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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1995
Wolfgang Herr, Hirschaid, DE;
Gunther Probstle, Erlangen, DE;
Wolfgang Vollmer, Erlangen, DE;
Eberhard Wittchow, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for separating water and steam in a water-steam mixture includes two collectors being disposed horizontally at different heights and being connected together by a connecting pipe. In addition to the connecting pipe, the first collector situated at the bottom has an inlet pipe for the water-steam mixture and as well as a water outlet pipe for the separated water. The second collector lying thereabove includes a steam outlet pipe for the separated steam, in addition to the connecting pipe. The apparatus, which works in accordance with the gravity separation principle, is particularly thermally resilient and therefore permits reliable operation even with large temperature gradients.