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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlo J Brigida, Convent Station, NJ (US);
William J Bow, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Livingston, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28B / ; F28B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165110 ; 62305 ; 62310 ; 165D / ;
Abstract
A wet/dry steam condenser in accordance with the present invention includes two spaced-apart, vertically aligned groups of heat pipes with each group having the lower, evaporator sections of their respective heat pipes exposed to the interior of an associated, longitudinally extending steam-receiving plenum. The upper, condensing section of each heat pipe is provided with fin structures and can be selectively cooled by a fan-induced air flow and/or deluge water supplied from either a flood water trough and/or a spray-head assembly.