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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Hitachi, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steam condenser according to the present invention has a tube nest which has a massed region of cooling tubes and a plurality of tube bundles with flow passages. A noncondensable gas extracting tube is arranged among the cooling tubes in the massed region. A cooling unit or a steam condensing chamber for condensing steam contained in noncondensable gases which are extracted from the noncondensable gas extracting tube is arranged in the massed region. A discharge flow passage is formed at least partially in the tube next so as to enable the noncondensable gases from the cooling unit or the steam condensing chamber to be discharged outside of the condenser, whereby condensing efficiency of the steam contained in the noncondensable gases which flow into the cooling unit or the steam condensing chamber is improved.