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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald C Schluderberg, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376402 ; 60670 ; 60679 ;
Abstract
Steam generation and reheat apparatus and method. After flowing in series through a superheater and an evaporator, a heat supply fluid is flowed through both an economizer and a reheater in parallel flow to improve the Rankine Cycle thermal efficiency in plants such as nuclear power plants where the heat supply fluid temperatures are limited.