Air-cooled steam-condenser system

Claim 1

AN AIR-COOLED CONDENSER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF HEAT EXCHANGERS CONNECTED TO AN EXHAUST SYSTEM, TUBE ELEMENTS DISPOSED INSIDE OF EACH OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGERS AND ADAPTED FOR PASSING COOLING AIR THERETHROUGH, SAID TUBE ELEMENTS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSSSECTION ANDBEING PROVIDED WITH INTERNAL FIN MEMBERS, SAID HEAT EXCHANGERS BEING ASSEMBLED TO FORM BLOCKSHAPED INCLINED HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS, EACH OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SAID TUBE ELEMENTS OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION, SAID TUBE ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED ROWS, EACH OF SAID ROWS BEING COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF SPACED, PARALLEL TUBE ELEMENTS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES OFF SAID TUBE ELEMENTS BEING SMALLER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF EACH OF SAID TUBE ELEMENTS, SAID SUPERJACENT ROWS OF SAID ADJACENT TUBE ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN STAGGERED RELATIONSHIP, THE AMOUNT OF STAGGERING BETWEEN EACH TWO SUPERJACENT ROWS OF TUBE ELEMENTS BEING NOT GREATER THAN PART OF THE CROSSSECTIONAL AREA OF EACH OF SAID TUBE ELEMENTS, FLAT SPACER BAR MEMBERS OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPERJACENT ROWS OF ADJACENT TUBE ELEMENTS, THE LENGTHWISE DIMENSION OF EACH OF SAID SPACER BAR MEMBERS BEING EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF EACH OF SAID ROWS OF TUBE ELEMENTS, WHEREBY NARROW TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CHANNELS ARE DEFINED BY SAID SPACER BAR MEMBERS AND SAID TUBE ELEMENTS, SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS BEING ARRANGED SIDE BY SAID OF EACH OF SAID HEAT EXSUCH A MANNER THAT AT ONE SIDE OF EACH OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS A SUBSTANTIAL V-SHAPED FIRST SPACE IS FORMED BY THE RESPECTIVE ONE OF TWO LATERAL SURFACES OF SAID UNIT AND BY THE OPPOSITE LATERAL SURFACE OF AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID UNITS, SAID LATERAL SURFACES BEING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TUBE APERTURES IN LTHE RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS, WHILE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID UNITS A SECOND SPACE HAVING THE SHAPE OF A SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED V IS FORMED BY THE RESPECTIVE OTHER OF SAID LATERAL SURFACES OF SAID UNIT AND BY THE OPPOSITE LATERAL SURFACE OF ANOTHER ADJACENT ONE OF SAID UNITS, EACH TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CHANNEL HAVING TWO ORIFICES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SPACES RESPECTIVELY, WALL MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF EACH OF THE SO FORMED WEDGE-SHAPED SPACES, SAID WALL MEMBERS CONNECTING THE OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS THEREBY DEFINING WEDGE-SHAPED CHAMBERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID LATERAL SURFACES OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER UNITS, STEAM FEED LINES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SPACES OF SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED V SHAPE THROUGH THE LOWER PORTIONS THEREOF TO FEED EXHAUST STEAM TO BE CONDENSED INTO SAID SPACES OF SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED V SHAPE, AND GAS EXHAUST PIPES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED SPACES THROUGH THE UPPER PORTIONS THEREOF TO REMOVE GASES FROM SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VSHAPED SPACES, SAID SPACES OFF SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED V SHAPE AND SAID SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED SPACES RESPECTTIVELY SERVING AS STEAM DISTRIBUTING AND GAS EXHAUST CHAMBERS.