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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2003
John H. Angel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gregory G. Homoki, Allison Park, PA (US);
Eric W. Jenkins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Clifford B. Mikesell, Wexford, PA (US);
James G. Oyler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
C. David Roland, Mars, PA (US);
Bryon E. Williams, Gibsonia, PA (US);
John H. Angel, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gregory G. Homoki, Allison Park, PA (US);
Eric W. Jenkins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Clifford B. Mikesell, Wexford, PA (US);
James G. Oyler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
C. David Roland, Mars, PA (US);
Bryon E. Williams, Gibsonia, PA (US);
ALSTOM Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A tubesheet support arrangementsupports a tubesheetwithin a vessel, the tubesheetmaintaining a plurality of tubesat fixed radial spacings from one another with the tubesextending from the tubesheeton a tube projecting side of the radial plane RP. The tubesheet support arrangementcomprises a fully circumferentially extending intermediary support element. The intermediary support elementis subjected to compression due its support of the weight of the tubesheetand the tubeson the lower portion of the vessel