US1881215A - Steam separator - Google Patents

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L. 'P. MICHAEL STEAM SEPARATOR Oct. 4, 1932.

Filed Oct. 18, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR BY fi/h l I I l II II ATTORNEY Oct. 4, 1932.

L. P. MICHAEL 1,881,215

STEAM SEPARATOR Filed Oct. 18, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY 5%. 7&4

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, 1 3ml. MICHAEL, or ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, AssIsnoia TO THE SUPERHEATER COMPANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,- A CORPORATION or DELAWARE STEAM SEPARATOB,

Application filed October 18, 1929. 'Serial No. 400,592.

- This invention relatesto steam separators baffle 10. Curved blades 11 between which and has for its purpose an improved arsteam must pass on its way from the entrance rangement for getting rid of the water sep- 6 into the casing give the steam a whirling arated out from the steam. motion. The lower part of the casing has a -The invention is illustrated in the accomslight annular enlargement 12. From this panying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a vertispace 12there extends tangentially outward cal longitudinal section of the rear portion of at one point the water discharge opening 13 a locomotive equipped with a steam sepato which is connected the pipe 14:. rator and with my improved means for dis- The action of this separator will be obvious.

a posing of the water separated out; Fig. 2 is a The whirling motion of the steam causes the 0 rear elevation of the same locomotive, porwater particles to impinge against the wall ftio'ns of the cab being omitted for the sake of the casing 5 and the dry steam leaves of clearness; Fig. '3 is a View partly in secthrough the central opening 8 and goes to tion of the separator on anenlarged scale; the dry pipe while the water leaves through '15 andFig. 4. is a top view of the separator the connection 13. This form of separator is "(5'5 partly in section on lined-4 of Fig. 1. old and forms no part of my invention tax- The steam delivered to the dry pipe of the cept as it enters into the combination form- Inodern, locomotive is in a great many ining my invention. stances charged with a large amount of mois- This separator is shown applied to a loco- L ture. Some form of separator to separate motive equipped with a mechanical stoker. out such moisture and deliver to the super- The casing containing the screw of this heater or engine dry steam is, therefore, Stoker is shown at 15, the coal being delivered highly desirable. Such a separator would by the screw to the point 16. This stoker logically be located in the steam dome at the in no way forms part of my invention and entrance to the dry pipe. One of the diificulit is. therefore,unnecessary to go into any X5 ties connected with the use of the separator detailed description of it. The coal is disin such a position is that of getting rid of tributed in this type of stoker from the point the water which the separator has taken out 16 to the various parts of the grate by means v of the steam passed through it. Means for of the distributor jet 17. Steam is supplied 1 39 this purpose have been suggested in the past. to the steam jet 17 from a distributor head a However, the present invention provides 18 through the several pipes 1919. All

What I regard as an improved and very efli'ecof this is in accordance with the usual artive way of disposing of this water. My imrangernent.

provement is applicable to cases where some Ordinarily steam to the distributor head auxiliary steam-using device is employed 18 is supplied from the steam turret in the whi h a Operate it1 elatively very wet cab. According to my invention the connecsteam. tion from the steam turret is replaced by 7 Referring to the drawings, the rear porone from the water outlet of the steam seption of the locomotive boiler appears at 1,2 arator. The pipe 14: in other words leads being the steam dome and 3 the dry pipe. from the water outlet of the steam separator The steam separator is shown at 4. This to the distributor head 18. A. valve 20 is separator may be of any preferred form, the placed in this pipe.

one I have used for illustrative purposes be- The fact that this distributor head can r ing shown in a little greater detail in Figs, use relatively very wet steam without the use 3 and 4. The casing 5 has its upper part of such wet steam entailing any objectionable flanged over as at 7 A. sleeve member 8 eX- consequences, makes it possible to discharge tends up into the casing, its top being open the water from the separator into this jet.

and its lower end communicating with the The pipe 14 passes to the jet not only the dry pipe 3 through elbow 9. Above the water separated out in the separator but in open end of the sleeve 8 there is a conical addition all of the steam that is required v tooperate the jet. If desired,,of course, only a "portion of such steam need'be'supplied' through l and an additional steam supplyf Zing connection fromsome othersource can be connectedto 18, although I havenot found this necessary.

The actionof the device needs, no further descriptionfas it will be perfectly clear from;

.what has been stated above. As the jets ivariations in thisarrangement without departingfrom the spirit of the invention. It will be understood that the stealnjet herein described as being the point to which the water iscarried from the separator is only illustrative and is meant tobe representative of devices for converting heat energy of steam into mechanical energy and which can use steamwith relatively large amounts of mols- .ture. I According to my present information it forms the best apparatus of this type to I which to carry such moisture.

" I claim 1. In apparatus of the class described the combination of a boiler having-a steam space and a water space, a pipe to conduct steam from the. steam space, a steam separator through'which the steam fiows and in which water is separated out from the steam,a steam V operated devlce transforming heat energy of steam. nto mechanical. energy and capable 1 .of usingrelatively very wet steam, and means to conduct said water from the separator mingled with steam to; said device;-

2; In apparatus of the class described the combination of a'boilerhaving a steam space Y and a water space, a pipe to conduct steam from the' steam-space, a steam separator.

through which the steam flows and in which device. 1

separated out in the separator together with the steam .to operatethe device.

a. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of a locomotive boller, a steam separator in the steam dome, adry-pipe to carry steam away from the separator, a coal distributing steam jet, and a conduitconnecting the water dischargeopening of the separator to the jet to carry away the water together with thesteam required by-the jet;

' .5, In apparatus of the classdescribed the combination of a boiler having a steam space and a water space, a pipe to conduct steam from" the steam space, a steam separator through which-the steam flows and in which water is separated out from the steam, asteam operated device in which thesteam is used eXpansively'. and which is capable of using relatively very wet'steam, and means to conductsaid water from the separator mingled with steam to said device. 1

6.1Inapparatusof the class described the combination of a boiler having a steam space and awater space, a pipe to conduct steam from the steam space, a steam separator through which thesteamflows andin which water is separated out from the steam, a steam operated device 'in which the steam is allowed to expand to atmospheric pressure and which is capable of using relatively very wet steam, and means to conduct saidwaterfrom the separator mingled with steam to said roam. MI CHAEL.

water isseparated out from the steam, a steam operated devlce transforming heat energyof steam into mechanical energy and capable of using relatively very wet steam, and a steam conduit for supplying steam to sald device,

i said conduit leading from the water discharge opening of the separator .to the steam inlet to; the device for-passing the separated water to the devicem ingled with the steam operat ing the latter.

3. In apparatus of the class described the combination of a boiler having a steam space and a water space, a steam operated device transforming heat energy of steam into mechanical energy and capable of using relatively very wet steam, a steam separator in the r steam space, a steam pipe to carry the dry i steam away from the separator, and a pipe to. carryto the steam consuming device'the water

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