Patent ID: 8333329

Claim:
A valve assembly for desuperheating a gas or a liquid having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, comprising: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, where a channel extends there between, wherein said valve body is connected to a fluid conduit through which the gas or liquid to be desuperheated gas or liquid flows; an actuator connected to said valve body; wherein said actuator comprises a transversable actuator rod that extends into said channel of said valve body, wherein said transversable actuator rod extends into the channel only and not the fluid conduit; a valve seat disposed proximate to said outlet within said channel; a plug disposed within said channel and attached to said transversable actuator rod, wherein said transversable actuator rod translates said plug within said channel; a spray tube coupled to the outlet of said valve; and at least one spray head affixed to said spray tube.