US5173155A
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Vacuum boiler type evaporator
Assignee: Sumitomo Precision Products Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-06-10
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Granted: 1992-12-22
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Expires: 2011-06-10
Abstract
Abstract A vacuum boiler evaporator includes a sealed vacuum boiler vessel, a sealed vacuum condenser vessel which contains a partition that divides it into a first chamber and a second chamber that functions as a noncondensible gas collector, a conduit which connects the vacuum boiler vessel with the first chamber of the vacuum condenser vessel, a plurality of heat transfer tubes which extend through the first chamber and into the second chamber, and a return pipe which extends from the second chamber to the vacuum boiler vessel.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiaki Miyata
- 👤 Akio Seta
- 👤 Nobuhiko Tsui
- 👤 Hiroshi Kujirai
- 👤 Youji Satoh
- 👤 Hitonobu Shotani
- 👤 Kazuya Sahara
- 👤 Yoshimichi Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:28
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D3/00; B01D3/10; F; F17; F17C; F17C9/00; F17C9/02; F24; F24H; F24H1/00; F24H1/0009; F17C2205/00; F17C2205/03; F17C2205/0302; F17C2205/0323; F17C2205/0326; F17C2221/00; F17C2221/03; F17C2221/032; F17C2221/033; F17C2223/00; F17C2223/01; F17C2223/0146; F17C2223/0153; F17C2223/0161; F17C2223/03; F17C2223/033; F17C2225/00; F17C2225/01; F17C2225/0107; F17C2225/0123; F17C2225/03; F17C2225/033; F17C2227/00; F17C2227/01; F17C2227/0128; F17C2227/0135; F17C2250/00; F17C2250/04; F17C2250/0404; F17C2250/043; F17C2250/0439; F17C2250/06; F17C2250/0605; F17C2250/0636; F17C2250/07; F17C2250/072; F17C2260/00; F17C2260/03; F17C2260/031; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S159/00; Y10S159/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A vacuum boiler evaporator which comprises: a sealed vacuum boiler vessel having a lower tubular portion containing water and an upper portion which defines a steam chamber, a separate sealed vacuum condenser vessel which includes a partition that defines a first chamber and a second chamber, said second chamber constituting a noncondensable gas collector, a conduit which connects the upper portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel with said first chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser vessel, a plurality of U-shaped, parallel heat transfer tubes which extend through said first chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser, some of which extend past said partition and into said second chamber as noncondensable gas collector tubes, a return pipe which extends from said second chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser vessel to said lower tubular portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel, a vacuum pump connected to said return pipe, and heating means for heating water in said lower portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
A vacuum boiler evaporator which comprises: a sealed vacuum boiler vessel having a lower tubular portion containing water and an upper portion which defines a steam chamber, a separate sealed vacuum condenser vessel which includes a partition that defines a first chamber and a second chamber, said second chamber constituting a noncondensable gas collector, a conduit which connects the upper portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel with said first chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser vessel, a plurality of U-shaped, parallel heat transfer tubes which extend through said first chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser, some of which extend past said partition and into said second chamber as noncondensable gas collector tubes, a return pipe which extends from said second chamber of said sealed vacuum condenser vessel to said lower tubular portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel, a vacuum pump connected to said return pipe, and heating means for heating water in said lower portion of said sealed vacuum boiler vessel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A vacuum boiler evaporator according to claim 1, including a heat exchanger in said return pipe.
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