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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bard C Teigen, Enfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B / ; F22B / ; F22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1222 / ; 2942 / ;
Abstract
In a forced steam generator (10) having orifice assemblies (36) positioned in the inlet of each tube (28) lining the walls of the furnace (12). The orifice assemblies are explosively (46) expanded into each tube. In order to permit the tubes to be completely drainable even when located in a portion of a tube having a horizontal component thereto, the orifice (60) is located at the very bottom of the tube.