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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Robert M. Wepfer, Export, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert M. Wepfer, Export, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 37/20 (2006.01); F22B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/025 (2013.01); F22B 37/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tube and shell steam generator in which a series of rods having a diameter substantially equal to that of the heat exchange tubing in the tube bundle are placed on either side of the tube lane to buffer the flow in the tube lane from the heat exchange tubes to attenuate turbulent forces on the first several rows of heat exchange tubes adjacent to the tube lane.