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Regenerative air heater

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5460171

A gas-cooled steel skirt is used to support a refractory cored brick matrix and dome structure in a high temperature regenerative air heater useful in magnetohydrodynamic power generation. The steel skirt thermally expands to accommodate the thermal expansion of the dome structure despite substantial temperature differential thereby reducing relative movement between the dome bricks. Gas cooling of the steel skirt allows the structure to operate above its normal temperature during clean-out cycles and also allows for the control of the thermal expansion of the steel skirt.

Assignee:
Dept. Of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4322205
OSTI ID:
5460171
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English