Granted Patent B2

US 12,460,866 · App. 18/753,536 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inventors: Thomas W. Bugler (Frederick, MD); Jean-Pierre Libert (Frederick, MD); Mark Huber (Sykesville, MD); Toby Athron (Belle Mead, NJ); Wayne Sexton (Taneytown, MD); Ben Hildebrandt (Denver, CO)

Assignee: Evapco, Inc.

F28B7/00F28B1/06F28B9/02

Abstract

Claims (4)

1 . A large scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser connected to an industrial steam producing facility, comprising:

a a plurality of heat exchanger panels supported in a frame, wherein each said heat exchanger panel is independently suspended from the by a plurality of flexible hanging supports.

2 . The large scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser according to claim 1 , wherein said flexible hanging supports each comprise a central rod connected at each end to a connection sleeve, and wherein one connection sleeve of each flexible hanging support is connected to said frame and a second connection sleeve of each flexible hanging support is connected to said heat exchanger panel.

3 . The large scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser according to claim 1 , wherein each heat exchanger panel comprises a primary condenser section and a secondary condenser section, and a top manifold connected to an in fluid communication with a top end of each tube in said primary condenser section and said secondary condenser section, a primary bottom manifold connected to an in fluid communication with a bottom end of each tube in said primary condenser section and a secondary bottom manifold located inside said primary bottom manifold and in fluid communication with a bottom end of each tube in said secondary section, a bottom surface of said primary bottom manifold having a single steam inlet.

Continuity (15)

References Cited (2)