Patent ID: 8641021

Claim:
A steam dispersion system comprising: a manifold including a header and a plurality of steam dispersion tubes, the header having a header interior, the steam dispersion tubes being mounted to a top side of the header and being oriented to project upwardly from the top side of the header, the steam dispersion tubes having tube interiors in fluid communication with the header interior, the steam dispersion tubes defining steam dispersion openings in fluid communication with the tube interiors, wherein the steam dispersion system is configured such that humidification steam flows through the header interior to the tube interiors and exits the manifold through the steam dispersion openings; and a heat exchanger positioned within the header interior, the heat exchanger including a heat exchanger interior and a heat exchanger exterior, the steam dispersion system being configured to operate with the heat exchanger interior at a higher pressure than the header interior, and the steam dispersion system being configured such that humidification steam that condenses within an interior of the manifold is re-evaporated into humidification steam within the header interior by heat transferred outwardly from the heat exchanger.