to the inner peripheral edge. The generator provides for an increase in the steam generator output for a given tray size. The top tray of each pair of trays may be shaped to have an outer peripheral overflow edge and the bottom tray of each pair may have an inner peripheral overflow edge.

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