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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1992
Bard C Teigen, Enfield, CT (US);
H Rodolfo Akel, Suffield, CT (US);
Paul S Zymba, Enfield, CT (US);
John M Banas, Warren, MA (US);
James S Tollo, Enfield, CT (US);
Craig Bradley, Guilford, CT (US);
Joe B Lindsay, Jr, East Hampton, CT (US);
Benjamin F Love, Weatogue, CT (US);
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A liquid-vapor separator for two-phase fluids in general and specifically a steam-water separator in a steam drum of a steam generator includes axial or radial spinner blades to create a centrifugal motion which causes liquid to be forced outward against the outer wall and the vapor to be concentrated in the center. Conical extraction skimmers systematically extract and discharge the liquid outwardly and downwardly through the side walls such that it impinges on an oval discharge screen surrounding the skimmers. The vapor flows out the top through a central opening and enters a secondary separator packed with crimped wire mesh encased in a perforated enclosure.