| US 7,587,996 B2 | ||
| Circulation system for sliding pressure steam generator | ||
| Melvin J. Albrecht, Homeworth, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., Barberton, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/448,648. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0283906 A1, Dec. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F22D 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 122—406.1 [122/406.3; 122/1 B; 122/488] | 19 Claims |

| 1. A steam generating system comprising:
a furnace with walls formed by non-orificed vertical tubes having an inlet and outlet;
feed pump means for pressurizing said system to force water into the inlets of the tubes via at least one first conduit for
passage to the vertical tubes to transfer heat from the furnace to the water to convert a portion of the water to steam forming
a steam-water mixture;
a valveless unbypassed second conduit for transferring the heated steam-water mixture to a separator for separating said steam
from said water, wherein the separator comprises a stripper ring and a scrubber;
a third conduit for connecting the separator to the inlets of the vertical tubes for transferring separated saturated water
from the separator to the inlets of the tubes for recirculation; and
a on/off control valve along the third conduit and downstream of the separator for controlling boiler circulation mode and
passage of water from the separator to the inlets of the vertical tubes,
an unbypassed feed water inlet conduit attached to the third conduit downstream of the control valve, wherein the feed pump
means is located along the feed water conduit; and
wherein the system is operable with only one type of circulation system depending on load operation, the separator is unbypassed
at all load operations, and the third conduit does not possess a circulation pump.
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