Control system for fluid heated steam generator

Patent · Tue May 29 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6015568

Boland, J F; Koenig, J F

A control system for controlling the location of the nucleate-boiling region in a fluid heated steam generator comprises means for measuring the temperature gradient (change in temperature per unit length) of the heating fluid along the steam generator; means for determining a control variable in accordance with a predetermined function of temperature gradients and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for adjusting the feedwater flow rate in accordance with the control signal.

• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: TI85005734
• OSTI ID: 6015568
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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