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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert R Bennett, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B / ; F22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
122 32 ; 122382 ; 122383 ;
Abstract
A steam generator having a U-shaped tube bundle which extends upwardly from a tube sheet, a wrapper encircling the tube bundle, a preheater disposed on the cold leg portion of the tube bundle and a distribution plate disposed adjacent the tube sheet, the distribution plate having a large semicircular shaped opening disposed in the central portion of the hot leg and a T-shaped blowdown pipe disposed so that the cross of the 'T' is disposed adjacent the tube sheet and the central portion of the semicircular opening in the distribution plate.