Steam separator including an interior baffle with openings defining steam ports and a water flow surface

A steam separator, comprising:

• a substantially cylindrical vessel having a lower sidewall;
• a plurality of steam-water risers opening into the vessel through the sidewall for admitting into the vessel a steam-water mixture;
• a first interior baffle within the vessel spaced from and located substantially parallel to the lower sidewall adjacent the steam-water risers for engaging the steam-water mixture entering the vessel through the steam-water risers and directing the steam-water mixture to flow upwardly within the vessel along the lower sidewall;
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• a second interior baffle within the vessel positioned above and substantially parallel to the first interior baffle so as to engage the steam-water mixture flowing upwardly along the lower sidewall and shaped to redirect the upwardly flowing steam-water mixture inwardly and downwardly within the vessel, the second interior baffle including a plurality of spaced openings, facing the lower side wall, that define a flow surface between the openings along which the water component of the steam-water mixture can flow and that permit steam to escape from the second interior baffle substantially without reentraining the water component of the steam-water mixture.

A steam separator, comprising:

• a substantially cylindrical vessel having a lower sidewall and having first and second ends;
• a plurality of steam-water risers opening into the vessel through the sidewall for admitting into the vessel a steam-water mixture;
• a first interior baffle within the vessel spaced from the lower sidewall adjacent the steam-water risers for engaging the steam-water mixture entering the vessel through the steam-water risers and directing the steam-water mixture to flow upwardly within the vessel along the lower sidewall;
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• a second interior baffle within the vessel positioned above the first interior baffle so as to engage the steam-water mixture flowing upwardly along the lower sidewall and shaped to redirect the upwardly flowing steam-water mixture inwardly and downwardly within the vessel, the second interior baffle including a plurality of spaced openings, facing the lower side wall, that define a flow surface between the openings along which the water component of the steam-water mixture can flow and that permit steam to escape from the second interior baffle substantially without reentraining the water component of the steam-water mixture, wherein
• the first interior baffle and second interior baffle are arranged as a single, continuous baffle between the first and second ends of the vessel.