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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Steven P. Iannacchione, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Dennis R. Shiffer, Lawrence Township, Stark County, OH (US);
David T. Wasyluk, Mogadore, OH (US);
Jason M. Marshall, Wadsworth, OH (US);
David L. Kraft, Massillon, OH (US);
George Grant, Akron, OH (US);
Kiplin C. Alexander, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Rickey A. Wilson, Marshallville, OH (US);
Justin A. Persinger, Wooster, OH (US);
Adam N. Depizzo, Green Township, Summit County, OH (US);
Melvin J. Albrecht, Homeworth, OH (US);
Steven P. Iannacchione, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Dennis R. Shiffer, Lawrence Township, Stark County, OH (US);
David T. Wasyluk, Mogadore, OH (US);
Jason M. Marshall, Wadsworth, OH (US);
David L. Kraft, Massillon, OH (US);
George Grant, Akron, OH (US);
Kiplin C. Alexander, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Rickey A. Wilson, Marshallville, OH (US);
Justin A. Persinger, Wooster, OH (US);
Adam N. DePizzo, Green Township, Summit County, OH (US);
Melvin J. Albrecht, Homeworth, OH (US);
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, Barberton, OH (US);
Abstract
A shop-assembled solar receiver heat exchanger having an arrangement of heat transfer surfaces and a vertical steam/water separator structurally and fluidically interconnected thereto. A vertical support structure is provided to support the vertical separator and the heat transfer surfaces. The vertical support structure is bottom supported, while the vertical steam/water separator and heat exchanger heat transfer surfaces are top supported from the vertical support structure. The vertical support structure provides structural support and rigidity for the heat exchanger and a means by which the heat exchanger can be picked up and lifted for placement at a desired location. A fabrication/transport/lifting fixture is provided which facilitates fabrication, assembly, transportation and erection of the heat exchanger from the shop to the field. The fixture supports two trunnion shafts attached to the support structure of the receiver. Lifting lugs would be located on the top end of the support structure. Upon arrival at the job site in the field, a crane lifts the heat exchanger receiver to vertical, rotating about the trunnion shafts on the fixture, and then lifts the heat exchanger receiver for placement at a desired location.