Improved Apparatus for Separating Liquids or Solids from Vapours or Gases in which they are Suspended.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 17th ec., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Separating Liquids or Solids from Vapours
or Gases in which they are Suspended.
I EDWARD JONES of De Grey Lodge, Leeds, in the County of York, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The chief object of this invention is to produce the effect known as drying steam,
that is to say, to separate from the steam the water that is taken up with it, and which
is often a cause of much inconvenience, but the invention is also applicable generally
to the separation of liquids or solids from vapors or gases in which they may be
suspended.
When used for drying steam, the apparatus may be placed either inside or outside
the steam boiler.
The apparatus consists of a tube or chamber, preferably square in cross section,
and formed in two parts longitudinally, each part having a series of inclined, transverse
blades, partitions, or deflectors. These blades are so arranged that when the two
parts are put together, I prefer they shall overlap, to form a sinuous course for the
steam, and the blades of one series shall be intermediate of those of the other series,
but it may not always be necessary that they should overlap.
The blades will be such a distance apart, that the area of the passage between them
shall be about equal to the area of the exit pipe for the steain.
The upper series of blades will be inclined in the direction the steam has to
travel, and the inclination of the lower series may be parallel to that of the upper.
When the tube is to be fixed horizontally, in the bottom of the tube or chamber at
or near the point of junction with each blade an opening is formed. The openings
may diminish in area as they near the exit, but the total area of all the openings
should preferably not exceed that of the inlet to the separator.
The separator, when placed inside the boiler, will be arranged horizontally in the
steam space, with one end open and the other connected to the steam pipe by an elbow,
or it may be arranged in any other convenient manner.
When used outside the boiler, the separator will be placed in, or form part of a box
provided with a steam trap, and connected with the boiler by suitable connections.
The action of the apparatus will be as follows:-The steam with the water will
enter the separator with a certain velocity. It will strike against the blades, and the
watery particles will be deflected downwards, and will run out by the openings, while
the steam thus more or less deprived of the moisture will pass onwards to the other
blades, where the same action will take place. This action will be repeated until the
steam is sufficiently deprived of the watery particles.
Dated this 24th day of March 1890.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Separating Liquids or Solids from Vapours
or Gases in which they are Suspended.
I EDWARD JONES of De Grey Lodge, Leeds, in the County of York, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The chief object of this invention is to produce the effect known as "drying steam,"
that is to say, to separate from the steam the water that is taken up with it, and
which is often a cause of much inconvenience, but the invention is also applicable
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page_text: generally to the separation of liquids or solids from vapors or gases in which they
may be suspended.
When used for drying steam, the apparatus may be placed either inside or outside
the steam boiler.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a steam boiler with the steam drier (also in
section) inside.
Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of the drier taken on the line a c
Fig. 3 shows in longitudinal section the drier as arranged for use outside the
boiler, Fig. 4 being a cross section on the line of Fig. 3.
A is the steam boiler and B is the steam drier, which is placed in the upper part of
the boiler in the steam space.
The apparatus consists of a box, tube, or chamber, preferably square in cross section,
and formed in two parts longitudinally, say B B. Each part has a series of inclined
transverse blades, partitions, battles, or deflectors C. These deflectors are so arranged,
that when the two parts B B of the box are put together, they shall overlap to form
a sinuous course for the steam, and the deflectors of one series shall be intermediate
of those of the other series, but it may not always be necessary that they should
overlap.
The deflectors will be such a distance apart, that the area of the passage between
them shall be about equal to the area of the exit pipe D for the steam.
The upper series of deflectors will be inclined in the direction the steam has to travel,
and the inclination of the lower series may be parallel to that of the upper. The
deflectors will be cast with that portion of the box to which they belong, and will be
strengthened by a longitudinal rih C cast with them. At or near the point of junction
of each deflector of the lower series, with that portion of the box, an opening E is
formed to allow the separated water to flow back into the boiler. These openings E
may diminish in area as they near the exit, but the total area of all the openings
should preferably not exceed that of the inlet to the separator. The inlet end of the
separator is open.
"When used outside the boiler, the separator will be placed in, or form part of a box
or casing F, provided with a steam trap, and connected with the boiler by suitable
connections. This will be understood by reference to Fig. 3, the lower part of the
casing F forming the receptacle for the separated water. The apparatus in this form
may be placed either horizontally or vertically, provision being made for carrying off
the separated water from either end, and also from the middle.
The action of the apparatus will be as follows:-The steam with the water will enter
the separator in the direction of the arrows, with a certain velocity. It will strike
against the first pair of deflectors C, and the watery particles will be deflected down-
wards, and will run out by the opening E, while the steam, thus more or less deprived
of the moisture, will pass onwards, and strike successively against the other deflectors,
where the same action will take place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The apparatus for drying steam as shown and described.
2. Adapting to the steam pipe of a boiler, a box or chamber having two series of
transverse deflectors, the one series arranged intermediate of the other, and against
which the wet steam strikes, the watery particles being thereby deflected downwards
to suitable openings, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 17th day of December 1890.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.