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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert McConaughy Wilson, Cantonment, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165162 ; 165172 ; 165178 ; 165159 ;
Abstract
A steam generator tube support plate has passageways with inwardly extending lands. Two or more tubes extend through the passageways and are supported by the lands. The tube support plates are variably spaced to provide additional support near the tubesheet and in the distal bends of U-tube bundles. This design provides reduced clogging, pressure drops and tube vibrations.