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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Khaled M. Ewida, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael S. Defilippis, Wilmington, NC (US);
James P. Carneal, Wilmington, NC (US);
Khaled M. Ewida, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael S. Defilippis, Wilmington, NC (US);
James P. Carneal, Wilmington, NC (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A vane configuration for a steam dryer according to an example embodiment of the invention may include a plurality of primary vanes arranged in a radial pattern around (and spaced apart from) a center line. Each of the plurality of primary vanes may be a primary corrugated sheet having alternating primary ridges and primary furrows. As a result, adjacent primary vanes may define a winding flow path, the flow path having an entrance and an exit relative to the center line. The cross-sectional area of the flow path may decrease, increase, or remain constant from the entrance to the exit.