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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Bwxt Canada Ltd., Cambridge, CA;
Inventor:
Kareem M. A. Aly, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
BWXT Canada Ltd., Cambridge, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/02 (2006.01); F22B 1/06 (2006.01); F22B 1/16 (2006.01); F22B 37/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/028 (2013.01); F28D 7/16 (2013.01); F28F 9/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steam generator includes a shroud and an annular stepwise helical baffle extending along at least part of a length of the shroud. There is a riser located in a central region of the steam generator. The helical baffle is made up of at least one annular sector of flat plates. The edges of the flat plates may be straight or corrugated.