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Steam generator having mutually parallel flue gas flues

Assignee: Kraftwerk Union AG
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Filing: 1986-07-17
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Granted: 1987-05-19
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Expires: 2006-07-17
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Abstract

Abstract A steam generator includes first and second mutually parallel flue gas flues; the first flue gas flue having an upper end, an intermediate ceiling at the upper end having an upper surface, a cross flue leading from the first to the second flue gas flue, and first and second vertical walls formed of pipes and disposed opposite each other as seen along the cross flue; a steam generator frame supporting the intermediate ceiling; the intermediate ceiling being formed of pipes gas-tightly welded to each other and disposed alongside each other in one layer in tube tracks extended along the cross flue; each of the pipes of the intermediate ceiling changing into a respective pipe of one of the vertical walls; and first and second vertical suspension pipes connected from a common location along a given one of the tube tracks through the upper surface of the intermediate ceiling and through the cross flue to the steam generator frame for suspending the intermediate ceiling, the first suspension pipe changing into a pipe of the intermediate ceiling in the given tube track which changes into a pipe of the first vertical wall, and the second suspension pipe changing into a pipe of the intermediate ceiling in the given tube track which changes into a pipe of the second vertical wall.

Inventors

  • 👤 Horst-Dieter Zubrod

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 10:22
CPC Classifications
F; F22; F22B; F22B37/00; F22B37/02; F22B37/10; F22B37/14; F22B31/00; F22B31/0007; F22B31/0015; F22B31/003; F23; F23C; F23C10/00; F23C10/02; F23C10/04; F23C10/08; F23C10/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
Steam generator, comprising first and second mutually parallel flue gas flues; said first flue gas flue having an upper end, an intermediate ceiling at said upper end having an upper surface, a cross flue leading from said first to said second flue gas flue, and first and second vertical walls formed of pipes and disposed opposite each other as seen along said cross flue; a steam generator frame supporting said intermediate ceiling; said intermediate ceiling being formed of pipes gas-tightly welded to each other and disposed alongside each other in one layer in tube tracks extended along said cross flue; each of said pipes of said intermediate ceiling changing into a respective pipe of one of said vertical walls; and first and second vertical suspension pipes connected from a common location along a given one of said tube tracks through said upper surface of said intermediate ceiling and through said cross flue to said steam generator frame for suspending said intermediate ceiling, said first suspension pipe changing into a pipe of said intermediate ceiling in said given tube track which changes into a pipe of said first vertical wall, and said second suspension pipe changing into a pipe of said intermediate ceiling in said given tube track which changes into a pipe of said second vertical wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
Steam generator, comprising first and second mutually parallel flue gas flues; said first flue gas flue having an upper end, an intermediate ceiling at said upper end having an upper surface, a cross flue leading from said first to said second flue gas flue, and first and second vertical walls formed of pipes and disposed opposite each other as seen along said cross flue; a steam generator frame supporting said intermediate ceiling; said intermediate ceiling being formed of pipes gas-tightly welded to each other and disposed alongside each other in one layer in tube tracks extended along said cross flue; each of said pipes of said intermediate ceiling changing into a respective pipe of one of said vertical walls; and first and second vertical suspension pipes connected from a common location along a given one of said tube tracks through said upper surface of said intermediate ceiling and through said cross flue to said steam generator frame for suspending said intermediate ceiling, said first suspension pipe changing into a pipe of said intermediate ceiling in said given tube track which changes into a pipe of said first vertical wall, and said second suspension pipe changing into a pipe of said intermediate ceiling in said given tube track which changes into a pipe of said second vertical wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
Steam generator according to claim 1, including an intermediate ceiling header outside said second vertical wall being connected to at least one of said pipes of said intermediate ceiling.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
Steam generator according to claim 1, wherein said pipes of said second vertical wall are disposed vertically alongside each other in one layer on the outside of said vertical walls in front of said intermediate ceiling in a plane perpendicular to said second vertical wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
Steam generator according to claim 3, wherein said plane perpendicular to said second vertical wall is disposed at said given tube track.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 38 words
Steam generator according to claim 3, wherein said first flue gas flue has side walls and said plane perpendicular to said second vertical wall is disposed at one of said side walls of said first flue gas flue.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1990-05-18 1990-11-17 1991-05-19 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1994-05-18 1994-11-17 1995-05-19 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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