Nozzle design for high temperature attemperators
AssigneeControl Components, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Allen Lee Watson, Raymond Richard Newton, Stephen Gerald Freitas, Kevin Naziri
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Abstract
An improved spray nozzle assembly for use in a steam desuperheating device that is adapted to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam. The nozzle assembly is of simple construction with relatively few components, and thus requires a minimal amount of maintenance. In addition, the nozzle assembly is specifically configured to, among other things, prevent thermal shock to prescribed internal structural components thereof, to prevent “sticking” of a valve element thereof, and to create a substantially uniformly distributed spray of cooling water for spraying into a flow of superheated steam in order to reduce the temperature of the steam.
Claims20
A nozzle assembly for a desuperheating device configured for spraying cooling water, the nozzle assembly comprising:
- a nozzle housing having an outer wall and an inner wall concentrically positioned within the outer wall and defining a central bore, the nozzle housing defining a seating surface and having a flow passage extending therethrough;
- a valve element movably attached to the nozzle housing and selectively movable between closed and open positions relative thereto, a portion of the valve element being seated against the seating surface in a manner blocking fluid flow through the fluid passage and out of the nozzle assembly when the valve element is in the closed position, with portions of the nozzle housing and the valve element collectively defining an outflow opening which facilities fluid flow through the flow passage and out the nozzle assembly when the valve element is in the open position;
- a biasing spring disposed within the nozzle housing and cooperatively engaged to the valve element, the biasing spring being operative to normally bias the valve element to the closed position;
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- a nozzle guide which is cooperatively engaged to the valve element and partially resides within the central bore when the valve element is in both the closed and open positions, the biasing spring being abutted against and extending between portions of the nozzle guide and the inner wall;
- wherein the nozzle housing is sized and configured such that the biasing spring disposed therein is effectively shielded from direct impingement of cooling water flowing through the flow passage.
A nozzle assembly for a desuperheating device configured for spraying cooling water, the nozzle assembly comprising:
- a nozzle housing having a flow passage extending therethrough;
- a valve element movably attached to the nozzle housing and selectively movable between closed and open positions relative thereto;
- a biasing spring disposed within the nozzle housing and cooperatively engaged to the valve element;
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- a nozzle guide coupled to the valve element so as to move with the valve element as the valve element transitions between the closed and open positions, the nozzle guide being configured and positioned relative to the valve element and nozzle housing so as to partially reside within the nozzle housing when the valve element is in both the closed and open positions;
- wherein the nozzle housing is sized and configured such that the biasing spring disposed therein is effectively shielded from direct impingement of cooling water flowing through the flow passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.