Abstract:
A process and apparatus for exchanging heat with condensable fluid are disclosed. In the process, a two-phase fluid is passed through the tubes of a heat exchanger under conditions of temperature and pressure such that the quality of the two-phase flow lies in the range of 0.03 to 0.97. The two-phase fluid is in a state of thermodynamic saturation at both the entry and exit of the heat exchanger. The change in quality of the two-phase mixture passing through the heat exchanger is distributed over the entire heat exchanger. The apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of connected modular stages, each stage including a heat exchanger, a vapor-liquid separator, a compressor, an ejector and the suitable conduits to establish fluid communication between adjacent stages.
Abstract:
An electromagnetic rabbling mechanism associated with continuously poured molten metal forming an ingot comprises an inductor coil mounted on a stationary annular laminated magnetic structure providing a rotating magnetic field which surrounds the slowly descending column of solidifying metal and induces rotation of the central and still liquid metal within the solidified outer crust portion of the ingot. Cooling of the inductor coil and its rotary magnetic field producing structure is effected by immersion thereof within a water-filled annular tank co-axially surrounding the descending metal column, the water or other liquid coolant being continuously circulated through the tank along a path designed to establish an optimum amount of heat transfer contact surfaces with all exposed parts of the magnetic structure and the coil.
Abstract:
The coupling of quantities of heat by exchange between two fluids is obtained by dividing the hot fluid into two streams at the entrance of a heat exchanger; the first stream is introduced into the high temperature portion of the exchanger and is then passed to a turbine for reduction in pressure while producing work energy; the second stream being introduced into a turbine for reduction in pressure while producing work energy and is then passed to the heat exchanger at substantially the temperature at which the first stream leaves the heat exchanger. The excess heat which is available in the hot fluid and cannot be stored for reheating the other fluid is thus converted into work energy.
Abstract:
In a doped mercury vapor lamp having an elongate vertical burner, an upper portion of the surface of the burner is maintained at a lower temperature than a lower portion to reduce separation of the dopant. Heat-emission from the upper portion of the surface of the burner may be increased compared to the lower portion of the burner by increasing the diameter (and hence the heat-exchange area per unit length) in the upper portion, by reducing the thickness of an air gap to an envelope in the upper portion, or by playing coolant selectively on to the upper portion of the surface of the burner.
Abstract:
Magnetohydrodynamic device operable to convert thermodynamic energy into alternating current electrical energy comprises at least one closed loop placed completely within a multipolar magnetic field having a sliding characteristic for circulation of a conductive fluid. The fluid in the form of a gas-liquid emulsion passes along a portion of the loop with a velocity higher than that of the sliding field accompanied by an expansion of the emulsion, and the fluid in the form of a liquid following removal of the gas from the emulsion is then passed along another portion of the loop with a velocity lower than that of the sliding field accompanied by compression of the liquid. To convert alternating current electrical energy into thermodynamic energy, the emulsion is passed along the loop through a portion of the sliding magnetic field with a velocity lower than that of the magnetic field accompanied by a compression of the emulsion, and the liquid is passed along another portion of the loop with a velocity higher than that of the magnetic field accompanied by an expansion of the liquid.