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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Stephen G. Freitas, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Ory D. Selzer, Irvine, CA (US);
Raymond R. Newton, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Stephen G. Freitas, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Ory D. Selzer, Irvine, CA (US);
Raymond R. Newton, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Control Components, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved valve element for a spray nozzle assembly of a steam desuperheating device that is configured to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam in a generally uniformly distributed spray pattern. The valve element includes a valve body and an elongate valve stem that is integrally attached to the valve body and extends axially therefrom. The valve body itself includes a nozzle cone which is integrally connected to the valve stem, and defines an outer surface. Integrally formed on a bottom surface of the nozzle cone is a hub having multiple ribs protruding therefrom. Integrally connected to each of the ribs is a generally circular fracture ring. The fracture ring is disposed in spaced relation to the lower edge of the nozzle cone which circumvents the bottom surface thereof. In this regard, a series of windows are formed in the valve body, with each window being framed by a segment of the lower edge of the nozzle cone, an adjacent pair of the ribs, and a segment of the top edge of the fracture ring.