US PATENT SUBCLASS 165 / DIG 184
INDIRECT-CONTACT CONDENSER


Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use



165 /   HD   HEAT EXCHANGE

DIG 184INDIRECT-CONTACT CONDENSER {12}
DIG 185  DD  .~> Having stacked plates forming flow channel therebetween {1}
DIG 187  DD  .~> Having pump downstream of condenser {1}
DIG 192  DD  .~> Including means to heat collected condensate
DIG 193  DD  .~> First-stage condenser serially connected to second-stage condenser {1}
DIG 195  DD  .~> Including condensate collecting tray connected to condensate drain conduit to divert condensate around a section of heat transfer surface
DIG 196  DD  .~> Baffle defines flow passage within header for condensate to bypass portion of vapor flow path
DIG 197  DD  .~> Including means for (removing) condensate (from vapor flow path) to bypass portion of vapor flow path
DIG 198  DD  .~> Condensate guiding means attached to heat transfer surface {3}
DIG 202  DD  .~> Vapor flow passage between vapor inlet and outlet has decreasing cross- sectional area {1}
DIG 204  DD  .~> Including a direct-contact heat exchange chamber
DIG 205  DD  .~> Space for condensable vapor surrounds space for coolant {4}
DIG 217  DD  .~> Space for coolant surrounds space for vapor {4}